Senior Community Nurse/District Nurse Evening and Overnight DN Team
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 04/09/2026
- Closes
- 18/09/2026
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.
“This role is not eligible for sponsorship as per the Governments UK VISA and Immigration Rules and Regulations.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This role is for a Senior Community/District Nurse to lead a team within the Evening and Overnight District Nursing Service. The team provides unplanned nursing and health needs to people at home between 7 PM and 8 AM. The successful candidate will have extensive community nursing experience and will contribute to the development of urgent care services. Excellent communication, delegation, and autonomous clinical decision-making skills are essential.
Key responsibilities
- Lead a team of nurses and healthcare assistants within a multi-professional environment.
- Provide unplanned nursing or health needs to people at home in the evening or overnight.
- Make autonomous clinical decisions.
- Contribute to strengthening and enhancing the out of hours community nursing service.
- Support the ongoing development of urgent care services.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (Adult/RGN)
- Current NMC registration
- Degree/Diploma equivalent
- Mentoring/Practice assessor
- Consolidated experience of community nursing practice
- Experience of managing long term conditions and case management of complex patients
- Leading team
Desirable criteria
- Experience of delivering extended role clinical interventions
- Evidence of post registration education
- Experience of extended role
- mentoring of students/new staff members
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.
Posted 3d ago · Closes in 12d
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Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Community Nurse/District Nurse Evening and Overnight DN Team
The closing date is 18 September 2026
Job summary
This role is offered on a fixed term basis for 12 months.
*Internal applicants who wish to be considered for a secondment opportunity should discuss with their line manager the suitability of a possible secondment*
If you have extensive community nursing experience and you are looking for a new challenge and career development this might be the next job role for you.
The Evening and Overnight District Nursing Service are a team of experienced registered nurses who visit people at home when they have an unplanned nursing or health need in the evening or overnight. The Out of Hours community nursing covers from 19.00pm- 08.00am made up of two shifts twilight and night shift. We are looking for a caring and committed Senior Community/District Nurse to lead a team of nurses and healthcare assistants within a multi-professional environment. To excel in this role you will require excellent communication skills, effective delegation and prioritisation skills and have the confidence to make autonomous clinical decisions. We seek nurses with compassion , who hold patient experience and high-quality care at the heart of their nursing practice
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