# Community Staff Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-staff-nurse/3f2f4aa3-6d79-46ed-8a1a-f73e7f7ba4c6 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-staff-nurse/3f2f4aa3-6d79-46ed-8a1a-f73e7f7ba4c6.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Ulverston Health centre - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse (community and district) - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 dependant on experience - **Contract type:** Permanent: multiple posts, variable part time hours - **Employment type:** Part time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-26T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-12T07:50:41.958Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cumbria/Ulverston/University_Hospitals_Morecambe_Bay_NHS_Foundation_Trust/District_Nursing/District_Nursing-v8048979 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8048979?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Two vacancies have opened up in Dalton and Ulverston District nursing team. Various part time hours available. Shift pattern is over 7 days a week and will include regular evening shifts and may be required to cover night shifts to cover sickness and annual leave as the need arises. The post holders will work as a registered Nurse within Community Services across the Dalton and Ulverston District nursing footprint, accountable for providing evidence based, holistic nursing care of patients. The post holders will be required to work as part of the integrated team across community settings such as patients’ homes, residential and nursing homes. Flexible working will be required to meet the needs of the patients group and the service as it continues to develop. Whilst working with other health care professionals the post holder will develop the ethos of integrated care and seamless services ensuring that patient care is delivered to the highest possible standard. You will be expected to support the Sister/Team Leader in leading the team supervising, directing staff and delegating workload according to skills of the staff within the team. ### Main duties of the job Full details available in the attached job description. Community nurses deliver a wife range of highly skilled interventions in the patients own home. This includes the management of long term conditions including diabetes care, end of life care, catheter care and symptom control and support. We support patients to remain in their own homes for as long as possible, preventing hospital admission and supporting patients to lead a long and happy life. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Full details in job description and personal spec. Good communication skills and a solid documentation skills set across a range of IT systems is required. You will poses a wide range of clinical skills such as female/male and suprapubic catheterisation, compression bandaging, doppler investigations, IPC drain care, venepuncture, a wide range of wound care, medications administration, syringe pump management, bowel and bladder assessment and care and much more. You will work predominantly as a lone worker, making autonomous decisions and have the support and contact of your team throughout the shift. Use of a car is required. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### qualifications **Essential** - Registered general nurse - student nurse **Desirable** - mentorship / supervision in practice qualification - palliative care academic qualification - wound care academic qualification - V150 NMP ### Personal attributes **Essential** - Able to prioritise workload - Ability to work unsupervised - insight of own abilities - work as part of a team - good time keeping skills ### Clinical skills & experience **Essential** - Competent in catheterisation (male/female/SP) - Competent in wound care - Experience of palliative care - Use of digital systems for documentation - venepuncture experience **Desirable** - Experience in community nursing - Bowel and bladder training - able to carry out compression bandaging ## Documents - [people strategy (pdf, 109.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2942) - [lgbt network leaflet (pdf, 226.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1741) - [band 5 community nursing (pdf, 232.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10339326) - [access to work information sheet (pdf, 172.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2427) - [band 5 community nurse person spec (pdf, 168.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10339327) - [furness general hospital accessibility plan (pdf, 174.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1024) - [royal lancaster infirmary accessibility plan 2017 (pdf, 170.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1025) - [westmorland general hospital hospital accessibility plan (docx, 112.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1026) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.