# Night Shift Care Practitioner. The Oaks Care Home > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sandstone Care Group. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/night-shift-care-practitioner-the-oaks-care-home/85781840-108e-43b4-b859-95b8e23f9708 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/night-shift-care-practitioner-the-oaks-care-home/85781840-108e-43b4-b859-95b8e23f9708.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sandstone Care Group - **Location:** Newtown - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Salary:** £13.28 an hour - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full-time, Part-time - **Closing date:** 2027-07-15T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-22T12:22:23.907Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/L0137-26-0011?employerCode=L0137 - **Application URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/application/L0137-26-0011/pre-application-questions-pause?referrer=jobadvert&ref=L0137-26-0011 - **Employer website:** https://www.sandstonecare.co.uk/ ## Job Content ### Job summary At The Oaks Care Home, we are committed to providing outstanding care in a safe, welcoming and supportive environment. We are looking for an experienced and compassionate Senior Care Practitioner (Nights) to join our dedicated team and help ensure residents receive exceptional care and support throughout the night. As a Senior Care Practitioner, you will play a key role in leading the night care team, promoting high standards of person-centred care and ensuring residents remain comfortable, safe and well supported. You will combine hands-on care with leadership responsibilities, acting as a role model for colleagues and helping to create a calm and reassuring atmosphere for residents and their families. ### Main duties of the job What Youll Be Doing As a Night Shift Care Practitioner, you'll play a vital role in ensuring our residents feel safe, comfortable, and supported throughout the night. You will: - Provide personalised care, supporting residents with night routines, mobility, and comfort - Monitor wellbeing, observing changes and responding professionally - Offer reassurance and companionship to residents who may feel unsettled - Support with light domestic duties to help prepare for the day ahead - Work closely with colleagues to ensure consistent, high-quality care - Take part in ongoing training and development ### About us Sandstone employees enjoy a range of benefits: - Free uniform. Free Meals*. Free DBS. - Discounts on the high street* - with retailers like Asda, Costa and Argos - Refer-a-Friend - and get a £250 bonus - Flexible pay* - choose when you are paid, and get money management tips too - Free wellbeing programme - helping you look after your physical and mental health - Employee recognition scheme - we recognise and reward great work - Pension scheme - helping you plan for your retirement - In-house training - on-going face-to-face training, tailored to you - Career opportunities - The chance to make your mark and play a key role Discounts are accessed using our Reward Me app. Flexible pay is available via STREAM. Sandstone Care Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer: We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We embrace diversity within each service, as we think it is important that the Social Care Workforce represents the people it serves. We welcome applications from people from backgrounds including disabled candidates, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, LGBTQ+ as well as non-binary candidates, and those with experience of mental health. ### Details - Date posted: 15 July 2026 - Pay scheme: Other - Salary: £13.28 an hour - Contract: Permanent - Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time - Reference number: L0137-26-0011 - Job locations: The Oaks Care Home, Llanidloes Road, Newtown, Powys, SY16 1HL, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities The Senior Care Practitioner (Nights) is responsible for supporting the management of the home during night-time hours and ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and person-centred care. The postholder will provide supervision and support to the care team while ensuring residents' needs are met with dignity, respect and compassion. Working closely with the leadership team, the successful candidate will contribute to maintaining quality standards, promoting best practice and supporting a culture of continuous improvement. The role requires strong communication skills, sound judgement and the ability to lead confidently when responding to changing resident needs and situations. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Desirable** - We are more interested in your values than your experience. - You should be: - Caring, patient and compassionate - A strong team player - Reliable and adaptable to night shift working - Willing to learn and develop within the care sector - Previous care experience is beneficial but not essential. ## 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.