# Staff Nurse - Trauma & Orthopaedics > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse-trauma-and-orthopaedics/f6bc83d4-2f6b-4705-8be7-8c1e2f980771 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse-trauma-and-orthopaedics/f6bc83d4-2f6b-4705-8be7-8c1e2f980771.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust - **Location:** Stoke Mandeville Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 Per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** 8 months (Secondment / Fixed Term) - **Employment type:** Part time, Job share, Flexible working, 22.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-09T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-26T13:30:31.240Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/Buckinghamshire_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Trauma_Orthopaedics/Trauma_Orthopaedics-v8256960 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8256960?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for an innovative, hardworking and dynamic Band 5 Registered Nurse to work within the established Trauma and Orthopaedic Ward. If you are newly qualified or an experienced Staff Nurse with an interest in developing skills and knowledge in trauma and orthopaedic nursing we would love to hear from you. Integrated within the level 2 Trauma Unit at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, functioning as part of the Thames Valley Trauma Network, our 22-bedded acute ward that specialises in trauma and orthopaedics. Our vision is to be a centre of excellence and we would like you to help us realise our dream. ### Main duties of the job - Supervises the work of the nursing team, ensuring individual programmes of care are formulated accordingly to patient needs and current research/guidelines. - Undertakes the assessment of patients including risk assessments e.g Waterlow and falls assessments - Ensures planned nursing care is delivered safely and effectively taking into account the views of the patient and their relatives. - Ensures plans of care are implemented and updated as appropriate. - Takes all measures to ensure the safety of the patient - reporting all accidents and incidents and completing relevant documentation. Take appropriate action when necessary. - Ability to plan a duty rota, identifying shortfalls in staffing (e.g. sickness). Is responsible for beginning the process to find replacement staff or the reorganization of the rota. Ensures best use is made of available manpower. - Identifies hazards or breach of guidelines and acts accordingly. Updates knowledge in response to Circulars and Hazard Warnings. Communicates knowledge and information to other members of ward staff. - Helps maintain safe working conditions on the ward/department. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert. If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application. If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number. ### 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** - Ability to work within a team and independently - Ability to resolve conflict and disputes, in a non confrontational manner **Desirable** - Previous experience as shift/team leader - Experience of teaching students, HCA’s and qualified staff ### Education / Qualifications **Essential** - Good general education - Registered Nurse (General) **Desirable** - Evidence of further continued professional development - First Line Management Course - ENB 998 or equivalent ### Skills, Abilities and Knowledge **Essential** - Good communication skills: written and verbal - Competency in IV drug administration. ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 200.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10570118) - [person specification (pdf, 320.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10570119) - [functional requirements (pdf, 184.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10570120) ## 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.