Job summary
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a Fragility Hip Fracture Clinical Nurse Specialist to provide senior clinical leadership within the Musculoskeletal Service.
This is a key specialist role responsible for ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality care for patients presenting with hip fracture, in line with national standards and Trust priorities.
Role Overview
The post holder will act as the clinical expert for hip fracture care, providing professional leadership, advanced clinical assessment and specialist advice across the full patient pathway. Working collaboratively with Orthopaedic Consultants, Orthogeriatricians and the wider multidisciplinary team, the role will ensure timely treatment, effective discharge planning and continuous service improvement.
The post holder will also contribute to governance, audit and performance monitoring, including oversight of the National Hip Fracture Database and compliance with Best Practice Tariff requirements.
Main duties of the job
- Provide senior nursing leadership for the hip fracture pathway across all clinical settings
- Deliver advanced clinical assessment, diagnosis and management of patients with fractured neck of femur
- Work collaboratively with the MDT to optimise patients for surgery and minimise delays
- Ensure patient-centred communication with patients, relatives and carers throughout the pathway
- Lead audit, data quality and service evaluation to support continuous improvement
- Support education and development of staff involved in hip fracture care
- Contribute to governance, mortality and morbidity reviews and Trust-wide forums
- Act as an independent non-medical prescriber within scope of practice
What We Offer
- A senior specialist role within a large teaching hospital Trust
- Opportunities to lead service development and influence patient outcomes
- Support for ongoing professional development and leadership training
- A collaborative multidisciplinary working environment
This role offers an opportunity to contribute significantly to the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based care for one of our most vulnerable patient groups.
About us
This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis for the maximum period of 12 months. Where there is potential, the secondment/ fixed term contract may finish early, or in the first instance, the secondment/fixed term contract may be extended due to the internal/external secondment of the substantive post holder. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts and secondments in relation to the substantive post holder.
Please note all existing NHS staff will only be considered on a secondment basis. This must first be agreed with your current line manager.
Please also note any secondment must first be agreed with your current line manager.
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with NMC
- Post registration at degree level or working towards
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
Desirable
- Post registration at masters
- Leadership qualification
Experience
Essential
- Work independently
- Experience of working and liaising with the multidisciplinary team
- Manage complex wounds
- Apply negative pressure therapy
- Complete audits
Desirable
- Manage and conduct nurse led clinics
- Evidence of informal teaching in a clinical setting
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Significant experience in speciality
- Experience of managing service provision and managing staff
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills Information technology skills
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
- Accept responsibility and accountability for own work and define the responsibility of others
- Be able to demonstrate resilience through a good attendance record
- Ability to deal sensitively with challenging situations
Desirable
- Ability to represent the department at meetings
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work under pressure
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to manage difficult and emotional situations
- Excellent leadership skills
- Commitment to work within the governance framework
- Ability to adapt and manage change
Other Factors
Essential
- Ability to work flexibly to meet the service needs
- Demonstrate a positive commitment to equality and diversity
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with NMC
- Post registration at degree level or working towards
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
Desirable
- Post registration at masters
- Leadership qualification
Experience
Essential
- Work independently
- Experience of working and liaising with the multidisciplinary team
- Manage complex wounds
- Apply negative pressure therapy
- Complete audits
Desirable
- Manage and conduct nurse led clinics
- Evidence of informal teaching in a clinical setting
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Significant experience in speciality
- Experience of managing service provision and managing staff
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills Information technology skills
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
- Accept responsibility and accountability for own work and define the responsibility of others
- Be able to demonstrate resilience through a good attendance record
- Ability to deal sensitively with challenging situations
Desirable
- Ability to represent the department at meetings
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work under pressure
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to manage difficult and emotional situations
- Excellent leadership skills
- Commitment to work within the governance framework
- Ability to adapt and manage change
Other Factors
Essential
- Ability to work flexibly to meet the service needs
- Demonstrate a positive commitment to equality and diversity
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
