Staff Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 17/08/2026
- Closes
- 31/08/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
The Staff Nurse will assess patient needs, develop and implement care programmes, and evaluate their effectiveness. They will provide high-standard clinical nursing, manage a group of patients, and take charge of the ward when competent. The role also involves acting as a role model for students and clinical support workers, maintaining professional standards, and ensuring all activities comply with NMC guidelines and Trust policies.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse
- On NMC register
Desirable criteria
- Recognised qualification in teaching and assessing, or evidence of delivering teaching.
- Experience in Gynaecology Nursing
- Minimum 2 years experience
- Registered Nurse
- On NMC register
- Recognised qualification in teaching and assessing, or evidence of delivering teaching.
- Experience in Gynaecology Nursing
- Minimum 2 years experience
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
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University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
Staff Nurse
The closing date is 31 August 2026
Job summary
The Post holder will be responsible for the assessment of the needs, development of programmes of care, and for the implementation and evaluation of these programmes for patients and their relatives.
- To provide a high standard of clinical nursing within the department
- To manage a group of patients
- To take charge of the ward when rostered and assessed as competent to take on the roles and responsibilities of leadership and supervision
- To act as a role model to students and Clinical Support Workers
- To present a positive, professional image of the organisation and of the nursing team
Main duties of the job
- To ensure that all activities on the ward or department are in keeping with the Nursing & Midwifery Council's Code of Professional Conduct and the Statutory Instrument No. 873. (The Nurses Midwives and Health Visitors' Rules Approval Order 1992).
- To follow agreed Divisional and University Hospital of North Staffordshire (NHS) Trust procedures and policies.
- To report on the condition of patients, clearly and concisely, to the Charge Nurse/Sister, nurse in charge, medical or paramedical staff and to receive and follow instructions related to patient management.
- To assist all hospital staff with procedures - maintaining patient privacy
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