Senior Community Nurse - Nights

Band 6

Main area

Community Nursing

Grade

Band 6

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Part time - 11 hours per week (1 night shift a week from 1900-0700)

Job ref

396-779-N-8107766-PB-TA-A

Site

Teddington Memorial Hospital

Town

Teddington

Salary

£45,953 - £54,254 Per annum incl of HCAS (pro-rata)

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

27/08/2026 23:59

Home, community, hospital

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust offers a range of fantastic opportunities to grow your career across both hospital and community settings in south London. Whether you're looking to build new skills or take your experience to the next level, we are uniquely placed to provide the right environment to support your professional development. With colleagues working in people’s homes, in community clinics, and in our two hospitals, we have an outstanding breadth of knowledge and experience to draw from.

Our commitment to exceptional care is reflected in being the first trust of our kind in London to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the CQC for both overall quality and leadership. We exist to provide the best possible care for our patients and we do that by giving our colleagues what they need to be their best at work. We have won numerous awards from the HSJ and Nursing Times for the way we support our colleagues across all our services.

We are proud to be recognised for our outstanding cancer care, children's services, pioneering surgical teams, and exceptional rehabilitation services. Our maternity services have been rated the "Best in London" by women surveyed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with parents travelling to Kingston to take advantage of our considerable experience and expertise.

Our Trust values

These words are important reminders, but it’s our behaviours that tell people who we are. We expect all colleagues to bring our values to life in their work.

• Compassionate: We provide care with kindness, understanding, and empathy for all.
• Inclusive: We embrace diversity and respect the unique contributions of every individual.
• Collaborative: We foster teamwork across all levels, working together and with our partners to deliver the best outcomes.
• Inspiring: We are committed to continuous improvement and excellence in patient care, staff development, and innovation.

Job overview

Are you ready for a new challenge? Could you make a difference?

Are you:

Interested in developing your nursing career

Committed to giving the highest standard of patient care

Compassionate towards patients and their families

An excellent communicator with the ability to lead and motivate a team

Highly motivated, energetic and innovative with full UK driving license holder with access to a car

An exciting opportunity has come up for the Night Nursing Service for Band 6 Community Nurse to work across the Richmond area. The service operates from 7am until 7pm . The shifts are from 1900-0700

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.

Get your career in the right direction, with the right organisation and at the right time – please come to KRFT and be part of this organisation.

**UK driving licence required.** Access to a motor vehicle and possession of a valid driving licence are essential requirements for this role.

Main duties of the job

To support the Night 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 Night 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 Night Nursing Team Manager , and undertake delegated tasks as development opportunities for succession planning.

This will involve working independently

Working for our organisation

Development and staff wellbeing

Your growth and personal happiness matters to us. After all, we can’t expect the best from you if we don’t invest in your development and nurture your wellbeing. From the moment you join us, we’re committed to fostering your professional and personal development within a supportive, empowering environment. Whether you’re just starting your career or looking to advance further, we provide you with the tools and opportunities you need to succeed. We actively support colleagues to take part in research, quality improvement and innovation, whatever their role or level in the organisation.

To support your wellbeing, we offer an extensive range of resources, including an on-site staff nursery at Kingston Hospital, wellbeing practitioners, regular wellbeing classes, dedicated staff physiotherapist, comprehensive occupational health services, 24/7 employee assistance programme, and a range of other support and activities.

We also take every opportunity to thank and recognise the work our teams do, through weekly ‘shoutouts’ and patient feedback, monthly and annual awards.

Wherever you work across our organisation, we look forward to welcoming you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Qualified RGN (Registered General Nurse - Adult) with current registration with NMC - Part1 and Relevant post registration study at diploma/degree level and relevant CPD e.g. palliative care, tissue viability

Desirable criteria

• Nurse Prescriber V150 (willing to undertake) and Mentorship Preceptorship or equivalent ( (willing to undertake)
• Specialist Practice Teacher/ Teaching Qualification

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Understanding of the impact of mental health conditions, including dementia and depression, on the management of medical and long-term conditions, together with knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
• Knowledge of infection prevention and control standards, including the principles of risk assessment and risk management.

Desirable criteria

• Understanding of both the Health and Social Care agenda

Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to manage the day to day running of the team, use initiative and delegate tasks to appropriately trained staff
• Ability to lead by example, demonstrating consistent and fair clinical and managerial leadership while working effectively under pressure, balancing multiple priorities, and meeting deadlines.
• Core clinical skills medicines management including IV, venepuncture, continence, chronic disease management, palliative care, wound management

Personal

Essential criteria

• Ability to travel to multiple sites; car driver

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience in assessing, planning, delivering and evaluating patients in their own homes
• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team, with the ability to solve problems and provide support to colleagues.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of managing resources within budget and undertaking audit and evaluation to support service improvement.

We support the NHS Flex for the Future pledge

We welcome conversations about flexible working from day one, including options such as adjusted hours, compressed hours and other arrangements. If flexibility matters to you, please talk to us - we’ll be happy to explore what’s possible for the role and the service.

Your recruitment team

The NHS South West London Recruitment Hub is your dedicated recruitment team, here to support you at every stage of the process. If you have a query, please contact us:

E: [email protected]

Your application

Please ensure your supporting statement clearly reflects the job description and person specification, as shortlisting will be based on these criteria.

Please refer to the latest UKVI guidance and ensure you have the appropriate right to work before applying for this role.

Use of Artificial Intelligence
We kindly ask that you avoid using AI tools to draft your application. We value authentic, individual responses that reflect your own experience and communication style.

References

Please provide a minimum of 3 years’ employment and/or education history, including professional email addresses (not personal accounts such as Hotmail or Gmail). If you cannot provide these, please inform the interview panel to avoid delays in pre-employment checks.

Closing date

To help us manage recruitment efficiently, some vacancies may close early once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Shortlisting

If you are successfully shortlisted, you will be contacted by email or SMS from the South West London Recruitment Hub. Please check your registered TRAC email regularly.

Application feedback

If you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion.

Safeguarding and DBS Checks

We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. For roles with direct access to these groups, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required. All staff are expected to understand and uphold their safeguarding responsibilities as part of their role.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Further details / informal visits contact

Name

Claire Moloney

Job title

Service Manager

Email address

[email protected]

Telephone number

07392 288 951