Senior Community Nurse/District Nurse Evening and Overnight DN Team
Band 6
Main area Evening and Overnight DN service Grade Band 6 Contract 12 months (fixed term/Internal secondment) Hours Part time – 36 hours per week (Evening and Overnight up to 36 hours) Job ref 327-26-446
Site Edward Jenner Court Town Brockworth Salary £39,959 – £48,117 per annum (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 22/06/2026 23:59
We love what we do and we think you will, too!
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.
We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high‑quality teams in all areas of the Trust.
Our application process aims to understand each candidate’s knowledge, skills and experience.
Job overview
This role is offered on a fixed term basis for 12 months. The hours are part‑time, up to 36 hours per week.
*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. This role is to cover twilight shifts 7pm until 1am. 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.
Main duties of the job
We are currently looking to strengthen and enhance our out of hours community nursing service and the individual appointed to this post will be a part of these upcoming conversations and support the ongoing development of urgent care services.
Your transition into this new role will be supported with a comprehensive induction plan, regular clinical supervision and leadership support from your line manager. You will also join an established, highly experienced peer group of Senior Community Nurses/District Nurses.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high‑quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our people’s skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.
- Experience of delivering extended role clinical interventions
- Evidence of post registration education
Experience
- Consolidated experience of community nursing practice
- Experience of managing long term conditions and case management of complex patients
- Leading team
- Experience of extended role
- Mentoring of students/new staff members
When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:
- Free car parking at many of our sites
- 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
- A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
- A multi‑professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
- Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
- Flexible, family‑friendly and agile working opportunities
- Recognition and long‑service awards
- Fast Track physiotherapy
- Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
If you are aged 16-30, you may be eligible for financial and pastoral support from the King’s Trust, with whom we are in partnership to support your first 6 months in role. We will pass on your details to the King’s Trust who will be in touch with you if you are eligible. If you would rather not be contacted, please let us know.
For more information please see the attached ‘Additional Information for Applicants’ document.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name Jessica Carter Job title Community Nursing Lead-ENDNS Email address jessica.carter@ghc.nhs.uk Telephone number 07967 876803 Additional information
Lizzie Cox Community Nursing Lead ENDNS 07891 131477
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