Community Staff Nurse - Evening & Nights

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Kinoulton, Ashfield, Newark on Trent, Mansfield; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Nottinghamshire is seeking a Community Staff Nurse to work evenings and nights. This role involves delivering community nursing care, ensuring timely access to services during out-of-hours periods, and collaborating with UCR services. Candidates should have excellent communication skills and a current NMC registration. The position requires the ability to work independently and as part of a team, and a valid UK driving licence is essential.

Benefits

Comprehensive training and development

Employee wellness programs

In-house occupational health support

Qualifications

• Experience in community care preferred but transferable skills will be considered.
• Palliative care experience/catheterisation skills desirable.
• Ability to assess and implement nursing care plans.

Responsibilities

• Provide community nursing care independently in patients' homes.
• Maintain accurate clinical records.
• Collaborate with UCR services to ensure timely patient care.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work flexibly

Team player

Adaptability

Education

Maintains current registration with the NMC

Job description

Go back Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Community Staff Nurse - Evening & Nights

The closing date is 19 October 2025

We are seeking a new Evening and Night nurse to work in an already established team, we have vacancies in both the North/South Nottinghamshire team. We cover south Nottinghamshire (Rushcliffe/ Nottingham North/East, Nottingham West), North Nottinghamshire (Mansfield/Ashfield/Newark/Sherwood) and Bassetlaw, working closely with our Urgent Community Response teams ensuring the right clinician attends the right urgent response during the evening and night-time, to maintain safety, and deliver nursing care when needed.

Our service is fast paced during the out of hours period with a 2-4-hour response time, covering the nursing elements within the UCR clinical conditions. This includes urgent end of life care, continence care, catheter care, wound care needs overnight.

As the service transforms, and we are looking for dynamic, autonomous, practitioners with excellent communication skill, that can be confident, organised, adaptable, reliable, and approachable. You'll be working independently in patients' homes. You will collaborate with UCR services and the out of hours GP provider and ensuring the right team is attending the patient to fulfil their urgent nursing needs.

Our team is mixed with nurses and community support workers, working in in partnership with the community nursing day teams and UCR to provide a seamless nursing service to patients 6pm- 8am, putting the patient at the centre of their care and provide effective patient care.

Main duties of the job

The objective of our evening and nights service is to deliver good clinical outcomes for patients in partnership with day services and UCR across the whole health community to co-ordinate a shared care approach for patients across primary and community care, so that duplication is avoided, and resources are effectively managed to provide timely access. The main focus is admission avoidance to proactively identify patients who are at risks of hospital admissions or readmission and provide support and care to patients and their families during the out of hours period.

You will assess, plan, implement, promote and evaluate safe, creative and effective treatment plans in collaboration with the patient's diverse needs, their carers and other professionals

You will provide a realistic timely and occasionally intensive support to patients within a community setting.

You will provide education and supervision to junior staff members and other professionals

Interventions will be evidence based and designed to reduce stress and anxiety, manage risk and aid recovery

You will maintain accurate, timely and relevant clinical records both written and computerized. To maintain the safe custody of healthcare record

The post holder will need to be flexible and work across servicers as required

About us

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment

Job responsibilities

We are seeking skilled nurses to join our Evening and Night Service.

Providing appropriate community nursing care following a robust holistic assessment which enables patients to be cared for in their own homes. You will facilitate the prevention of unnecessary hospital admission/re-admission by reducing the effects of ill health and disability and maximising the individuals potential for independence.

You will need to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to be adaptable, reliable, resourceful and approachable. Working hours will be a variety of shift patterns the hours 6pm-8am over seven days including weekends and bank holidays.

Community experience is preferred but those with appropriate transferable skills will be considered. Palliative care experience/ catheterisation skills would be desirable but training can be given if needed to the successful candidate.

The position requires you to work independently however being a team player is vital.

A robust induction and competency based development package will be provided.

Benefits of a community nursing career

A robust and tailored competency-based development package which will support you with a vast array of newly acquired nursing skills.

Newly qualified staff will receive a tailored preceptorship programme

Access to clinical and managerial supervision from a vast experience base

You will be part of a fantastic team who put patient care at the centre of everything they do.

A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

Person Specification

Qualification

• Maintains current registration with the NMC
• Demonstrate continued professional development to maintain professional registration

Experience

• Demonstrates satisfactory clinical expertise for the banding.
• Specialist and area specific experience

Skills

• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to be flexible and handle conflict issues
• Good skills in assessment intervention and evaluation of patients nursing care

Knowledge

• Knowledge and understanding of current legislation and understanding of clinical risk assessments
• Knowledge of the nursing 6 c's
• Awareness of national and local issues impacting of nursing care

Training

• Willingness to undertake new clinical practices, education and training that will enhance service delivery

Physical requirements

• Has the physical ability to perform the full range of nursing duties
• UK licence holder and driver

Contractual Requirements

• Ability to work to meet the needs to the service (including unsocial hours and bank holidays)
• A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Values and Behaviours

• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation

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.

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ollerton Health Centre (North team)/ NEMS platform 1 (South team )

Church Circle, new Ollerton (North)/ Station street, Nottingham (South)

£31,049 to £37,796 a yearper annum (pro rata for part time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

186-1222-25-GH

Job locations

Ollerton Health Centre (North team)/ NEMS platform 1 (South team )

Church Circle, new Ollerton (North)/ Station street, Nottingham (South)