Job summaryThe Trauma Orthopaedic Nurse Specialist is a senior clinical role within the Trauma and Orthopaedics team at King's Mill Hospital, focused on delivering expert, patient-centred care for trauma and fracture patients across inpatient, outpatient, and emergency pathways.
The post holder leads the coordination of trauma admissions and patient flow, working closely with consultants and the multidisciplinary team to ensure safe, efficient, and timely treatment. They play a key role in pre-operative optimisation, supporting daily trauma lists, ward rounds, and theatre planning.
A major part of the role involves running the Virtual Fracture Clinic (VFC) and Fracture Liaison Service (FLS), providing follow-up care, patient education, and proactive support to reduce future fractures through osteoporosis and falls prevention.
Alongside direct clinical care, the nurse specialist acts as a role model and educator, supporting staff, patients, and carers, while contributing to audit, quality improvement, and service development.
This is a dynamic, autonomous role that combines advanced clinical practice, coordination, and leadership to improve patient outcomes and ensure high-quality, seamless trauma orthopaedic care.
About usWe are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Person SpecificationKnowledge- Experience in Trauma & Orthopaedics
- Knowledge of trauma, osteoporosis falls prevention, multiple pathology, poly pharmacy
- Knowledge of DVT risk assessment/ treatment.
- Knowledge of running VFC clinics
- Able to apply different plasters, splints, issue walking aids
- Advise and manage problems arising due to plasters, fractures treatment and wound management.
- Must be able to work autonomously and as a team.
- Evidence of further education and willingness to undertake further training and education.
- Good computer skills ( Microsoft word and excel)
Qualifications- Registered Nurse
- BSc or relevant experience
Experience- Advanced knowledge of trauma, osteoporosis, falls, multiple pathology, poly pharmacy and DVT risk assessment and treatments.
- Plaster, splint application, management of plaster problems, wound problems.
- Issuing of walking aids
- Evidence of continued professional development
Personal skills- Self-Motivated
- Enthusiastic Autonomous
- Organisational skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Flexible, adaptable and assertive
- Computer skills- database, excel and word
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Applicants must have current UK professional registration. 
