Community Nurse Evening and Overnight District Nursing

This fixed-term post runs for 12 months within the out of hours community nursing service of Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust. The work is unplanned nursing care for patients at home from 7pm to 8am, working alongside the out of hours GP service and the Rapid Response team. Hours run up to 27.5 a week across night and twilight shifts, including some weekends and bank holidays, with mobile working on a laptop and smartphone.

Fit depends on NMC registration, and the post cannot be sponsored for a visa.

• Provide unplanned community nursing care to patients in the evening and overnight
• Work night shifts from 10pm to 8am and twilight shifts from 7pm to 1am
• Work some weekends and bank holidays across the seven-day service
• Record patient notes and paperwork in real time using a laptop and smartphone
• Use a vehicle for work purposes

• Degree or Diploma in Nursing
• Evidence of continued professional development

• Registered Nurse with NMC

• Relevant post-registration experience
• Experience of working autonomously within a developing area and professional scope of practice

• Knowledge and understanding of clinical issues

• Driving licence for use of vehicle for work purposes

• Evidence of post-registration training
• Previous acute or chronic patient care experience
• Previous community practice experience
• Experience of lone working out of hours

• Flexible working policy
• Multi-professional preceptorship programme aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework
• Opportunity to enrol on a Level 7 Preceptorship for Healthcare module
• Supportive induction and mentorship for new starters
• Professional development
• Possible internal secondment for internal applicants