Senior Staff Nurse (Orthopaedic Trauma Unit)

Job overview

Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse (Orthopaedic Trauma Unit)

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.