Job summary
- Main area
- Trauma and Orthopaedics
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 24 hours per week (Long days and nights)
- Job ref
- 205-7435939
- Employer
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Stoke University Hospital
- Town
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Staff Nurse
Band 5
Job overview
Staff Nurse - Ward 225
An exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic, highly motivated individual to join our Staff Nurse team on our Trauma ward at Royal Stoke University Hospital.
Main duties of the job
· To provide a high standard of clinical nursing within the ward / department
· To manage a group of patients
· To take charge of the ward when rostered and assessed as competent to take on the roles and responsibilities of leadership and supervision
· To act as a role model to students and Clinical Support Workers
· To present a positive, professional image of the organisation and of the nursing team
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse on the NMC Register
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working in an acute hospital setting
Desirable criteria
- Experience working within Trauma & Orthopaedics
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Olivia Cook
- Job title
- Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01782 675263
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