# Senior Staff Nurse (Orthopaedic Trauma Unit) - Fixed Term > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-staff-nurse-orthopaedic-trauma-unit-fixed-term/acb34287-d57a-46fd-8662-d3198e0a337c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-staff-nurse-orthopaedic-trauma-unit-fixed-term/acb34287-d57a-46fd-8662-d3198e0a337c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Royal Berkshire Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Staff nurse - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** 9 months (Fixed Term / Secondment to September 2027) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-04T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-20T18:00:59.579Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Berkshire/Reading/Royal_Berkshire_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Orthopaedic_Trauma_Unit/Orthopaedic_Trauma_Unit-v8283902 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8283902?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse (Orthopaedic Trauma Unit) **This is a fixed-term / secondment opportunity to September 2027 (to cover maternity leave)** PLEASE NOTE: Sponsorship is not normally available for this vacancy - applicants must have the right-to-work in the UK for this role by their proposed start date. Are you an outstanding registered nurse who enjoys working in a diverse, exciting & rewarding clinical area? Do you like that no two days are ever the same? Do you have a passion for trauma, spinal injury, head injury and poly trauma patients? Do you have strong leadership and management skills? If yes then the Trauma Unit is the place for you. We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Staff Nurse to join our friendly, professional, successful and outstanding team. We offer great opportunities for further development in your career. We hold weekly ward teaching sessions alongside consultant led teaching. We have an active advanced trauma nurse team who hold regular teaching on traction and spinal injuries, bi-yearly trauma specific SDs as well as a Trauma Immediate Life Support course. We also offer further development by offering level 6 & 7 courses linked to the local universities alongside trust leadership courses. We also have opportunities for link roles if you have a passion in a certain area of nursing and can offer training in that area to improve your role. ### Main duties of the job The trauma team works closely with the dedicated fractured neck of femur unit, collaborating across specialties including ortho-geriatricians, medical and surgical teams. We ensure that all of our staff are supported in the working environment by always having a band 6 SSN on duty during the day, and during some night shifts. We have a supervisory band 7 Sister and an active practice education team who can work alongside staff as required. We offer a two week supernumerary induction program on the ward to help new staff settle into our team. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To work as a skilled practitioner and be responsible for the delivery of patient-focused programmes of care, which address the complex and changing health and well-being needs of the client group in your clinical area. To ensure the smooth running of the ward / department in the absence of the Ward Sister/ Charge Nurse, and provide clinical and managerial leadership to nursing and support staff. Please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details of the job role. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Appropriate/relevant post-reg experience - Trauma Orthopaedic experience - NHS experience **Desirable** - Leadership experience as a Band 6 - Spinal/traction trained - Bowel care trained ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse **Desirable** - Orthopaedic Course ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 139.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=603) - [behaviours framework 2022 (pdf, 2.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2970) - [probation policy & procedure (pdf, 559.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1640) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 141.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10600870) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.