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Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 04 January 2026

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 team:

• 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.

Due to the nature of community working, ability to travel across the patch to provide care to patients is essential.

As a highly skilled NMC Registered nurse you will work in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team and colleagues to:

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.

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by:

• Supporting your career development and progression
• 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 sites
• 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

Essential- Degree in nursing or equivalent, you are a qualified nurse with NMC registration. Practice supervisor/ assessor training or commitment to work towards. Relevant transferrable skills such as: ability to work autonomously, communication, leadership, clinical skills. Due to the nature of community working, ability to travel across the patch to provide care to patients is essential.

Desirable- 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.

• Degree in nursing or equivalent
• Practice Supervisor/ Assessor qualification or willingness to work towards
• NMC Registration

• Ability to manage time & caseload effectively
• Relevant clinical experience to the role e.g. assessment skills & wound care
• Supporting service users, families and carers in dealing with people with nursing needs
• Multi-disciplinary team working
• Understanding of autonomous working and escalation process

• Ability to travel over wide geographical area to meet the requirements of the service
• Genuine desire to work in community nursing

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