Job summary
This is an opportunity for a Band 6 role on ward 203/Royal Derby Spinal Centre within Trauma and Orthopaedics.

We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our management team, who possess excellent communication and leadership skills, and promote excellent quality of care, whilst supporting junior staff on the ward to do the same. The role will entail working weekends, bank holidays and nights to provide unit bleep cover.

The ideal applicant will have demonstrable years of experience within Trauma and Orthopaedics and ideally have experience working with acutely unwell patients and complex discharge planning.

The successful applicant will show evidence of service improvement or innovation

You will have the full support of the management team and your peers, enabling you to succeed in this role.

Main duties of the job
The majority of your role will be clinical, and you will be a clinical lead on the ward supporting and mentoring junior members of the team with your experience and knowledge.

The job will also entail all aspects of people/staff management, for example, ensuring staff wellbeing, completing appraisals, dealing with conflict and more.

You will be expected to complete, audits, rosters, reports, attend meetings and liaise with all members of the MDT as well as many other tasks.

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, our own people and local partners 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, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

• Our hospitals see more than 4,000 outpatients daily
• We see more Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients than any other Trust - over 3,300 per week
• An average 860 patients are seen in A&E every day - 6th largest in the country
• Our hospitals admit more than 220 emergency patients daily.
• We carry out more planned surgical operations than any other Trust in England with almost 50,000 operations taking place in our 52 operating theatres
• We are one of only 5 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres
• We carry out more than 300 elective procedures each working day

Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Registered Nurse
Essential

• NMC Qualification

Desirable

• Evidence of teaching/training colleagues

Post registration experience
Essential

• Demonstrable post registration experience
• Demonstrable experience within an acute hospitable setting

Desirable

• Evidence of continued learning post registration
• Evidence of leadership qualities and/or training

Experience
Essential

• Demonstrable experience within orthopaedics
• Demonstrable experience within care of Trauma Spines
• Experience of mentoring, supporting, coaching and developing staff

Desirable

• Experienced in trauma admissions
• Experienced in care of complex patients

knowledge of ward management
Essential

• Knowledge of ward and people management
• Knowledge of working with hip fracture and dementia patients

Desirable

• Evidence of undertaking appraisals/audits
• Evidence of making/supporting change

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.

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

Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address
Royal Derby Hospital
Uttoxeter Road
Derby
DE22 3NE
United Kingdom

Employer's website
https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Ward Manager
Dani Poxon
dani.poxon@nhs.net
01332788294

Details
Date posted
10 September 2026

Pay scheme
Agenda for change

Band
Band 6

Salary
£39,959 to £48,117 a year
pro rata / pa

Contract
Permanent

Working pattern
Full-time

Reference number
320-SURG-1476

Job locations
Royal Derby Hospital
Uttoxeter Road
Derby
DE22 3NE
United Kingdom

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.