The closing date is 20 July 2026
Job summary
Opportunity has risen within the limb reconstruction clinical nurse specialist teams for an Enthusiastic Nurse to join the Team based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.

The teams provide inpatient care of patients pre- and post-surgery and to help facilitate discharges. The teams also follow patients up in outpatient settings and support via telephone.

We are looking for a dynamic nurse who has an interest in limb reconstruction with experience in trauma & orthopaedics or ortho-plastics surgery. The service provides care for adult patients mostly based at the QE but provide education and support to other hospitals.

This post is for 22.5 hours per week.

Main duties of the job
Applicants must be highly motivated, enthusiastic, flexible, and adaptable. Requirement includes post registration with experience in a relevant speciality.

The role of the Specialist Nurse includes working autonomously and as part of the wider MDT to manage a caseload of patients and support patients during their recovery, from pre to post op care and to help facilitate safe and efficient discharges.

Providing care of patients with circular frames, transport nails and injuries mainly related to lower limb.

About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Details
Date posted: 10 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 304-1101802
Job locations: Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Essential
• Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration
• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
• Portfolio of certified / accredited post registration professional development.
• Desirable
• Health Assessment post graduate qualification / willingness to work towards

Experience

• Essential
• Post registration experience with evidence of knowledge and development for the associated area of specialist practice.
• In depth knowledge of specialist procedures required for role, with willingness to undertake further training/ education to achieve agreed level of competence.
• Knowledge of standards and policies associated with role.
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment.
• Demonstrable understanding of the national / NHSE diagnostic/ therapeutic expectations / strategy around endoscopy services and can relate this to the role.
• Demonstrable understanding of clinical governance / patient safety process's -- can relate this to the role in relation to their personal/professional accountability.

Additional Criteria

• Essential
• Excellent written, verbal communication skills
• Ability to follow complex instructions consistently in relation to the delivery of endoscopy practice.
• Consistently professional, collaborative, and compassionate in their approach to colleagues/ patients
• Effective people skills including high degree of self-awareness / self-regulation.
• Ability to understand, interpret and critically analyse information/ data and develop skills in reporting of video capsule images.
• Ability to recognise limits of own competence and seek advice/ support escalating concerns as required.
• Ability to apply, evaluative and reflective techniques to personal practice, events, and activities.
• Ability to plan, prioritise workload in response to service need
• Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload and developing skills, knowledge, and competence.
• Ability to work towards autonomous enhanced practice through exposure, supervised practice to a preset level of clinical competence.
• Ability to apply, evaluative and reflective techniques to personal practice, events, and activities.
• Ability to contribute to service development
• Acts to support and enable teamwork.
• Cheerful outlook towards supporting organisational / service changes, learning and continuous quality improvement

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Hiring Manager
Emily Heeley
emily.heeley@uhb.nhs.uk
01213714104