# Clinical Assessment and Treatment Service Nurse (Night Nursing) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-assessment-and-treatment-service-nurse-night-nursing/4bdabc79-7200-49b4-8911-2749529c71b9 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-assessment-and-treatment-service-nurse-night-nursing/4bdabc79-7200-49b4-8911-2749529c71b9.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Poole - **Region:** South West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 pa pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent: Part time - minimum of 23 hours - **Employment type:** 34.5 hours per week (Part time - minimum of 23 hours) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-30T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-16T14:01:09.127Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Dorset/Ferndown/Dorset_HealthCare_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Integrated_Urgent_Care/Integrated_Urgent_Care-v8134374 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8134374?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.dorsethealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you an experienced  Registered Nurse looking to work nights only? Join our Dorset Integrated Urgent Care Service Community Night Nursing team! As a community night nurse, you will be delivering face to face care to adults who have been referred to the team by patients and their relatives/carers or Health Care professionals. We will be looking for you to provide autonomous nursing care with a HCA, so you are always part of a supportive and collaborative unit.  You will help to promote and sustain independence/wellbeing for the individual or carer in the relevant setting. Post-qualification experience of working in an autonomous setting / role would be desirable but not essential. You will drive the IUCS vehicles across Dorset, as you will be working in the community, residential or healthcare environment. You will be joining a multi-disciplinary team that is made up of Nurses, Paramedics and GP's. Professional development and career progression opportunities available. The Night Nursing role is a part-time post of 34.5 hours per week, 20.00 to 08.00 over 3 nights. We would also welcome part-time applications, minimum of  23 hours per week over 2 nights .  We can discuss rota patterns at interview stage. A full valid UK driving license is essential. For more information about the role please contact: Rob Milham \[email protected\] ### Main duties of the job Responsibility and accountability for all aspects of the practitioner’s professional activities and the dedicated shift lead as needed. Being part of the Clinical Assessment and Treatment Service visiting team, responsible for direct care of patients in their own homes, includes supporting patients requiring Palliative care. Support the team with managerial/clerical duties within the St Leonards hub as required, which includes telephone triage with patients, relatives and health care professionals. Experience of undertaking personal development reviews for junior staff. Ensure that medical instructions are understood, adhered to and recorded and that all equipment provided is maintained in good order. Our service comes equipped with lease cars with driving shared in your pairing. The vehicles are stocked with essential nursing equipment, which may be required when visiting including catheters, wound dressings, palliative care stock. Employment in this post requires an Enhanced/Standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of. Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification.  When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post. We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidate’s individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role. All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety. Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements.  Where we have concerns that AI has been used to generate content that misrepresents your experience and suitability for the role, we may withdraw your application. As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare offers support for people getting into work. We offer an employability service to support individuals with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. If you would like or know of anyone who would value this support, please do contact \[email protected\] ## Person Specification ### Additional requirements **Essential** - Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English to a standard which enables the post holder to carry out the full range of duties and responsibilities of the role effectively ### Job specific experience **Essential** - Supervised experience gained during clinical placements - Recent previous experience within a comparable role - Demonstrable knowledge of assessment and therapeutic interventions in area of practice - Experience of developing programmes of care for an individual or groups of patients/clients and of providing advice - Ability to prioritise and organise workload effectively ### Knowledge, skills and training **Essential** - Registered practitioner to degree/diploma level - Membership of the relevant Professional Body - Evidence of recent professional development in an up to date portfolio - Learning and Assessing in Practice Qualification or equivalent practice assessors training ### Personal qualities / attributes **Essential** - Experience of planning and organising on-going activities, e.g. organise own time and that of junior staff and learners - Willingness to advance own clinical knowledge, skill and competence based on current evidence ### Information / Technology Resources **Essential** - Able to evaluate data and produce reports using Microsoft Excel and Word - Experience of using electronic patient / service user record systems ### Managerial / Supervisory Experience **Essential** - Experience of demonstrating duties to junior staff **Desirable** - Experience of providing clinical supervision and mentoring to junior staff ## Documents - [jd & ps (pdf, 843.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10462642) - [dbs information (pdf, 22.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2340) - [staff benefits leaflet (pdf, 316.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=695) - [pay scales from 1 april 2025 (pdf, 44.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1941) - [applications recruitment flowchart (pdf, 434.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=866) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.