Find nursing shifts across Staffordshire
From the Potteries to Cannock Chase, pick up shifts that fit your life. Hospitals, care homes, mental health, secure settings and the community, all booked from the Novello app with your pay confirmed before you accept.
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Nursing in Staffordshire
Work that fits around your life
One app to find local shifts, see your pay and stay compliant, backed by a team that knows the patch from the Potteries to Cannock Chase.
Shifts close to home
Pick up work near you, from Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stafford to Burton upon Trent, Lichfield, Tamworth and Cannock.
Know your pay up front
See your confirmed rate before you accept a shift. No surprises, no chasing.
Compliance made simple
We keep your documents and checks in one place, so you are ready for your next shift.
The county we cover
Every kind of nursing, right across Staffordshire
Staffordshire’s healthcare stretches from University Hospitals of North Midlands in Stoke and Stafford to one of the country’s densest clusters of prisons, and the work runs just as wide.
Acute care in the county centres on University Hospitals of North Midlands, one of the largest and most modern trusts in the country. It runs Royal Stoke University Hospital in Stoke-on-Trent, home to the North Midlands major trauma centre and to Staffordshire Children’s Hospital, alongside County Hospital in Stafford. Royal Stoke’s emergency department is one of the busiest anywhere, and its trauma centre takes the most seriously injured patients from across the North Midlands and into North Wales. That scale means high-acuity work, day and night.
There is far more beyond the acute wards. Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health, community and learning disability services across Staffordshire, from St George’s Hospital in Stafford to district nursing in people’s own homes. The county also holds an unusually large secure estate, with prisons from HMP Stafford and the women’s prison at HMP Drake Hall to HMP Dovegate in the east and HMYOI Werrington in the Moorlands. Add a busy independent hospital sector and a large care market, and the range of nursing work here is genuinely wide.
Where we work
From the Potteries to the Moorlands
We place nurses, ODPs and care staff in settings right across Staffordshire, not just Royal Stoke and County Hospital.
Hospitals and theatres
NHS and independent hospitals across the county, from Royal Stoke and County Hospital to smaller elective and day-case units.
Care and community
Nursing and residential homes, plus community and district nursing in people’s own homes, right across the county.
Mental health and secure
Inpatient and secure mental health work, plus the county’s prisons from HMP Stafford to HMYOI Werrington, for nurses who want varied, autonomous work.
We work with candidates and clients right across the county, from Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stafford to Burton upon Trent, Lichfield, Tamworth, Cannock and the Staffordshire Moorlands.
Working across the border? See our pages for the wider West Midlands region and the West Midlands metropolitan county.
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See where the work is across Staffordshire
Search the map to find the hospitals, trusts and care settings we staff near you, right across the county.
Specialisms in Staffordshire
Your specialism, close to home
Whatever you specialise in, from Royal Stoke’s critical care to the county’s care homes and prisons, Staffordshire has genuine demand. Here is where the work is.
- Nursing & care homes
- Mental health
- Prison nursing
- Critical care
- Theatres
Nursing & care homes
Staffordshire has an older population and a large care market to match. In 2022 the county council’s cost-of-care work counted more than 160 care homes for people aged 65 and over in the Staffordshire area, with over 7,000 registered beds between them, and that is before Stoke-on-Trent’s homes are added. That means steady work for RGNs, RMNs and experienced care staff, close to home.
Mental health
Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust runs mental health services across the county, including acute wards and a psychiatric intensive care unit at St George’s Hospital in Stafford, and secure forensic services at the Hatherton Centre in Stafford. Mental health is a growing area of work for us, across inpatient, secure and community settings.
Prison nursing
Staffordshire holds one of the densest clusters of prisons in the country. The estate runs from HMP Stafford and the women’s prison at HMP Drake Hall near Stafford, to HMP Dovegate in the east, HMP Swinfen Hall near Lichfield and HMYOI Werrington in the Moorlands, with Featherstone, Oakwood and Brinsford in the south of the county. Prison nursing is autonomous, varied work, and we help you get the enhanced clearance sorted before you start.
Critical care
Because Royal Stoke is the North Midlands major trauma centre, Staffordshire carries a lot of high-acuity and specialist work, including neurosurgery, cardiac and critical care that draws patients from a wide area. For ITU and HDU nurses who are confident with the most unstable patients, critical care shifts come up regularly.
Theatres
Alongside the NHS lists at Royal Stoke and County Hospital, Staffordshire has an active independent hospital sector, including Nuffield Health North Staffordshire Hospital in Newcastle-under-Lyme and Rowley Hall Hospital in Stafford. For scrub, anaesthetic and recovery nurses, ODPs and surgical first assistants, that means regular theatre work across the county.
Care & support work in Staffordshire
Care and support work in Staffordshire
Most care in Staffordshire is delivered by care assistants and support workers rather than registered nurses. Staffordshire County Council is a large upper-tier social care authority, and the work spans elderly care homes across the county, supported living for disabled people and specialist neuro-rehabilitation in the Moorlands. Whatever your background, there is regular work near you.
- Care assistant
- Support worker
- Dementia care
- Brain injury
Care assistant
Staffordshire County Council’s own cost-of-care work counted more than 160 care homes for people aged 65 and over across the county, with over 7,000 registered beds between them — and that is before Stoke-on-Trent’s homes are added. Care assistants are the backbone of these homes, supporting residents with everyday living, personal care and companionship, from the Potteries to the market towns of the south.
Support worker
Staffordshire County Council commissions around 157 supported living schemes for people with a learning disability or autism, and its Housing with Care Strategy is deliberately shifting support away from residential and nursing placements towards ‘support at home’. That means steady demand for support workers who help the people they support live as independently as possible — in their own homes and out in the community, rather than in a care-home setting.
Dementia care
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent has one of the strongest records for diagnosing dementia in the country: as of October 2024 the area’s NHS integrated care board had the third highest dementia diagnosis rate in England, reaching 72.8% by mid-2025 against a 66.7% national target. A high diagnosis rate means more residents identified and supported earlier, and dementia care is some of the most valued work in the sector, supporting residents to live well day to day.
Brain injury
Staffordshire has a genuine specialist neuro presence — the Moorlands Neurological Centre at Cheadle, an Elysium Healthcare neurobehavioural hospital for adults with an acquired brain injury, alongside Headway brain-injury services in both North and South Staffordshire. Rehabilitation support workers here help the people they support rebuild skills and independence after a brain injury, work closely related to the complex-care roles that involve tracheostomy and other clinical support.
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For Staffordshire employers
Staffing a shift in Staffordshire?
Compliant local nurses, ODPs and care staff, whenever your Staffordshire rota needs them.
Whether you run a nursing home in the Moorlands, a ward in the Potteries or a secure setting near Stafford, we can help you fill it. From a single last-minute shift to an ongoing rota, everything is managed through one platform. Less chasing, less admin for your team.
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Staffordshire nursing FAQs
Which areas of Staffordshire does Novello cover?
We place nurses, ODPs and care staff right across the county, from Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stafford to Burton upon Trent, Lichfield, Tamworth, Cannock and the Staffordshire Moorlands. Shifts are booked through the app, so you can pick up work close to home.
What kind of nursing shifts are available in Staffordshire?
Everything from acute hospital wards and theatres to care homes, community nursing, mental health and secure settings. With University Hospitals of North Midlands, a large care market and one of the country's biggest secure estates on the doorstep, there is regular work across most specialisms.
Do you offer prison and secure nursing in Staffordshire?
Yes. Staffordshire has an unusually large secure estate, including HMP Stafford, HMP Drake Hall, HMP Dovegate and HMYOI Werrington, plus secure forensic mental health services in Stafford. We help you get the enhanced clearance in place before you start.
How does pay work with Novello?
You see your confirmed rate before you accept any shift, so there are no surprises and no chasing. Everything, from booking to timesheets, is handled in the Novello app.
I'm a Staffordshire employer. Can Novello help staff my rota?
Yes. Whether you run a care home, a hospital ward or a secure setting anywhere in Staffordshire, we can supply compliant nurses, ODPs and care staff for a single shift or an ongoing rota, all managed through one platform.
Ready to find your next shift in Staffordshire?
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