Staff Nurse

Job overview

Staff Nurse

Department: Medical and Surgical Division

Band 5, £32,073 - £39,043 Per annum pro rata

Part time, 30 per week

Milton Keynes University Hospital is seeking dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurses — including Graduate Nurse and those new to the NMC Register and Student Nurses due to qualify in 2026 — to join our Medical and Surgical Divisions. As part of #TeamMKUH, you’ll be supported in your professional journey through our commitment to education, development, and continuous learning, with access to career-enhancing accredited courses.

As a newly, recently or soon to be Qualified Registered Nurse, we invite you to step into the next chapter of your professional journey and make a real impact. Whether you have obtained your professional registration, or you are days away, we are looking for passionate qualified nurses ready to bring empathy and excellence to patient care. We are committed to educating, developing, and supporting our Nurses in practice. Our staff have access to career enhancing accredited courses and Graduate Nurses will undertake a 1 Year Preceptorship programme.

The Trust is currently offering 30 hours contracts with opportunities across various specialities/Divisions. There is a possibility to increase to full time 37.5hours in the future.

If you are interested in applying and would like to ensure you submit a high-quality application and find out more about these positions please join one of our webinars.

Main duties of the job

All MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working

'We care We communicate We collaborate We contribute'

Please note: We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

Interview date: 05 November 2026

The post holder will work independently, in conjunction with the wider nursing team to deliver and maintain a high standard of nursing care, within the framework of National and Trust policies, referring to senior colleagues as needed. To be responsible for all aspects of patient care including the assessment, planning, delivery, and evaluation of personalised care, ensuring patients feel safe, supported and informed to make decisions regarding their care, working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to maintain safe and effective care at all times.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

NHS Staff Survey: Nursing and Midwifery are always learning in their job roles, rated 6.31 out of 10.

To be responsible for the unsupervised assessment of patient care needs and the development, implementation, and evaluation of plans of care, ensuring high standards of evidence-based care.

To formulate evidence-based programmes of care based on an assessment and evaluation of patient needs.

To recognise changes in patients conditions and respond appropriately to the situation in line with Trust policies, escalating concerns as required

Please refer to attached Job description for further information.

We believe success lies in the diversity of our employees and are committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity, and embracing inclusion. We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us.

MKUH is committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and as such we offer a range of flexible working practices.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once enough applications have been received.

MKUH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of MKUH will have their original documents verified using this technology.

By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that information from your application will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system. Your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

Upon commencing employment with the Trust, all employees (except Medical & Dental Staff on national terms and conditions) are subject to a probationary period lasting a period of six months with an option to extend for a further six months to a total of 12 months.

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.