Job summary
We are currently seeking a clinically capable and enthusiastic nurse to complement our existing Critical Care Outreach/Acute Pain Team at the QHB (Queen's Burton Hospital) site. The Critical Care Outreach Team works closely with Critical Care, as well as other medical and nursing teams across the organisation. We now provide a 24hr, 7 day a week service with a shift pattern including internal rotation to nights and covering all days including weekends.

You will be part of a team which provides expert knowledge and clinical support to members of the multi-disciplinary team. You will advise on interventions for acutely ill patients and patients in acute pain, analysing clinical findings on a wide range of complex conditions. Applicants must have the ability to work confidently and collaboratively demonstrating excellent interpersonal, leadership and role modelling skills. The applicant must have the ability to prioritise whilst under pressure.

You will be a versatile team member and have teaching experience in both formal and informal settings. You will have post registration experience in an acute care setting. You must have the ability to perform patient assessment, highlighting areas of concern as appropriate and offer advice accordingly. You will also have an assertive, confident approach towards clinical problem solving.

Main duties of the job

• Work in collaboration with the multi disciplinary team, providing clinical support with the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for acutely ill patients and patients in acute pain.
• Provide clinical support within the ward area to avert admissions to Critical Care, where appropriate.
• Facilitates appropriate admission to and discharge from Critical Care working in collaboration with the Critical Care team. Co-ordinates the activities of other professionals involved in the patient journey.
• Works as an autonomous practitioner, offering specialist advice and guidance on the management of acute pain problems to the multidisciplinary team.

Closing date of applications: 28th October 2026
Interview date: 11th November 2026

About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients and our own people in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma and Orthopaedic outpatients department in England, an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day, 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Details
Band: Band 6
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year pro rata pa
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Reference number: 320-SURG-BUR-1506
Job locations: Queens Hospital Burton, Belvedere Road, Burton upon Trent, DE13 0RB, United Kingdom

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Essential: NMC membership; Teaching/mentorship qualification
• Desirable: Advanced Life Support; Patient assessment qualification; BSc Adult Nursing

Experience

• Essential: Significant post registration experience in an acute care setting (acute ward, A&E, CCU, Critical Care); Multidisciplinary communication; Teaching in a formal and informal setting
• Desirable: Post graduate critical care qualification or significant proven Acute Care experience; Previous experience of critical care outreach/acute pain

Skills

• Essential: Time management; Prioritisation; Accurately interpret and relay complex information (written and verbal)

Employer contact details
Lead Nurse, Critical Care Outreach/Acute Pain Team: Kate Willshaw, kate.willshaw@nhs.net, 01283511511

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions. Applicants must have current UK professional registration. Apply through our website.