Nights Senior Community Nurse

Procare Community Services; Godalming; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Procare Community Services is seeking a Band 6 Senior Community Nurse to join our Night Nursing Service, covering Guildford and Waverley. You will assess, plan, deliver and evaluate nursing care for patients at home during out-of-hours, focusing on complex conditions and end-of-life care needs.

You will triage referrals, make autonomous clinical decisions, maintain EMIS records, and contribute to audits and service improvement.

Job description

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Band 6 Senior Community Nurse to join our Night Nursing Service. Working across Guildford and Waverley, you will provide high-quality nursing care to patients in their own homes during out-of-hours periods, supporting individuals with complex health needs, long-term conditions and end of life care requirements. You will undertake autonomous clinical assessments, deliver evidence-based nursing interventions and confidently triage and prioritise referrals according to clinical need. Working closely with GPs, hospices, acute and community services, you will play a key role in preventing avoidable hospital admissions and ensuring patients receive safe, responsive and compassionate care throughout the night. This is an excellent opportunity to develop advanced community nursing skills within a supportive and innovative service advance your career in a forward-thinking community service while making a real difference to patients when they need it most.

As a Senior Community Nurse within the Night Nursing Service, you will assess, plan, deliver and evaluate nursing care for patients in their own homes, including those with complex conditions and end of life care needs. You will triage and prioritise referrals across the service, making autonomous clinical decisions and responding promptly to changing patient needs. Responsibilities include symptom control, end of life care and support, catheter care, wound care and coordination of care with GPs, hospices and multidisciplinary teams. You will maintain accurate electronic patient records using EMIS, contribute to clinical audit and service improvement activities, support risk management and patient safety, and act as a clinical role model. The role also includes mentoring colleagues and students, supporting staff development and contributing to the ongoing improvement of community nursing services.

The Procare Chief Operating Officer is a Nurse by background, who has a real passion for all aspects of Community working. Our board is clinically led with a Director of Nursing and GPs who have vast community experience, ensuring that Procare has the expertise and knowledge base needed to develop sustainable integrated services.

With a strong emphasis on high-quality care, patient safety, and a positive patient and carer experience as the core of our strategy, our goal is to ensure excellent care for our local community. We aim to achieve this by creating a supportive and highly skilled workforce, making Procare a great place to work.