Overview
A great opportunity for the next step in your nursing career
You will co-ordinate the management of all trauma patients, guaranteeing adherence to the appropriate trauma pathway for each patient, and effectively oversee theatre schedules to deliver high quality Orthopaedic Trauma Team Service.
You will need to be a highly motivated individual, who is keen to further develop their nursing skills. You must be dynamic and enthusiastic to ensure best practice and high standards of care are maintained at all times.
Responsibilities
* To coordinate activity within the trust liaising with other health care professionals to ensure patients are managed effectively and efficiently through the orthopaedic emergency pathway
* To improve the scheduling of surgery, reduce cancelled operations and reduce pre-operative fasting
* To ensure effective communication internally and externally regarding patient care and resources
* Establishes effective working relationships with other care professionals whose role impinges on the service i.e., theatre team, site matron and clinical flow manager, and advance clinical practitioners within orthopaedic team
About ESNEFT
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Wednesday 29 Oct 2025
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