# Trauma & Orthopaedic Clinical Nurse Specialist

**Company**: The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: Uxbridge
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: part-time
**Salary**: £55524.00 to £62652.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

The Trauma and Orthopaedic Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) will provide expert clinical leadership and specialist nursing care to patients admitted under the Trauma and Orthopaedic service at The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The post holder will act as an autonomous practitioner, coordinating care across the patient pathway to ensure the delivery of safe, effective, evidence-based, and patient-centred care.

Working collaboratively with consultants, nursing teams, therapists, discharge coordinators, community services, and the wider multidisciplinary team, the CNS will support patients from admission through to discharge and follow-up.

The role will focus on improving patient outcomes, enhancing patient experience, reducing hospital length of stay, facilitating timely discharge, and supporting the delivery of national and local quality standards.

The post holder will be a key resource for patients, families, and staff, providing specialist advice, education, and support while leading service improvement initiatives within Trauma and Orthopaedic services.

**Main duties of the job**

- Provide specialist assessment, care planning, and clinical management of trauma and orthopaedic patients.

- Act as a key worker and advocate for patients throughout their treatment journey.

- Coordinate multidisciplinary care to ensure timely investigations, treatment, rehabilitation, and discharge planning.

- Support the early identification and management of patients at risk of deterioration or complications.

- Provide education and support to patients, relatives, and carers to promote recovery and self-management.

- Work closely with inpatient wards, theatres, fracture clinic, emergency care teams, and community services to ensure seamless care pathways.

- Lead and contribute to audits, quality improvement projects, and service development initiatives.

- Support the reduction of delayed discharges, avoidable readmissions, and prolonged length of stay.

- Develop and deliver education and training programmes for nursing and multidisciplinary staff.

- Contribute to the achievement of Trust objectives, national standards, and best practice guidance relating to trauma and orthopaedic care.

**Benefits**

- Agenda for Change pay scheme

- Band 7 salary (£55,524 to £62,652 per annum pro rata inc HCAA)

**Person Specification**

- Essential:

+ Registered Nurse (NMC Registered)   + Minimum 5 years post-registration   + Expert specialist skills for the post

- Desirable:

+ Clinical research   + Audit experience   + Experience of undertaking nurse-led clinics

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## Skills

### Required
- Registered Nurse
- expert specialist skills

### Nice to have
- clinical research
- audit experience
- nurse-led clinics

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