NMC Registered Staff Nurses

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A public health service provider in Stoke-on-Trent is looking for a Band 5 NMC Registered Staff Nurse to join their community nursing teams. This full-time role involves providing high standards of care to patients in their homes. Applicants must be qualified and registered nurses, capable of working autonomously. Excellent benefits are offered, including a supportive team environment and opportunities for career development. Join us in making a difference to families within the community while enjoying generous leave and flexible working options.

Benefits

Excellent NHS Pension scheme

Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave

Flexible working options

Up to 27 days annual leave

Free flu vaccinations

Qualifications

• Qualified nurse with NMC registration.
• Practice supervisor/ assessor training or commitment to work towards.
• Ability to travel across the patch to provide care to patients is essential.

Responsibilities

• Promote independence and support patient-centred care planning.
• Provide care directly to patients on a caseload with various nursing needs.
• Work autonomously in line with scope of practice.

Skills

Ability to work autonomously

Communication

Leadership

Clinical skills

Education

Degree in nursing or equivalent

Job description

Job Opportunity

We are offering an opportunity for Band 5 NMC Registered Staff Nurses to join our Community nursing teams in North Staffordshire. We have full‑time roles currently available in our:

Teams

• Biddulph & Kidsgrove PCN team based at Kidsgrove Health centre
• Meir PCN team based in Longton Health centre

We are looking for nurses who are committed to providing high standards of holistic care to join our busy, supportive & friendly teams. This is an excellent opportunity for highly skilled nurse looking for a new challenge or looking to return to Community Nursing.

Many people would be unable to live at home without the support they receive from the Community Nursing teams and community services are admitting patients with a more complex acuity than ever before, with increasingly specialist treatment and care being provided by highly skilled staff. Our Community Nursing teams assess, plan and deliver nursing care to patients within their own homes, in line with evidence‑based practice.

It is a privilege to care for patients in their own homes, and by joining our team you will be able to experience the difference this makes to our families within the community.

This role includes daytime working, including weekends and cover of early morning shifts starting from 7am when required.

Responsibilities

• Promote independence and support patient‑centred care planning.
• Provide care directly to patients on the caseload with a range of nursing needs (palliative & end of life care, long term condition management, medication administration, complex wound care and bladder & bowel management).
• Work autonomously, in line with your scope of practice, competence and policies.
• Handover patient information to the wider team, document patient information effectively.
• Escalation of patients’ needs as appropriate.
• Lone working with the support from the wider team.

Essential Qualifications

• Degree in nursing or equivalent, you are a qualified nurse with NMC registration.
• Practice supervisor/ assessor training or commitment to work towards.
• Relevant transferable skills such as: ability to work autonomously, communication, leadership, clinical skills.
• Ability to travel across the patch to provide care to patients is essential.

Desirable Qualifications

• Community nursing experience.
• Genuine desire to work in a community nursing team.

For further information on the Job Description, main responsibilities and Person Specification to ensure you have the relevant skills for the post, please see the attached documents below.

Benefits

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust site
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like‑minded people.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.