Senior Nurse - Evening
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 10
- Posted
- 20/08/2026
- Closes
- 04/10/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
“Please note that we do not offer sponsorship.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
As a registered staff nurse, you will provide clinical care, coordinate and manage patient care, and support Nursing Assistants. The role involves clinical triage via telephone, with some direct patient care. You will offer clinical leadership, including line management of Band 5 Staff Nurses, and oversee Band 3 Nursing Assistants. Excellent communication, organisational, and IT skills are essential for coordinating care for complex patients. You must be able to problem-solve and manage conflicting priorities effectively.
Essential criteria
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Desirable criteria
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Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust
Senior Nurse - Evening
The closing date is 04 October 2026
Job summary
You will be a registered staff nurse and have excellent assessment, planning and evaluation skills to deliver clinical care to patients and support our Nursing Assistants.
You will coordinate and manage care ensuring that all calls are effectively assessed, triaged, allocated and recorded. You will have an overview of the service as a whole to ensure that patients and staff remain safe and care is appropriate and effective overnight. E.g. re-allocating work to cover unexpected staff absence. At times you will be expected to work clinically (5-10pm) and deliver direct patient care, though the majority of your role will be clinical triage via telephone.
You must have excellent communication, organisational and IT skills as you will be coordinating care for a large number of complex patients.
You will provide clinical leadership, including line management of Band 5 Staff Nurses, and oversee line management of our Band 3 Nursing Assistants.
You must be able to think on your feet, problem solve and juggle conflicting priorities as well as motivate others in challenging times and utilise the resources available to you effectively.
The hours of work are 16:30pm-21:30pm over 7 days a week (including bank holidays). The role is based from Hunslet Health Centre, though
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