Clinical Nurse Specialist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 25/08/2026
- Closes
- 07/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a rewarding opportunity for a Clinical Nurse Specialist to join the Pulvertaft Hand Unit. The role involves expanding clinical knowledge in hands and plastics, developing advanced assessment and treatment skills, and contributing to high-quality patient care. You will also rotate into a Hand Trauma Co-ordination position, optimising outpatient flow and theatre capacity. The successful candidate will join a supportive team that values growth and commitment.
Essential criteria
- NMC Registration
- Significant post registration experience, and experience at a band 5 post
- Evidence of management / leadership skills gained through theoretical knowledge and or experience.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of an outpatient setting
- Evidence of teaching/ nurturing
- Manages the clinical workload, prioritising and re-prioritising.
- Deputising for senior sister/ charge nurse/ clinical nurse specialist
- NMC Registration
- Significant post registration experience, and experience at a band 5 post
- Evidence of management / leadership skills gained through theoretical knowledge and or experience.
- Knowledge of an outpatient setting
- Evidence of teaching/ nurturing
- Manages the clinical workload, prioritising and re-prioritising.
- Deputising for senior sister/ charge nurse/ clinical nurse specialist
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
Take the next step in your specialist career with a rare and rewarding opportunity to join the vibrant Pulvertaft Hand Unit. If you're ready to deepen your expertise and play a key role in a nationally respected service, this is your moment.
As part of our forward-thinking Hand Outpatient Team, you'll expand your clinical knowledge in hands and plastics, develop advanced assessment and treatment skills, and contribute directly to high-quality patient care. This role also includes rotation into the Hand Trauma Co-ordination position -- a pivotal responsibility that helps us optimise both outpatient flow and theatre capacity.
You'll be joining a supportive, skilled, and genuinely passionate team where your growth, curiosity, and commitment will be valued every day.
Main duties of the job
In this role, you will:
- Lead nurse-led clinics \-\- independently reviewing, planning, treating and safely discharging patients with a wide range of hand injuries and conditions.
- Work collaboratively across the Hand Unit \-\- complementing and supporting the wider multidisciplinary team to deliver seamless, high-quality care.
- Ensure smooth, efficient clinic flow \-\- helping to maintain a well-organised, patient-centred outpatient environment.
- Apply specialist expertise in wound care \-\- including plastics post-operative reviews, t
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