Job overview

Join Our Orthopaedic & Trauma Team at The Royal Oldham Hospital

We’re excited to offer an outstanding opportunity for Qualified Staff Nurses to join our dynamic and forward‑thinking Orthopaedic and Trauma Department at The Royal Oldham Hospital.

If you have post‑registration experience in orthopaedics or trauma — and a passion for delivering excellent, compassionate care — we’d love to hear from you.

Why Join Us?

Our vision is simple: to deliver the highest standard of care while supporting and developing a motivated, confident, and empowered nursing workforce. You’ll be part of a team that embraces innovation, values collaboration, and is committed to helping every member thrive.

About You

We’re looking for a highly motivated nurse who shares our values and enthusiasm for outstanding patient care. If you’re ready to join a team with vision, drive and ambition, this is a unique and exciting opportunity to make a real difference every day.

Proven post registration experience is required for this role.

Main duties of the job

As a Staff Nurse, you will play a key role in delivering safe, high‑quality, patient‑centred care. You will be responsible for assessing individual care needs and leading on the development, implementation, and evaluation of care plans for your own group of patients, while also contributing to the wider care of all patients within the ward or unit.

You will help support the day‑to‑day management and organisation of the ward, ensuring effective communication is maintained at all times. Your leadership will be essential in guiding and supporting junior colleagues, promoting a positive and collaborative team environment.

A vital part of your role will involve supervising and assessing learners and unregistered staff. You will act as a named supervisor, taking an active role in teaching, supporting development, and helping to shape the next generation of nursing professionals.

Drawing on your proven clinical skills and experience, you will contribute to delivering evidence‑based, compassionate care and will be encouraged to use your initiative to ensure excellent standards are consistently achieved.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester.  Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.  

Learn more about us in our Candidate Information Pack