Band 5 Staff Nurse - Trauma
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Birmingham, B15 2THView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
17 November 2026
5 days leftJob description
The Trauma Unit at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, one of the UK's largest Major Trauma Centres and are looking for enthusiastic, motivated, and compassiona...
As a Trauma Nurse, you will be responsible for assessing, planning, delivering and evaluating high-quality, patient-centred care for patients with a wide range of traumatic injuries.
You will work closely with the multidisciplinary team to ensure safe, effective and compassionate care, advocating for patients and supporting them throughout their journey.
You will be expected to manage your workload effectively, demonstrating the ability to work independently while contributing positively as part of a wider team. Excellent communication, clinical decision-making and organisational skills are essential to support the delivery of outstanding patient care.
At Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, we are committed to supporting your career development. Whether you are newly qualified or an experienced nurse, you will have access to excellent learning opportunities, specialist support and clear development pathways to help you achieve your professional aspirations within trauma nursing.
Our nursing teams are inclusive, supportive, approachable and passionate about delivering outstanding care. If you are looking for a rewarding role within one of the UK's leading Major Trauma Centres, we would love to hear from you.
Could you be the newest member of our Trauma Team?
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Qualifications
Essential
- *Evidence of professional and clinical knowledge acquired through training to degree/diploma level leading to Professional registration on the appropriate part of the NMC register i.e. ( Adult / Child / Learning Disability or Mental Health)
- *Evidence of undergraduate education for newly qualified nurses / or post graduate continuing professional development for registered nurses who have post registration experience
Experience
Essential
- *Previous / recent experience or working in an acute secondary health and care setting (can include undergraduate student placements within the last 12 months)
- *Willingness to become a practice supervisor / assessor to or meets Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards for student supervision and assessment
- * Demonstrable understanding and knowledge of the NMC code of conduct and the proficiencies and standards for registered nurses can apply this to undergraduate training or post graduate practice
- *Being an accountable professional
- *Promoting health and preventing ill health
- *Assessing needs and planning care
- *Providing and evaluating care
- *Leading and managing nursing care and working in teams -- including prioritisation and delegation skills
- *Coordinating care and responding to deteriorating health
- *Improving safety and quality of care
- *Awareness of current relevant clinical and professional issues and NHS policy
- *Understanding / experience of the principles of Safeguarding and Mental Capacity
- *Awareness of Health and Safety issues.
Desirable: - *Experience in working in an Acute NHS practice setting as an undergraduate student nurse or post graduate registered nurse.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Professional appearance
- *Displays genuine interest in the post applied for
- *Positive and enthusiastic attitude
- *Caring and approachable
- *Ability to work a varied shift pattern including nights / weekends unsocial hours where required
- *The applicant can describe why the Trust may deploy him /her to a different practice setting for a span of duty.
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
10 November 2026
Last checked
11 November 2026
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