Senior Community Nurse - Evening and Night Service
The closing date is 25 September 2025
Job summary
The role as a Senior Community Nurse, part of the evening and night team working,18 hours per week 17:30-23:30 over 3 evenings on a 7 day rota based at Kidderminster.
The senior nurse will be responsible for undertaking triage role in central hub in Droitwich , supporting and supervising staff and performing clinical visits on the patch.
The team is a countywide team which is centrally based in Droitwich with satellite bases in Worcester, Evesham, Bromsgrove and Kidderminster, they visit patients in their own home and support them in remaining at home and preventing admission to hospital and supporting early discharge from hospital. This post will be primarily based in the North of the county from either Bromsgrove or Kidderminster.
The post is all worked as unsocial hours hence picking up pay enhancements for all hours worked which makes this post more attractive. `more money for less hours.`
These working hours offer perfect work life balance particularly if you have a young family, you will have the daytime to enjoy hobbies and activities but remain in a progressive career.
We pride ourselves in providing outstanding care to patients across Worcestershire. We will provide you with resources to develop and progress a long-term career with flexibility, continual professional development as well as a wide range of wellbeing and support.
If you would like to discuss informally if this is the right role for you, please get in touch with Recruiting Manager.
Main duties of the job
As a Senior community nurse working with the Evening and night Team most of the work allocated to you will of an unplanned nature. The service works as an on-call service covering the County of Worcestershire taking direct referrals from patients, 111, Ambulance Service and discharging hospitals. You can expect to have a comprehensive induction and work along side peers until you are confident to then work alone.
The evening service nurses primarily work alone, they have work allocated via a handheld tablet by the triage nurse based at Droitwich. You will be able to start your visits from home if the geographics dictates.
The patients that are seen during the evening and night vary immensely and no two shifts are the same. For example, we see catheters, palliative care, wound care, administration of medication, diabetics, and patients requiring intensive support rehabilitation following discharge from hospital or admission prevention.
As part of a new initiative, we are working closely with West Midlands ambulance service and 111 and assist in responding to urgent Care response. These can be patients that have fallen, or patients requiring further assessment to aid prevention in admission to hospital.
You understand that we will not provide sponsorship to work for this role.
About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.
What we offer;
- 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
- Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
- Flexible and agile working opportunities
- Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
- Wide range of supportive staff networks
- Health and wellbeing opportunities
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Details
Date posted
11 September 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£38,682 to £46,580 a year pro rata for part time
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
C9798-1654
Job locations
Kidderminster Health Centre
Bromsgrove Street
Kidderminster
DY10 1PG
Employer details
Employer name
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Address
Kidderminster Health Centre
Bromsgrove Street
Kidderminster
DY10 1PG
Employer's website
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