Job overview
The Trauma Orthopaedic Nurse Specialist is a senior clinical role within the Trauma and Orthopaedics team at King’s Mill Hospital, focused on delivering expert, patient-centred care for trauma and fracture patients across inpatient, outpatient, and emergency pathways.
The post holder leads the coordination of trauma admissions and patient flow, working closely with consultants and the multidisciplinary team to ensure safe, efficient, and timely treatment. They play a key role in pre-operative optimisation, supporting daily trauma lists, ward rounds, and theatre planning.
A major part of the role involves running the Virtual Fracture Clinic (VFC) and Fracture Liaison Service (FLS), providing follow-up care, patient education, and proactive support to reduce future fractures through osteoporosis and falls prevention.
Alongside direct clinical care, the nurse specialist acts as a role model and educator, supporting staff, patients, and carers, while contributing to audit, quality improvement, and service development.
This is a dynamic, autonomous role that combines advanced clinical practice, coordination, and leadership to improve patient outcomes and ensure high-quality, seamless trauma orthopaedic care.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Experience in Trauma & Orthopaedics
- Knowledge of trauma, osteoporosis falls prevention, multiple pathology, poly pharmacy
- Knowledge of DVT risk assessment/ treatment.
- Knowledge of running VFC clinics
- Able to apply different plasters, splints, issue walking aids
- Advise and manage problems arising due to plasters, fractures treatment and wound management.
- Must be able to work autonomously and as a team.
- Evidence of further education and willingness to undertake further training and education.
- Good computer skills ( Microsoft word and excel)
Desirable
- Experience in initiating and developing new services
- Experience of setting up process across the department.
- Experience in venepuncture and cannulation..
- Evidence of teaching, supervision and mentorship.
- Using data bases and other client management systems like Medwaydent prescriber qualifications
- Nurse independent prescriber qualifications
Experience
Essential
- Advanced knowledge of trauma, osteoporosis, falls, multiple pathology, poly pharmacy and DVT risk assessment and treatments.
- Plaster, splint application, management of plaster problems, wound problems.
- Issuing of walking aids
- Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable
- Willingness to travel cross site and to attend relevant meetings/conferences and educational courses
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- BSc or relevant experience
Desirable
- Post Graduate degree (or willing to undertake)
- Nurse independent prescriber (or willing to undertake)
Personal skills
Essential
- Self-Motivated
- Enthusiastic Autonomous
- Organisational skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Flexible, adaptable and assertive
- Computer skills- database, excel and word
Desirable
- Flexible and adaptable
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This advert is for Trauma Orthopaedic Nurse Specialist with Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Sutton In Ashfield, Midlands, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Clinical nurse specialist role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 02 Aug 2026.
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