Charge Nurse - STORM
| Posting date: | 25 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | £38,682.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £38682.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 December 2025 |
| Location: | Braintree, CM72AL |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9390-25-2889 |
Summary
To work within the Specialist Team for Orthopaedic Recovery Management in a variety of roles, such as Specialist Team Orthopaedics Recovery and Management nurse (STORM). Facilitate Same Day Discharge for Elective Joint Replacement patients through the provision of a Nurse-led STORM service. Facilitate a Nurse-led STORM service for orthopaedic patients to cover the needs of the service for patients who have experienced a traumatic orthopaedic injury. Ensure high quality safe care to support patients at home prior surgery if appropriate and post discharge. Assess patients in their own homes, pre-operatively/ post operatively, accessing the home environment. Delivering wound assessment and management, including monitoring for signs of surgical site infection (SSI). Providing care and education for patients with braces, splints, and cervical collars, ensuring correct use and preventing complications. Undertaking post-operative wellbeing checks following early discharge, identifying and escalating concerns where necessary. Offering pre-operative education support for selected elective and trauma patients, including optimisation advice and reassurance. Monitoring pain, mobility, and overall progress, liaising with multidisciplinary teams (orthopaedic consultants, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, GPs, district nurses) to ensure continuity of care. Supporting patient and family education, empowering individuals to self-manage where appropriate. Participating in early identification, prevention, and management of post-operative complications such as venous thromboembolism, infection, and pressure damage. Contributing to service development, audit, and quality improvement initiatives within the STORM pathway. To collect data required for the Surgical Site Infection and categorise correctly, data submission onto the SSI website and to monitor progress post discharge as per SSI guidelines. Work within a tea of staff responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating holistic, high quality and individualized care which respects patient personal dignity and beliefs. Ensure all documentation is complete and accurate and that information is stored and maintained appropriately. Maintain a safe working environment for patients, visitors, and staff. Identify and undertake initiatives to improve quality of patient care, developing the service. Ensure appropriate communication mechanisms are in place and promote and maintain effective communication within the service/ multidisciplinary team, colleagues, patients, relatives, visitors and between other departments. Act as the patient advocate when appropriate and ensure that nursing staff can offer guidance on treatment options to enable the patient to make an informed choice. Assist in the maintenance of stock levels. Acting as a resource and role model for junior staff, providing supervision, support, and teaching. Maintain a professional profile and develop skills, knowledge and competencies adhering to the NMC code of Professional Conduct Trust Policies and Procedures.