Community Nurse

NHS; Kidderminster; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A local health services trust in the UK is seeking a Community Nurse to join its evening team. This part-time role offers 10 hours per week, providing nursing care to patients in their homes, focusing on avoiding hospital admissions. We offer flexible working, professional development opportunities, and various benefits, including a generous pension scheme and enhanced pay for unsocial hours. Ideal candidates should be Registered Nurses with strong communication skills and a commitment to quality care.

Benefits

27 days leave plus bank holidays

Generous NHS pension

Flexible working opportunities

Health and wellbeing opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in community nursing is desirable.
• Ability to travel independently is required.
• Ability to communicate effectively with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality nursing care in patients' homes.
• Participate in reflective practice and clinical supervision.
• Work in unplanned and dynamic contexts serving the county.

Skills

Good communication skills

Flexible approach

Enthusiasm for teamwork

Education

Registered Nurse (RN1)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Community Nurse

The closing date is 19 November 2025

This is a Part time post working 10 hours per week, over 2 evenings per week, working between 18:30-23:30 over a 7‑day rota, based at Kidderminster.

This is a role as a Community Nurse, part of the evening & night team. The team is countywide which is centrally based in Droitwich with satellite bases in Worcester, Evesham, Bromsgrove & Kidderminster, visiting patients in their own home, supporting them in remaining at home, preventing admission to hospital & supporting early discharge. This post will be primarily based in the North of the county from either Bromsgrove or Kidderminster.

The post is worked as unsocial hours hence picking up pay enhancements, which makes this post more attractive. More money for less hours!!

These working hours offer perfect work‑life balance particularly if you have a young family; you will have the daytime to enjoy hobbies & activities but remain in a progressive career.

We pride ourselves in providing outstanding care to patients across Worcestershire. We will provide you with resources to develop and progress a long‑term career with flexibility, continual professional development as well as a wide range of wellbeing & support. If you would like to discuss informally if this is the right role for you, get in touch with Recruiting Manager which can be found on the top right‑hand side of the advert.

Please note the Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to work for this role; to apply you must have current right to work in the UK status.

Main duties of the job

As a community nurse working with the Evening and night Team most of the work allocated to you will be of an unplanned nature. The service works as an on‑call service covering the County of Worcestershire taking direct referrals from patients, 111, Ambulance Service and discharging hospitals. You can expect to have a comprehensive induction and work alongside peers until you are confident to then work alone.

The evening service nurses primarily work alone, they have work allocated via a handheld tablet by the triage nurse based at Droitwich. You will be able to start your visits from home if the geography dictates.

The patients that are seen during the evening and night vary immensely and no 2 shifts are the same. For example, we see catheters, palliative care, wound care, administration of medication, diabetics, and patients requiring intensive support rehabilitation following discharge from hospital or admission prevention.

As part of a new initiative, we are working closely with West Midlands ambulance service and 111 and assist in responding to urgent Care response. These can be patients that have fallen, or patients requiring further assessment to aid prevention in admission to hospital.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work‑life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We valuediversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer;

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our website.

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Job responsibilities

You will be joining the Evening element of one of our dynamic and supportive Neighbourhood Teams to provide a 24‑hour admission avoidance service to the population of Worcestershire which encompasses both urban and rural areas.

The successful candidate will deliver independently a high standard of nursing care for patients in their own homes. Ensuring that care provided maintains the individual's privacy and dignity, values diversity and respects cultural and individual rights and choices.

We are looking for candidates with good communication skills, a flexible approach and enthusiasm to work within the team. You should be a committed, highly motivated and forward‑thinking individual who is a good team player. Community experience is desirable.

The successful candidate will also assist the team to develop and achieve team and organisational objectives. They will also participate in staff meetings and training & development activities as necessary to ensure their skills and knowledge are up to date.

Due to the nature of the post the applicant must be able to travel independently and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes. Whilst a base will be identified, staff can be asked to work anywhere within the Business Unit or Service if necessary.

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to challenge poor behaviour.
• A positive attitude and able to act on feedback.
• Ability to praise and be supportive to others.
• Computer literate with applications such as Word.
• Microsoft Office including email.
• Able to support and reassure patients/carers in distress.
• Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities.
• Ability to organise and prioritise own delegated workload.
• Ability to deal with non‑routine and unpredictable nature of the workload and individual patient contact.
• Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non‑verbal communication) with patients/ relatives and carers and all members of the multi‑disciplinary team.
• Ability to develop effective and appropriate relationships with people, their families, carers and colleagues.
• Ability to support, supervise, assess and act as a role model to nursing students, other learners and health care support workers as required.

Experience

• Experience gained during Pre‑Registration training.
• Experience in carrying out assigned duties/assisting qualified staff after training.
• Experience in supervising others.
• Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information.

Knowledge

• Understanding of the scope of the role of the community nurse, in context of the nursing and interdisciplinary team and the organisation and how the role may contribute to service development.
• Understands and acts in line with NMC professional standards for practice contained within The Code.
• Knowledge of when to seek advice and elevate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice.
• Understands requirements for NMC professional Revalidation.
• Understanding of the importance of following procedures and treatment plans.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (RN1).
• I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.

Additional Criteria

• The post holder will be required to work a full range of shifts including night shifts, weekends and Bank Holidays.
• Able to carry out physical requirements of the role e.g., using mechanical hoists to move patients.
• Able to meet the travel requirements of the role.
• You understand that we will not provide sponsorship to work for this role.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust