Junior Sister
The closing date is 09 April 2026.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic person to become part of the Plastic Surgery/ General outpatient's team; opportunities are available at both Hull Royal Infirmary (seven day service) and Castle Hill Hospital (Monday-Friday). The dedicated and experienced team care for patients who have experienced trauma/injuries and life changing events.
The service covers the Trauma unit at Hull Royal Infirmary/ General Outpatients, within this area we run a clean room theatre and support surgeons in performing minor surgeries. The Reconstruction Outpatient Service at Castle Hill Hospital offers complex wound dressing as well as post‑operative reviews and the Westwood clean room, where minor procedures are carried out.
This is an exciting opportunity to gain experience and knowledge within a specialised but varied surgical setting. This diverse environment will harbour your ability to work closely with the surgeons and therapists to coordinate the seamless delivery of care as well as close working relationships with Emergency care colleagues and inpatient surgical areas.
Main duties of the job
You will be extremely well supported within the environment and would have the chance of working with both experienced and dedicated nurses, and a motivated and engaging senior managerial team.
The successful applicant will play a vital role in delivering high quality, safe and efficient care to our patients. Good communication and teamwork are essential skills for the role with the ability to be flexible within the differing specialities.
You will gain management skills within your role. You will also support the band 7 in the daily running of the department, including rostering, sickness reviews, HR meetings and other senior nurse management tasks.
You may be required to work across both areas and sites. Although predominantly weekday work there will be some weekend and evening work involved.
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts – Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) – our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world‑class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As teaching hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas – biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Job responsibilities
We welcome applications from candidates who require Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK, and these will be considered alongside all other applications in line with our commitment to equality and inclusion.
Applicants can determine their potential eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by reviewing the Skilled Worker Visa criteria set out by UKVI on the gov.uk website.
We reserve the right to close the advert early in the event of high levels of interest. Therefore early applications are encouraged.
We remain committed to fair and equal recruitment practices and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates who have the right to work in the UK.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
* 3 years experience Band 5 within a surgical speciality
* Evidence of continued professional development
* Experience with complex wound dressings
* Tissue viability course/link nurse experience or equivalent
Knowledge, Training & Experience
* Experience (through placements or employment) of working in a busy environment.
* Evidence of post‑registration experience within surgery or plastic surgery
* Experience of minor procedures
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
* Shows desire and capability to develop in nursing care standards
* Show knowledge in health and safety issues
* Essence of care / nursing strategy and follows evidence‑based practice
* Be able to work on own initiative
* Works well with in a team
* Demonstrates understanding of confidentiality
* Participate in standard setting and research projects
* Evidence showing clinical and professional development
* Plan, assess, evaluate and implement patient care
* Ability to prioritise care associated with changing environment/patient demands
* Facilitate learning of others.
Special Attributes and other
* High level of interpersonal skills
* Demonstrate empathy and diplomacy
* Flexible and reliable
Other Requirements
* Good time keeper
* Ability to work from both hospital sites as required to meet the demands of the service
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.
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