Community Nurse

West London NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

West London NHS Trust is seeking a Band 5 Community Nurse for the Adult Community Nursing Service, Night Nursing, based at Clayponds Hospital in Ealing. The post covers the Hounslow area with shifts from 19:00 to 07:00 across Twilight and Overnight slots.

You will deliver high-quality nursing care to housebound patients, work with out-of-hours services and support planning and evaluation of care in the home setting. A full UK driving license and access to a car are required.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NMC registration (RN1/RNA).
• Experience in community nursing or related areas is desirable.
• Ability to work across night shifts and adapt to flexible patterns.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality nursing care to housebound patients in their homes.
• Deliver care across twilight and overnight shifts in the community.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individual care plans with the Community Nursing Team.

Skills

Shift system

Communication

Independent working

Problem solving

Rapport building

Infection control

Medication administration

NMC Code

Teaching skills

Education

NMC registered nurse

Job description

Main area Community nurse Grade Band 5 Contract Fixed term: 6 months (Business Development) Hours Part time - 10 hours per week Job ref 222-HCH-053

Site Clayponds Hospital Town Ealing Salary £36,943 - £44,900 per annum inclusive of HCAS pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 01/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 13/10/2026

West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.

We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.

Job overview

Are you ready for a new challenge?

Could you make a difference?

Are you:

A Registered General Nurse

Committed to giving the highest standard of patient care

Compassionate towards patients and their families

An excellent communicator with the ability to work in a team

Motivated toward personal development

A full UK driving license holder with access to a car

An exciting opportunity has come up for the Adult Community Nursing Service, Night Nursing. We are currently looking for a Band 5 Community Nurses to work across the Hounslow areas based at Clayponds Hospital. The service operates from 19:00 until 07:00 seven days a week. The service has 2 shifts, 19:00 until 12 midnight (Twilight) and 19:00 until 7:00 AM (Overnight)

Main duties of the job

To provide high quality, skilled nursing care and to assist the Community Nursing Team Manager in the on-going planning, implementation, and evaluation of the holistic needs of the patient/client, family, and/or carer.

Deliver high quality nursing care to housebound patients with complex needs to enable them to remain in their own homes. Working closely with out of hours service providers, specialist nurses, allied health and social care professionals to meet the needs of the patients without unnecessary attendance in A&E or be admitted to hospital.

This will involve working independently but as part of the Community Nursing Team covering a particular geographical area. This will include first assessments and reviews, planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of individual programmes of care. Candidate will be expected to be flexible to support corporate approach to patient care as and when required.

Working for our organisation

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.

The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.

We encourage the thoughtful use of technology as a demonstration of strong time management and a commitment to innovation. However, we encourage applicants to personalise their recruitment application to showcase their unique skills and experiences. While AI-generated content can be a helpful tool, relying solely on generic responses instead of highlighting your own strengths and achievements may impact the success of your application.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Level 1 Registered Nurse- with valid registration with the NMC - RN1 ,RNA
• Experience or recognised qualification in areas such as: Health Promotion Diabetes Care of the older person Continence Palliative care Medical/Surgical Nursing

Experience

• Recent experience of Nursing at Level 5, or evidence of a back to nursing programme
• Experience of working in the community setting
• One years worked post registration experience in a relevant setting, e.g. palliative care, care of the older person, orthopaedics, community services
• Supervision of junior staff

Skills/Abilities

• Ability to undertake a shift system
• Good communication skills effective with clients and colleagues
• Able to work without direct supervision
• Use a problem-solving approach
• Confidence and ability to establish rapport with team, clients and other agencies
• Demonstrates high standard of Infection prevention and control
• Clinical skills – Administration of medications including injections, catheterisation, wound dressings
• Confidence and ability to establish rapport with team, clients and other agencies
• Practice with the NMC Code of Professional Practice
• Teaching Skills

Knowledge

• Ability to converse articulately on current health issues, demonstrate knowledge in: Able to explain the concepts of Essence of Care Able to explain the concepts of Team Working Able to demonstrate knowledge of professional standards including confidentiality and clinical governance Understanding of Adult Safeguarding Evidence of Continuing Professional Development Demonstrates evidence -based clinical knowledge Able to demonstrate knowledge of health and safety and personal safety issues
• Awareness of child safeguarding
• Knowledge of National Service Framework for Older People & other NSF’s

As an employee of West London NHS Trust, you have a responsibility to maintain a sound understanding of, and a commitment to uphold the National Health Service values and principles set out in the NHS Constitution.

We reserve the right to close adverts prior to the closing date stated should we receive a high volume of applications.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to West London NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, you will be required to undergo a pre-employment checks which can take between 4-8 weeks . After which your information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system (ESR ).

Please ensure you include email addresses for your referees which MUST be at supervisory or managerial capacity covering the last 3 years of employment to date to avoid delay in the recruitment process.

West London NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We encourage the thoughtful use of technology as a demonstration of strong time management and a commitment to innovation. However, we encourage applicants to personalise their recruitment application to showcase their unique skills and experiences.

While AI-generated content can be a helpful tool, relying solely on generic responses instead of highlighting your own strengths and achievements may impact the success of your application. The success of an application will always be assessed against the essential and desirable criteria for the role, so it is important to ensure that your application and any supporting information clearly demonstrate how you meet these requirements.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

At West London NHS Trust, we want you to support you to build a career you can be proud of and this starts before your first day with us. Our people live our values every day as they deliver, manage and work to improve our services to patients, carers, families and other professionals.

We’re committed to making our recruitment process clear and efficient. It’s in everyone’s interest that we get the very best people on board as soon as we can.