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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a compassionate and motivated Band 5 Community Nurse to join our Community Adult Twilight & Night Service based in Brent.
Our dedicated team provides high-quality, responsive nursing care to patients within their own homes, helping them to remain independent while preventing unnecessary hospital admissions. We are committed to delivering safe, evidence-based and patient-centred care, ensuring every patient receives the highest standard of support.
This is an excellent opportunity for a registered nurse who enjoys working autonomously within the community while being part of a supportive multidisciplinary team.
We are recruiting nurses to work the following shifts:
- Twilight Shift: 4:00pm – 12:00 midnight
- Night Shift: 12:00 midnight – 8:30am
If you are passionate about delivering exceptional community nursing care and are looking to develop your skills within a friendly and forward-thinking team, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The Community Nurse will provide a mixture of general and specific care to a group of patients under the guidance and supervision of a registered nurse or allied health professional. The Community Nurse will work in patient/carers own homes as well as visiting patients in residential homes.
The post holder will be expected to become proficient and competent in their area of practice by undertaking competency assessments specific to the area of clinical practice. The Community Nurse will promote optimum independence and individualised client centred care to a delegated caseload.
The post holder will also support the Community Nursing Team to deliver against key performance indicators and maintain quality of the service. The service is provided seven days per week 4pm-Midnight and Midnight-8.30am covering the five localities across Brent
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to Job description and person specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Successful applicants will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Trust’s values - Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment, alongside fulfilling the duties detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification
Person specification
Car driver
Essential
- Driving skills
Experience
Essential
- Clinical nursing experience
- Working with people with complex health needs
- Experience of undertaking assessment by utilising evidence-based care.
- Previous experience in the Nursing process, care planning and fluent in record keeping
- Experience of providing holistic care that involves the multidisciplinary team
Desirable
- Experience of training other students and HCAs
- Participation in audit; research projects, service development
- Post registration experience in a NHS community environment
Key attributes
Essential
- Ability to work in a team and be a proactive member and able to engage in change process in the team
- Ability to organise and participate in weekly work allocation and able to prioritise and delegate effectively
- Ability to implement learning in practice and inform others
- Ability to communicate well verbally and in writting such as computerised documentation and data entry.entation and data
- Ability to facilitate and support HCAs
Desirable
- Ability to critically analyse and evaluate research relevant to practice
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of out of hospital care and the role of the Community Nurse
- Knowledge of reasonable response to service user needs prioritising and dealing with those needs with a required urgency.
- Knowledge of risk involved in working in the community
- Knowledge of evidence based practice
- Knowledge of management of long-term condition e.g Diabetes and an understanding of the concept of self-management
- Knowledge of infection control
- Literacy and numeracy skills
- Ability to listen effectively and ability to give constructive feedback to clients and colleagues
Desirable
- Knowledge of recent government legislation and changes in community care delivery
- Knowledge of the Audit process
Education/Qualification
Essential
- RN
- NMC
Desirable
- Evidence of other registration and education training
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This advert is for Community Nurse Twilight & Night Service with Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Nurse (community and district) role. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 16 Aug 2026.
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