# Community Staff Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-staff-nurse/86e1b2c7-53eb-496b-9643-3890cb92045d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-staff-nurse/86e1b2c7-53eb-496b-9643-3890cb92045d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Stafford - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (community and district) - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 pa - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed Term) - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-09T08:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-30T10:43:02.475Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Staffordshire/Cannock/Midlands_Partnership_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_nursing/Community_nursing-v8110049 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8110049?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.mpft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are offering an exciting opportunity to join our supportive and friendly Community Nursing team based in Cannock Villages PCN as a Band 5 Registered Nurse. The post is a fixed term contract for 10 months until May 2027 to cover maternity leave with the potential for this to be extended. We would love to hear from you if you are passionate about being part of a team delivering the highest standards of palliative & end of life care to patients in their own homes and with a strong interest in complex, specialist wound & pelvic health care. Within the community we are seeing more complex and acute patients than ever before, with increasingly specialist treatment and care being provided by highly skilled staff. Working within our Community Nursing Team you will support, assess, and treat patients with a variety of health needs, delivering high quality, evidence based practice. You will holistically support patients to manage their long term conditions and care needs within the community and support patients with acute care needs to receive treatment without an avoidable hospital admission. We offer bespoke training, support and personalised ongoing professional development into a variety of career pathways. You will be required to travel independently and efficiently across a large geographical area to meet the demands of the service. You will be required to demonstrate appropriateness of travel provisions. ### Main duties of the job As band 5 Community Nurse, you will have a commitment to providing holistic care to patients in their own homes, be able to work on you own initiative and work well within a team. As part of this role, you will be expected to: - Assess new service user referrals and care/support needs. - Provide care directly to patients on the caseload with a range of nursing needs (including palliative care, complex wound care, pelvic health, medication administration. - Promote independence and support patient centred care planning. - 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. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities 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. This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn ## Job Details We are offering an exciting opportunity to join our supportive and friendly Community Nursing team based in Cannock Villages PCN as a Band 5 Registered Nurse. The post is a fixed term contract for 10 months until May 2027 to cover maternity leave with the potential for this to be extended. We would love to hear from you if you are passionate about being part of a team delivering the highest standards of palliative & end of life care to patients in their own homes and with a strong interest in complex, specialist wound & pelvic health care. Within the community we are seeing more complex and acute patients than ever before, with increasingly specialist treatment and care being provided by highly skilled staff. Working within our Community Nursing Team you will support, assess, and treat patients with a variety of health needs, delivering high quality, evidence based practice. You will holistically support patients to manage their long term conditions and care needs within the community and support patients with acute care needs to receive treatment without an avoidable hospital admission. We offer bespoke training, support and personalised ongoing professional development into a variety of career pathways. You will be required to travel independently and efficiently across a large geographical area to meet the demands of the service. You will be required to demonstrate appropriateness of travel provisions. ## Job Description As band 5 Community Nurse, you will have a commitment to providing holistic care to patients in their own homes, be able to work on you own initiative and work well within a team. As part of this role, you will be expected to: Assess new service user referrals and care/support needs. Provide care directly to patients on the caseload with a range of nursing needs (including palliative care, complex wound care, pelvic health, medication administration. Promote independence and support patient centred care planning. 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. ## Responsibilities 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. This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree in nursing or equivalent **Desirable** - Mentorship qualification or equivalent ### Professional Registration **Essential** - Current NMC Registration ## Documents - [benefits booklet (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2957) - [community nurse job description and person specification (pdf, 631.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10405076) ## 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.