Senior Staff Nurse

Main area Major trauma & orthopaedics Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift work required) Job  

Employer University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site UHNM Royal Stoke Hospital Town Newcastle Under Lyme Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 15/10/2026 23:59

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Major Trauma and rehab team at Royal Stoke University Hospital.

The role is based on Ward 227 - Acute Trauma Rehabilitation Unit

The successful candidate will work as a Senior Staff Nurse for Quality and work alongside the senior team to help maintain patient safety, whilst enhancing practice and supporting staff development.

The successful candidate should have good communication skills and work well within a multi-disciplinary team. Candidates need a minimum of 2 years experience working with an acute hospital, ideally within a trauma and orthopaedic setting.

We are looking for a candidate who is passionate about patient care/experience and will be supportive of the senior team.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

For more information on working for the Trust, the specific Directorate & Ward, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

For more details on the post, please see contact information details

• Registered Nurse on NMC Register
• Minimum 2 years post registration experience in an acute setting
• Practice Assessor qualification or equivalent
• Previous experience of taking charge of a ward or managerial experience

Important information about your application

• All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
• References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
• We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
• Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies
• New recruits are required to pay for their Disclosure and Barring Service check (and admin fee) prior to starting if the role requires a DBS check.

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