Nurse Specialist (XR06)
| Posting date: | 16 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £38,682.00 to £46,580.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £38682.00 - £46580.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 February 2026 |
| Location: | Leeds, LS9 7TF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9298-TRS-134 |
Summary
JOB PURPOSE The Jobholder is responsible for the management of a defined caseload. The jobholder carries responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care. The jobholder will provide specialist nursing care and advice to a specific patient group and will contribute to the development of the speciality service. The jobholder will ensure cost effective use of resources. JOB DIMENSIONS The post holder will work within a team of Nurse Specialists managing the flow of patients through the Trauma and Related Services bed base. PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY Clinical care delivery - Provide a clinical lead and role model to nursing staff by delivering high quality care. - Undertake clinical procedures where dexterity and accuracy are required - Maintain a safe working environment Responsibilities for patient and client care - Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care and treatments using specialist clinical knowledge and clinical skills - Organises own clinical workload. - Receives supervision of clinical care and outcomes from nurse specialist team leader. - Refer patients as appropriate to other members of the multi-disciplinary team - Make clinical assessments and treatment decisions within clearly defined policies and protocols Communication - Maintains accurate clinical and other records using the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trusts documentation. - Support patients and their families, communicating sensitive condition related information, ensuring they receive required information to enable them to participate in their care delivery - Liaise with Community Services (as appropriate) to ensure seamless provision of care delivery Education and Training - Provide training and education of learners and other junior staff - Actively participate in the development of own personal development plan and performance review - Provide education and training to patients and their carers. - Keep up to date with developments, advances within the specialty Leadership and management - Investigate and respond to accidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events - Maintains record of workload and performance monitoring information and reviews this on a regular basis with team manager. - Work with Team Leader and/or Matron to promote the development of nurses undertaking the CNO Ten Key Roles as considered appropriate - Under the direction of the Team Manager participates in or lead the development of specific elements of nursing practice, reflecting the CMT and Nursing Directorate business plans - Participates in the setting, monitoring and improvement of standards and quality of patient care, including those standards defined in the National Benchmarks for Essential Care - Promote evidence based practice, wherever possible - Engage users and carers views on service delivery and development. - Implement policy and practice guidelines specific to the clinical specialty, proposing changes where appropriate - Contribute to policy and protocol development for speciality area. - Responsible for the day to day supervision of junior clinical staff and students within the specialist team. - Exercises a personal duty of care in relation to equipment, resource and stock control utilising equipment and supplies appropriately.