Registered Nurse - Outpatients

University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton Nhs Foundation Trust; East Staffordshire; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals Of Derby And Burton NHS Foundation Trust in Burton-on-Trent, United Kingdom, is seeking a Staff Nurse to support a range of outpatient clinical specialties within a busy department. The role offers opportunities for career development across Gynaecology, ENT, General Surgery and medical clinics.

The successful candidate will contribute to delivering a high-quality outpatient service, demonstrate excellent communication, and work effectively within a multidisciplinary team to

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration
• Evidence of degree/working towards higher degree or equivalent experience
• Evidence of leading a team / leadership skill gained through theoretical knowledge and or experience
• Experience of mentoring, supporting and developing staff
• Knowledge of the clinical area / speciality
• Able to assesses associated risks and takes appropriate action

Responsibilities

• This role would ideally suit a Staff Nurse who can support a range of clinical specialties, contributing to the delivery of an effective, efficient and responsive outpatient service.
• You will have excellent communication skills and a flexible attitude which will assist you in managing numerous issues pertaining to patients, their safe and efficient journey through the department as well as liaising with Multi-disciplinary Teams.
• You must be committed to delivering high quality of care and be able to work as part of a team. The ability to prioritise your workload and liaise confidently with staff from all disciplines is essential.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Team management

Education

NMC registration and degree / higher qualification

Job description

Job summary

Would you like the challenge of working in a busy forward thinking Outpatients department, The Outpatient's department at Queens Hospital supports a wide range of specialities including Gynaecology, ENT, General Surgery and all types of Medical clinics.

We offer the opportunity to participate in all the clinic specialities and encourage staff to learn new skills. The clinics themselves offer many different interventions and procedures and the department has a complete colposcopy suite which runs procedure clinics daily.

We need a candidate who is willing to learn and keen to develop their career in an outpatients setting and in return the successful candidate would be supported in their career development in each area of the specialities we facilitate and would also have the opportunity to participate in our interventional clinics

Main duties of the job

This role would ideally suit a Staff Nurse who can support a range of clinical specialties, contributing to the delivery of an effective, efficient and responsive outpatient service.

You will have excellent communication skills and a flexible attitude which will assist you in managing numerous issues pertaining to patients, their safe and efficient journey through the department as well as liaising with Multi-disciplinary Teams.

You must be committed to delivering high quality of care and be able to work as part of a team. The ability to prioritise your workload and liaise confidently with staff from all disciplines is essential.

You should have evidence of relevant ongoing professional development and possess or be willing to work towards an appropriate degree.

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

Please see attached Job description and Person Specification.

Important visa information:

Due to UK Home Office immigration rule changes effective from 22 July 2025, applicants sponsored under Occupation Code 6131 (Nursing Auxiliaries and Assistants) may not be eligible to bring dependants under the Skilled Worker route if their Certificate of Sponsorship is issued on or after this date. Applicants are responsible for understanding how these rules apply to their individual circumstances. The Trust cannot provide immigration advice. Further information is available on the Skilled Worker visa: Your partner and children - GOV.UK

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Current NMC registration
• Evidence of degree/working towards higher degree or equivalent experience
• Evidence of leading a team / leadership skill gained through theoretical knowledge and or experience
• Experience of mentoring, supporting and developing staff
• Knowledge of the clinical area / speciality
• Able to assesses associated risks and takes appropriate action

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).

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.

Registered Nurse - Outpatients • Burton-on-Trent, United Kingdom