# Senior Community Nurse - Nights > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-community-nurse-nights/0376cf36-2f85-4154-b0d4-1b66d37c28eb - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-community-nurse-nights/0376cf36-2f85-4154-b0d4-1b66d37c28eb.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Kingston Upon Thames - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (community and district) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £45,953 - £54,254 Per annum INC of HCAS (pro-rata) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 22 hours per week (2 night shifts a week from 1900-0700) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-27T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-24T08:33:39.486Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Teddington/Kingston_Richmond_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_Nursing/Community_Nursing-v8107766 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8107766?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.kingstonhospital.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you ready for a new challenge? Could you make a difference? Are you: Interested in developing your nursing career Committed to giving the highest standard of patient care Compassionate towards patients and their families An excellent communicator with the ability to lead and motivate a team Highly motivated, energetic and innovative with  full UK driving license holder with access to a car An exciting opportunity has come up for the Night  Nursing Service for Band 6 Community Nurse to work across the  Richmond  area. The service operates from 7am until 7pm . The shifts are from 1900-0700 As a senior community nurse you will assist the Community Team Manager in the management of a designated caseload, ensuring that holistic assessments are undertaken by a competent practitioner within the nursing team. The Trust is passionate in developing the staff by providing a robust and comprehensive training programme to  build your nursing career. Get your career in the right direction, with the right organisation and at the right time – please come to KRFT and be part of this organisation. **UK driving licence required.** Access to a motor vehicle and possession of a valid driving licence are essential requirements for this role. ### Main duties of the job To support the  Night  Nursing Team Manager in the delivery of the locality nursing service in line with the commissioned service specification, standards, activity and outcomes, in the context of multi-disciplinary locality working. Assisting the Night  Nursing Team Manager to provide line management and leadership for the community nursing team, being accountable for the team caseload and the development of a skilled, competent and motivated workforce, able to meet the needs of the patients on the caseload Take a lead for a specific area of nursing practice, as a delegated responsibility, to ensure that less experienced nurses have access to best practice knowledge and expertise to inform and support their clinical practice. Deputise in the absence of the Night Nursing Team Manager , and undertake delegated tasks as development opportunities for succession planning. This will involve working independently ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to manage the day to day running of the team, use initiative and delegate tasks to appropriately trained staff - Ability to lead by example, demonstrating consistent and fair clinical and managerial leadership while working effectively under pressure, balancing multiple priorities, and meeting deadlines. - Core clinical skills medicines management including IV, venepuncture, continence, chronic disease management, palliative care, wound management ### Personal **Essential** - Ability to travel to multiple sites; car driver ### Knowledge **Essential** - Understanding of the impact of mental health conditions, including dementia and depression, on the management of medical and long-term conditions, together with knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. - Knowledge of infection prevention and control standards, including the principles of risk assessment and risk management. **Desirable** - Understanding of both the Health and Social Care agenda ### Experience **Essential** - Experience in assessing, planning, delivering and evaluating patients in their own homes - Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team, with the ability to solve problems and provide support to colleagues. **Desirable** - Experience of managing resources within budget and undertaking audit and evaluation to support service improvement. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Qualified RGN (Registered General Nurse - Adult) with current registration with NMC - Part1 and Relevant post registration study at diploma/degree level and relevant CPD e.g. palliative care, tissue viability **Desirable** - Nurse Prescriber V150 (willing to undertake) and Mentorship Preceptorship or equivalent ( (willing to undertake) - Specialist Practice Teacher/ Teaching Qualification ## Documents - [jd (doc, 158.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10402542) - [ps (docx, 32.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10402543) - [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2412) ## 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.