Staff Nurse

Job summary
This post also includes paid enhancements for unsocial hours working during night, weekends and bank holidays.

Our Staff Nurses work within multi-professional teams leading patient care and contributing to complex discharge planning. They provide 24/7 care, admitting patients from acute services and community step up.

Our patients all have complex conditions and multiple pathologies which require knowledge and creativity to manage well.

We are looking for positive, proactive nurses who want to develop their knowledge, skills and experience and develop leadership skills in planning and managing patient care from admission to discharge.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

Main duties of the job
Our committed team of highly skilled Staff Nurses on our in-patient wards provide high level, patient focused care supporting people with complex, predominantly physical long term conditions, and people following an episode of acute care who require some further rehabilitation prior to returning home. They work closely with Allied Health Professionals and medical teams leading the planning of complex discharges and on-going community care. They develop skills, knowledge and experience in a wide range of physical conditions and multiple pathologies.

They support Student Nurses and Trainee Nurse Associates to develop our future workforce and have an excellent reputation for their teaching and support.

About us
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment.

Details
Date posted: 21 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum (pro rata for part-time)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 186-955-26-GH
Closing date: 04 November 2026

Job responsibilities

• Cover maternity leave on a fixed term contract of 1 year on the in-patient wards at Lings Bar Hospital, Gamston, Nottingham, NG2 6PR (30 hours a week).
• Care for older people with a wide range of complex conditions, supporting them to return home to continue their rehabilitation journey.
• Put the 6Cs into practice on a daily basis within a cohesive inter-professional ward team.

We offer the chance to develop your professional decision making and complex care management skills as we are a predominantly nurse and therapy led unit.

As one of our team you would develop skills in caring for a wide range of long term conditions preparing you for a career path in many different areas of nursing.

We are committed to your personal professional development and offer a range of preceptorship development courses for newly qualified nurses and further development opportunities in a range of areas for more experienced staff nurses.

We encourage you to bring your existing skills and experiences to enrich our clinical area and work with us to create a robust, caring and compassionate hospital environment for our patients, who deserve the best.

Person Specification
Qualification

• Essential: Professional Qualification (Mental Health/Learning Disabilities/General) to degree level or equivalent.
• Essential: Maintains current registration with the NMC.
• Desirable: Demonstrate continued professional development to maintain professional registration.

Experience

• Essential: Demonstrates satisfactory clinical expertise for the banding.
• Desirable: Specialist and area specific experience.

Skills

• Essential: Good written/oral communication skills.
• Essential: Ability to work as part of a team.
• Essential: Diplomatic, caring & sympathetic.
• Essential: Ability to be flexible and handle conflict issues.
• Essential: Good skills in assessment intervention and evaluation of patients nursing care.
• Essential: IT skills.

Knowledge

• Essential: Knowledge and understanding of current legislation and understanding of clinical risk assessments.
• Essential: Nursing 6cs.
• Desirable: Awareness of national and local issues impacting nursing care.

Values and Behaviours

• Essential: Act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion, Teamwork.
• Essential: Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer contact details
Ward Manager: Paula Caveney-Houten, View email address on meeveem.com, View phone number on meeveem.com

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