Senior Night Nurse - Poole, Dorset

Colten Care; Poole; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals on duty

Free uniforms

Career development and training

Job summary

Colten Care is seeking a Senior Night Nurse in Poole to lead night shifts across Canford Chase. The role includes 42 hours per week with alternate weekends, paid breaks, and opportunities to train as a practice assessor. Staff support, development programs, and on-call guidance come from our experienced Colten Care team.

You will work alongside nurses and senior care leads, ensuring high-quality clinical care, patient safety, and effective team coordination in a busy residential setting.

Qualifications

• Excellent clinical knowledge and sound judgement.
• Great communication skills and leadership abilities.
• Ability to lead shifts and allocate duties among the team.

Responsibilities

• Lead the shift and allocate duties to nurses and care team.
• Build lasting relationships with residents and support their health and well-being daily.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and participate in 24/7 on-call support.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical knowledge

Communication

Team player

Attention to detail

Can-do attitude

Job description

Senior Night Nurse

Working Hours: 42 hours per week, including alternate weekends (includes paid breaks)

Location: Poole, Dorset

Site: Canford Chase

Closing Date: 19/11/2026

From £26.27 to £29.07 per hour

42 hours per week, including alternate weekends (includes paid breaks)

• Additional hours / overtime opportunities available to suit your circumstances
• Paid breaks and free meals on duty
• Opportunity to train to be a practice assessor/supervisor of student nurses
• Free uniforms
• Opportunities for career advancement to Clinical Lead and beyond
• Support with revalidation
• Clinical and dementia care conferences led by the Colten team
• Support with practice supervision and assessor roles in line with NMC guidelines
• Access to our Senior Clinical Skills Trainer and our wide selection of training programmes
• Payment and support with Health and Care Visa as needed
• Hands-on practical training and Nursing Times e-Learning modules
• Clinical skills updates on subjects including venepuncture, catheterisation, T34 syringe driver, end-of-life care, and much more
• At Colten Care we are proud to offer career development opportunities, and a range of pay enhancements across our roles.

You’ll work with fellow Nurses and Senior Care Leads, as well as the local multi-disciplinary teams, with 24/7 on-call support available to you from other Colten Care Clinical/ Quality experts. You’ll be responsible for leading the shift and the allocation of duties to other nurses and the care team. You’ll build lasting relationships with our residents and make a meaningful difference to their health and wellbeing every day.

About you

You’ll have excellent clinical knowledge and sound judgement, with great communications skills, able to lead with a “can-do” attitude. You’ll be a team player, with attention to detail and a sense of fun. Using your clinical know-how, you can either continue as or become a practice assessor/ supervisor, supporting our student nurses and Trainee Nurse Associates.

You’ll have experience role modelling and promoting best practice in wound management, nutrition, tissue viability, end-of-life care, and other essential clinical interventions.

We’re an award-winning, family-owned, independent care home group, with an outstanding reputation in the industry. This is due to our amazing people and our focus on keeping the resident at the heart of everything we do.

We strive to be the best we can hence why all 21 of our nursing homes are rated at least good and 7 are outstanding by the CQC, our national regulator.