Bank Staff Nurse- Haywood Hospital & Cheadle

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Stoke-on-Trent; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading health organization in Stoke-on-Trent is seeking a Bank Staff Nurse for temporary roles at Haywood and Cheadle hospitals. The post requires delivering high-quality nursing care and collaborating with healthcare teams. Applicants must be registered nurses with healthcare experience. The position offers flexibility in shifts and a commitment to equal opportunities.

Benefits

Counselling support

Flexible working opportunities

In-house training programs

Qualifications

• Experience of providing care within a health setting.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a high-quality clinical service to patients and their families.
• Administer medication, complying with relevant Trust procedures.
• Assess patient's individual care needs and develop care programmes.
• Contribute to care plans with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Ensure the safe custody of all patients.
• Support student nurses on placement.

Skills

Demonstrate an awareness of current thinking and guidance in the management of physical health conditions

Education

Registered General Health Nurse on NMC Register

Job description

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Bank Staff Nurse for Haywood Hospital & Cheadle.

The closing date is 13 October 2025

This is for winter pressures from December to March only. Shifts are not guaranteed.

The sites will be Haywood Hospital ST6 and Cheadle Hospital ST10.

We will close this vacancy early if there is a huge volume of applications.

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI, you must state this in your application.

The post holder will assist the Ward/Team Manager in providing high-quality nursing care and treatment of patients in conjunction with other professionals through the hospital's multi-disciplinary assessment, treatment, and care programmes.

The Trust Bank is made up of a pool of staff that provides temporary cover for staff shortages or short-term vacancies. If you work for the trust bank, you tell us when you are available, and your availability is then matched with shift requirements across the hospital.

Our Bank operates by booking temporary staff on a flexible basis. It gives you the freedom to choose the shifts you work, depending upon availability.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver a high-quality clinical service to patients and their families and carers.
• Administer medication, complying with relevant Trust procedures and NMC guidelines.
• Assess patient's individual care needs, develop, implement, and evaluate programmes of care.
• Contribute to care plans in cooperation with multi-disciplinary teams within the hospital and under supervision of more senior team members.
• Maintain an effective reporting system by observing and reporting verbally and in writing on patient condition.
• Ensure the safe custody of all patients as determined by the clinical team.

Job responsibilities

• Deliver a high-quality clinical service to patients and their families and carers.
• Act as named nurse to a group of patients under the direction/supervision of the person identified with continuing responsibility.
• Participate in therapeutic group work programmes.
• Take charge of the ward in the absence of the ward manager and deputy ward manager.
• Administer medication, complying with relevant Trust procedures and NMC guidelines.
• Assess patient's individual care needs, develop, implement, and evaluate programmes of care.
• Contribute to care plans in cooperation with multi-disciplinary teams within the hospital and under supervision of more senior team members.
• Maintain an effective reporting system by observing and reporting verbally and in writing on patient condition.
• Ensure the safe custody of all patients as determined by the clinical team.
• Support student nurses on placement within the service.
• Participate in the development of the service to ensure clinical governance processes are actively implemented at team level.
• Assist in ensuring that the aims and objectives of the ward/department (as set by the responsible nurse) are fulfilled and to identify factors which may inhibit these from being achieved.
• The post holder will be required to work within the NMC Code of Practice and professional guidelines.
• Maintain an up-to-date level of professional competence within the specific environment.
• Assist in the implementation of evidence-based nursing practice and participate in research and other projects as required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered General Health Nurse on NMC Register.

Skills

• Demonstrate an awareness of current thinking and guidance in the management of physical health conditions.

Experience

• Experience of providing care within a health setting.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is an award-winning organisation with over 9000 employees. We are one of the largest integrated Health and Social Care providers, covering services across North & South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, Isle of Wight and Essex.

We pride ourselves on the services provided to support with the well-being of all of our employees both physically and mentally and offer counselling support and lifestyle information. Opportunities for flexible working are also available depending on the role.

We encourage career development provided by in-house training programs and coaching support.

Demonstrating our strong commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, and in context of our objective aligned to the growth of diversity across the workforce; we are particularly seeking applications from individuals who may be from under-represented groups, such as black, Asian or other ethnic groups, individuals with a disability, or LGBTQ+ individuals who meet the specific criteria.

We are embedding values-based and inclusive recruitment practices to ensure that all applicants, from any backgrounds, have an equal chance of success in achieving a role with us.