Date posted: 06 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year Per Annum / Pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 301-RJ-26-8096247
Job locations: Greyfriars Therapy Centre, Frank Foley Way, Stafford, ST16 2ST, United Kingdom

Closing date: 15 July 2026

Job summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated Senior Staff Nurse to join our friendly and innovative Community Intervention Service. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced community nurse to take a leading role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care across Stafford and the wider locality. You will work closely with the Lead Practitioner, and Operational Lead to support service delivery, staff development, and the continued evolution of community nursing in response to local population needs.

What we are looking for:

• Registered Nurse with significant community nursing experience
• Strong leadership and managerial skills with the ability to inspire and support a team
• Competent in a broad range of clinical skills, including IV therapy and complex care delivery in community settings
• Excellent clinical assessment, communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills
• Ability to work collaboratively across health and social care settings
• Passionate about delivering high-quality, patient-centred care and driving service improvement

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications. Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.

Main duties of the job

• Provide clinical leadership to the Nursing Team, ensuring safe, effective, and high-quality care delivery
• Manage a clinical caseload across a wide geographical area, delivering care within patients' homes.
• Undertake comprehensive clinical assessments, planning, implementing, and evaluating care pathways
• Deliver a wide range of clinical interventions, including Administration of medications via injections and intravenous routes, ECG monitoring, Wound assessment and management, Catheter care and line care.
• Support and supervise staff to enable the consistent delivery of high-quality care.
• Work collaboratively with Lead Practitioner and Operational Lead to drive service development and performance
• Engage with complex patients to develop mutually agreed treatment plans and deliver evidence-based care
• Liaise effectively with multidisciplinary teams to ensure seamless care pathways
• Facilitate early hospital discharge and contribute to the prevention of hospital admissions.
• Act as an effective leader, while role modelling Trust values
• Support staff development through mentorship, supervision, and sharing clinical expertise
• Contribute to quality assurance processes, including audit, incident reporting, and patient feedback, working with the leadership team to evaluate outcomes.
• Take responsibility for the management of staff and service delivery in the absence of the Clinical Lead/Operational Lead
• Demonstrate the ability to make sound, independent clinical decisions

About us
Working for MPFT: MPFT provides physical and mental health care, learning disability, and adult social care services across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin. In addition, we provide services on a wider regional and national basis. We serve a population of 1.5 million and employ around 8,500 members of staff. By joining MPFT you will become part of a diverse and inclusive team who are empowered and supported to deliver care in a way which is consistent with our values: putting people at the heart of what we do, empowering people to improve care and wellbeing, delivering better health, better care in partnership. We are embedding values based and inclusive recruitment practices to ensure that all applicants, from any backgrounds, from under-represented groups, such as black, Asian or other ethnic groups, individuals with a disability, or LGBTQ+ individuals. All have an equal chance of success in achieving a role with us. We will support your career development and progression. Membership of the excellent NHS pension scheme, generous maternity, paternity, adoption leave, pay and the option for flexible working. You will receive up to 27 days annual leave (increasing to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional annual leave. We are also proud to have a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Job responsibilities
Essential Qualifications & Training requirements for the post:

• Degree in Nursing or equivalent
• NMC Registration
• Level 7 study

Essential Experience

• Working within Community Nursing in a multidisciplinary team
• Prevention of Admission / Hospital Discharge

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 below.

Person Specification
Professional Registration
Essential:

• NMC Registration

Qualifications and Training
Essential:

• Degree in nursing
• Post graduate study in relevant subjects

Desirable:

• Mentorship qualification or Practice assessor qualification

Experience
Essential:

• Understanding of Community Nursing and MDT approaches to primary care delivery
• Prevention of admission / Hospital discharge

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.
UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Greyfriars Therapy Centre, Frank Foley Way, Stafford, ST16 2ST, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.mpft.nhs.uk

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Operational Lead
Charley Carpenter
charley.carpenter@mpft.nhs.uk
07966295674