Nights Senior Community Nurse

Main area Community Nursing Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 33 hours per week (3 night shifts) Job
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Employer Procare Health Ltd Employer type NHS Site Milford Hospital Town Milford Salary £41,957 - £50,387 pro rata per annum inc HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 08/11/2026 23:59

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.

Post holders will be available to work Monday to Sunday between 8am and 8pm. A full UK driving license and vehicle for business use if required for this post, however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification to understand more about the opportunity this role presents you.

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.

We are an innovative, ambitious, friendly, and supportive local team. We take pride in our clinically led and flat management structure, which ensures transparent leadership from all directors. We are in search of an individual with the requisite skills and attributes, someone who is pragmatic and solution-focused, and who desires to be a part of our local Community Nursing Services.

• Communicates effectively with patients, carers, and all members of the multidisciplinary team
• Maintains accurate and legible documentation and clinical records in line with professional and organisational requirements – this includes contemporary paper records and electronic clinical record system, EMIS
• Maintains strong working relationships and communicates effectively with OOH GPs, social services, acute / community hospital colleagues, Hospice

• Ensures high quality and effective assessment, treatment, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care to patients and carers within their own home setting
• Responsible for the effective triaging of referrals and…