Senior Community Nurse

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Main area Clayponds Hospital Grade Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 6 months (Business Development) Hours Part time - 11.5 hours per week Job
-HCH-054-A

Site Clayponds Hospital Town Sterling Pl, Salary £45,953 - £54,254 per annum inclusive of HCAS pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 28/10/2026 23:59

West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.

We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Band 6 Senior Community Nurse to join the Hounslow Night District Nursing Team, based at Clayponds Hospital. The service operates from 19:00 until 07:00 seven days a week. The service has 2 shifts, 19:00 until 12 midnight (Twilight shift) and 19:00 until 7:00 AM (Night shift).

We are looking for a confident, compassionate and clinically skilled nurse who can work autonomously, respond to urgent patient needs and provide clinical leadership within our out-of-hours community nursing service.

Applicants must hold a full valid UK driving licence, have access to a car for work purposes and be willing to travel across the Hounslow locality. This is an essential requirement for the role.

The position is for 11 hours per week, covering one night shift, on a six-month fixed-term contract.

Please note that the service is currently undergoing service re-design and the operational hours will change on 7th December 2026 from 7pm-7am to 8pm-8am under phase 1 transformation project. The phase 2 (TBC) will be happening shortly after the implementation of phase 1 with the Night Service re-design involving the twilight and the overnight shifts. We are looking for someone who will be very flexible in supporting the new service structure in the future.

As a senior community nurse, you will assist the Community Team Manager in the management of a designated caseload, ensuring that holistic assessments are undertaken by a competent practitioner within the nursing team.

The Trust is passionate in developing the staff by providing a robust and comprehensive training programme to build your nursing career. Trainings on offer are the following:
District Nursing specialist training sponsorship, V150/300 Non-Medical Prescriber, Physical assessment, Leadership and Management Programme, and band 6 developmental training amongst other things

To support the Locality Nursing Team Manager in the delivery of the locality nursing service in line with the commissioned service specification, standards, activity and outcomes, in the context of multi-disciplinary locality working.

Assisting the Locality Nursing Team Manager to provide line management and leadership for the community nursing team, being accountable for the team caseload and the development of a skilled, competent and motivated workforce, able to meet the needs of the patients on the caseload

Take a lead for a specific area of nursing practice, as a delegated responsibility, to ensure that less experienced nurses have access to best practice knowledge and expertise to inform and support their clinical practice.

Deputise in the absence of the Locality Nursing Team Manager, and undertake delegated tasks as development opportunities for succession planning.

West London NHS Trust is one…