Community Staff nurse - Maternity leave cover

Main area Community nursing Grade NHS AfC:
Band 5 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Ending on 30/8/2027) Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week (over 3 days) Job  
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Employer University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Ulverston Health Centre Town Ulverston Salary £32,073 - £39,043 pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 30/07/2026 23:59

"Creating a great place to be cared for and a great place to work"

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.

This role is to cover maternity leave until 30/08/2027. Working 22.5 hours per week, the 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.

Full details available in the attached job description.

Community nurses deliver a wide 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.

We operate from three main hospitals—Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/ Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

Our Community Service for adults are provided in people's homes, community centres, clinics, GP Practices, community hospitals. Our aim is to work with people to help them remain independent, improve their health and manage their conditions through high quality care, advice and support.

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 possess 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…