Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to friday)
- Job ref
- 391-RFL-7068292
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Barnet Hospital
- Town
- Barnet
- Salary
- £51,883 - £58,544 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Band 7-Clinical Nurse Specialist Fracture Liaison
NHS AfC: Band 7
The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.
The hospital has been on its present site for over 100 years and was established as an NHS trust by statute in December 1990. The Trust’s services are provided on the North Middlesex University Hospital site as well as a range of community sites across the London Borough of Enfield, including at partner hospitals. They provide services in collaboration with a range of partners, including local GPs, acute, mental health and other community health service providers across North Central London.
In the year ending 31 March 2022, the Trust reported a turnover of £419.7m and employed almost 4,000 staff. Following the transfer of Enfield Community Services on 1st April 2023, this has increased as we have welcomed over 600 new staff including District Nurses, Community Matrons, Community Physiotherapists, Psychologists and many more across a wide range of adult and children’s community services in Enfield. It is an exciting time to join North Mid as we continue our journey to become an integrated care organisation to deliver high quality, seamless care in our local communities, with a focus on tackling health inequalities.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has come up within the Fracture Liaison Service at Barnet Hospital, we are looking for a nurse who has a background or interest in elderly medicine or orthopaedic nursing.
The Clinical nurse specialist is a pivotal part of the multi-disciplinary team that makes up the Fracture Liaison Service, you will work closely with the Consultant and Radiographer to undertake comprehensive assessments and deliver specific treatment recommendations. This is a specialist nurse led service which is aimed to identify patients presenting to Barnet Hospital with a ‘fragility fracture’ and offers comprehensive assessment and advice to help to avoid future fractures. The service assesses patients over the age of 50 years who have attended hospital with a fragility fracture. This is a unique service the Clinical nurse specialist is autonomous, you will hold nurse led clinics, you will make assessments and refer the patient to the appropriate services, you will provide interface and information with the GP, advising on recommended treatments plans ( Bone health) and may follow up patients following the initial assessment.
Main duties of the job
Work with elderly patients who have fallen and have fragility fracture
Provide assessment, screening, request for investigations, analyse results and develop treatment plan
Work closely with the consultant
Run clinics and follow up appointments
Interface with GP
Work autonomously
Develop the service in line with Nice guideline, and osteoporosis research
Advocate for your patients
Working for our organisation
Barnet Hospital is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS’s, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Facilitate screening and assessment of adults with low impact fractures and other injurious falls.
Co ordinate investigations and treatment options.
Liaise with the General Practitioner.
Provide expert advice to ward based staff.
Ensure all quality initiatives within the osteoporosis and falls service are adhered to and the highest standard of care are maintained at all times.
Ensure that access to investigation, evaluation and treatment is timely
Through audit monitor the quality of the service provided
Contribute to a creative and cohesive unified osteoporosis and falls service
Person specification
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Substantial postregistration experience in area of specialty
- Evidence of teaching junior members of staff & assessing students in practice
- Proven evidence of improving the patient experience
Skills and aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Expert specialist skills for the post
- Knowledge of current advances and pathways of care relevant to specialty
- Excellent communication skills and ability to negotiate and influence
- Skilled in use of computer/key board
- Knowledge of clinical governance issues e.g. handling complaints, clinical risk management
- Ability to problem-solve, prioritise and to work to independently
- Ability to motivate staff and improve individuals and team performance
- Ability to develop collaborative working relationships with multi professional teams
Personal Qualities & attributes
Essential criteria
- Be a positive role model with the ability to demonstrate a credible and professional approach
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to work as a team and form professional relationships with colleagues
- Diplomatic and calm
- To be flexible and approachable
- Flexibility in shift and working patterns to meet the needs of the service
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tracy Goodman
- Job title
- Senior Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07787500001
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