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Job summary

Main area
Emergency Department
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Secondment: 6 months
Hours
12 hours per week (Part Time Hours available)
Job ref
205-7356666
Employer
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Stoke
Town
Stoke-On-Trent
Salary
£38,682 - £46,580 pa pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
12/09/2025 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Quality Nurse

Band 6

Job overview

We’re thrilled to offer an exciting opportunity for two dedicated and passionate nurses to join our Emergency Department team.

This is a fantastic chance for enthusiastic individuals seeking a new challenge and career development within a dynamic and supportive environment. You’ll be joining an established team of quality nurses committed to delivering exceptional care.

🌟 What We’re Looking For:

  • A strong interest in evidence-based practice
  • A desire to contribute to patient and staff safety
  • Motivation to support the department through a transformational period
  • A collaborative spirit and commitment to continuous improvement

If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact and grow professionally, we’d love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking a motivated and experienced Senior Quality Nurse to join our Emergency Department team. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a department undergoing transformational change, where your leadership and clinical expertise will directly enhance patient and staff outcomes.

🌟 Your Role:

  • Collaborate with the multi-disciplinary team to deliver high-quality, safe, and proactive care
  • Lead on clinical audits, quality improvement initiatives, and evidence-based practice
  • Support the Senior Sister team in driving learning and improvement across the ward
  • Champion the Trust’s vision and values, ensuring seamless care and positive experiences
  • Work flexibly across the Trust, offering support where needed

🧠 What We’re Looking For:

  • A registered nurse with proven leadership and audit experience
  • Passion for quality improvement and patient safety
  • Strong communication and mentoring skills
  • Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively

Join us in shaping the future of emergency care—where your voice, skills, and dedication truly matter.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information on working for the Trust, please see the attached job description and person specification. For more details on this post, please contact Sheila Bowers, (see the below contact details).

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • 3 years band 5 experience
Desirable criteria
  • Senior nurse experience
  • Completion of improving together program

Experience

Desirable criteria
  • UHNM Emergency Department experience
  • Evidence of driving departmental improvements
  • Experience in delivery and teaching
  • Experience in audits

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sheila Bowers
Job title
Nurse Education Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01782 674490
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