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Job requirements
Essential
16 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
Supportive of colleagues
- Other
Ability to work in changing environments
- Other
Committed to high standards of patient care
- Other
Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour
- Other
Maintain both personal and professional development
- Other
Willingness to be flexible and adaptable
- Skills
Ability to organise workload and delegate tasks appropriately
- Skills
Ability to work as part of a team
- Skills
Ability to support less experienced staff
- Skills
Ability to problem solve
- Skills
Good written and verbal communication skills
- Knowledge
Sound clinical nursing knowledge and a good understanding of nursing issues and clinical governance
- Knowledge
Demonstrates awareness of own limitations
- Experience
Recent clinical nursing experience as a student or as a registered nurse
- Qualifications
Registered Nurse, current NMC registration
- Qualifications
BSc in Nursing (Diploma in Nursing as a minimum)
Desirable
6 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing
- Experience
Experience within relevant clinical setting
- Experience
Evidence of maintaining a clinical learning environment.
- Experience
Evidence of working with learners
- Qualifications
Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor Training
- Qualifications
Post registration qualification in relevant specialty
Job overview
Staff Nurse - Trauma & Orthopaedics
Band 5
Permanent
- Hours per week NIGHTS AND DAYS
MUST HAVE ORTHOPAEDIC EXPERIENCE - ESSENTIAL
Admission and discharge of patients both short and long stay patients
Pre and post operative care
Working closely with MDT team
Supporting students nurses in the workplace.
Main duties of the job
Clinical Responsibilities
- Participate in maintaining a safe, comfortable and therapeutic environment for all patients and carers and maintain agreed standards of nursing care.
- Determines nursing priorities and plans patient care. Informs the nurse in charge when changes in circumstances may affect patient care.
- Maintain nursing records in accordance with the NMC and Trust Guidelines.
- Maintain and improve quality of patient care through contribution to the development of Essence of Care and clinical benchmarking within the unit
- Ensure due regard is given to customs, values and spiritual beliefs of patients.
- Providing information and support to patients/carers, and ensuring all those involved in the
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Applicants must possess excellent communication skills, have a flexible working approach and a willingness to work as part of a forward thinking team, as well as a strong commitment to ensuring a positive hospital experience for patients and their relatives/carers
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.
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This advert is for Staff Nurse - NOFU Orthopaedics with Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Liverpool, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Staff nurse role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 per annum. The contract type is 12 months (Days and Nights. 3 fixed term jobs, one to start october 2026, one to start decemeber 2026 and one to start feb 2027). The application deadline is 28 Oct 2026.
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