Staff Nurse - Millom Community Hospital
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 22/09/2026
- Closes
- 05/10/2026
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
This is a fixed-term Band 5 Staff Nurse position at Millom Community Hospital, covering 8.5 months of maternity leave. The role involves working on a 9-bedded in-patient unit and supporting the district nursing team. The successful candidate will work 27 hours per week on an internal rotation shift pattern, seven days a week. There is a possibility of the position becoming permanent after the maternity cover.
Essential criteria
- Appropriate nursing qualification
Desirable criteria
- Mentorship experience
- Application and interview
- Experience taking charge of a ward/unit
- Has experience managing a team of staff
- Application and interview
- Experience delivering safe high level care
- Has worked in a nursing establishment
- Interview and application
- Appropriate nursing qualification
- Mentorship experience
- Application and interview
- Experience taking charge of a ward/unit
- Has experience managing a team of staff
- Application and interview
- Experience delivering safe high level care
- Has worked in a nursing establishment
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust
Staff Nurse - Millom Community Hospital
The closing date is 05 October 2026
Job summary
A ideal opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 staff nurse to join our team here at Millom community hospital to cover eight and a half months of maternity leave. The position would be on a fixed term contract with a review of the staffing establishment at the end of the maternity cover to see if the position could be made permanent.
The successful candidate would be required to work on the 9 bedded in-patient unit along with supporting the district nursing team when required. The position is for a 27 hour fixed term contract.
There will be a requirement to work on the internal rotation shifts pattern seven days per week.
Main duties of the job
To take charge of the 9 bedded in-patient unit as and when rostered.
To maintain the safety and provide a high standard of care to all our patients.
To work with other MDT members and the discharge team in a professional manner.
To report to the senior nurse any concerns or issues.
To comply with the documentation process in line with trust policy. Become proficient in using the trust IT systems such as EMIS and Lorenzo
To support audits
About us
We operatefrom three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland
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