Senior Staff Nurse for Quality

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Senior Staff Nurse for Quality

The closing date is 11 November 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Major Trauma team at Royal Stoke University Hospital.

The role is based on Ward 226 - Trauma & Orthopaedics

The successful candidate will work as a Senior Staff Nurse for Quality and work alongside the senior team to help maintain patient safety, whilst enhancing practice and supporting staff development.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate should have good communication skills and work well within a multi-disciplinary team. Candidates need a minimum of 2 years experience working with an acute hospital, ideally within a trauma and orthopaedic setting.

We are looking for a candidate who is passionate about patient care/experience and will be supportive of the senior team.

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

For more information on working for the Trust, the specific Directorate & Ward, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

For more details on the post, please see contact information details

Person Specification

• Registered Nurse on NMC Register
• Minimum 2 years post registration experience in an acute setting
• Practice Assessor qualification or equivalent
• Previous experience of taking charge of a ward or managerial experience

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.

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