Staff Nurse - Hand Trauma Unit

NHS; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated Staff Nurse for the Hand Trauma Unit. This role involves providing safe and effective nursing care within a fast-paced trauma environment. Ideal candidates should have NMC registration and experience in surgical settings. A competitive salary of £31,049 per annum is offered, with opportunities for professional development and innovation.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NMC registration.
• Experience in surgical and plastic surgery settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent and safe care to various patients.
• Deliver nursing care within the Trauma Unit.
• Contribute to service improvement and research projects.

Skills

Excellent communication

Advanced wound care

Team collaboration

Education

NMC registration

Job description

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Staff Nurse - Hand Trauma Unit

The closing date is 10 November 2025

We are looking for a dedicated professional to join our Hand Trauma Nursing Team within St Andrew's Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery.

This band five role will include working in our regional Hand Trauma Unit as well as assisting in our procedure room.

As a regional trauma centre we take referrals from all over the south eastern region for hand trauma injuries, and triage them appropriately into our specialist services. We see same day emergencies as well as routinely booked patients. We operate in main theatres as well as our own procedure room within the trauma unit seven days a week. Our working environment is fast paced and ever changing.

As well as a passion for delivering excellent specialist care, the ideal candidate will possess a keen enthusiasm for developing their own clinical skills, in the specialty of plastic surgery and hand trauma. This will include undertaking theatre scrub competencies.

So, if this sounds like the right role for you, please apply today.

Main duties of the job

In your role, your duties will cover:

• Providing excellent and safe care to a variety of patients.
• Promoting Trust values and behaviours.
• Taking referrals from internal and external clinical areas.
• Delivering advanced wound care.
• Delivering Nursing care within our Trauma Unit.
• Delivering Nursing care within our procedure room acting as either a scrub or circulating Nurse.
• Providing safe pre, peri and post operative care to plastic surgery patients.
• Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Contributing to service improvement strategies and data collection.
• Contributing to wider research projects within the Plastic Surgery Hand Trauma department.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Job responsibilities

For full details of this fast-paced and varied role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to receiving your application

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NMC registration

Experience

• Surgical setting experience
• Plastic Surgery 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.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£31,049 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)