Ward Leader
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 02/09/2026
- Closes
- 16/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting leadership opportunity for an enthusiastic and highly motivated senior nurse to join the Orthopaedic Outpatients and Fracture Clinic at UHNM. The role involves 24-hour responsibility for managing the clinical area, assessing care needs, and setting standards. The post holder will manage outpatient clinics across Royal Stoke and County Hospital, facilitating innovative nursing practice and implementing Virtual Fracture Clinic. Experience in trauma & orthopaedics and outpatients is essential.
Essential criteria
- NMC Registered Nurse
- Degree level study
- Mentorship course or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Formal leadership & management training
- Knowledge, Skills & Experience
- Minimum 2 years experience in band 6 leadership role
- Recent experience of working within an outpatient area
- Recent experience working within trauma & orthopaedics
- Experience of leading change or implementing new ways of working
- Holder of the BOA casting certificate
- Education & Qualifications
- NMC Registered Nurse
- Degree level study
- Mentorship course or equivalent
- Formal leadership & management training
- Knowledge, Skills & Experience
- Minimum 2 years experience in band 6 leadership role
- Recent experience of working within an outpatient area
- Recent experience working within trauma & orthopaedics
- Experience of leading change or implementing new ways of working
- Holder of the BOA casting certificate
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
An exciting leadership opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated senior nurse with an excellent track record of success in leading a team, to join the UHNM Orthopaedic Outpatients and Fracture Clinic. You will be passionate about patient care and will have the foresight and ability to facilitate and lead change.
The Orthopaedic outpatients comprises of fracture clinic, plaster room, treatment rooms and associated elective clinics for specialities within the Specialised Surgery CBU.
The service provides care and services for adults, children and young people.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will be highly motivated and have good communication skills. Experience of working within trauma & orthopaedics and working within an outpatients setting is essential. We are looking for a committed team player who has high standards and is passionate about improving the patient experience through our fracture clinic.
The post holder has continuing 24 hour responsibility for the management of the clinical area including assessment of care needs the development, implementation and evaluation of programs of care and the setting of standards.
The post holder will have an overall responsibility to manage the running of outpatients clinics within the Specialised Surgery Clinical Business Unit (CBU). This will include fracture clinic and
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