Clinical Nurse Specialist - Fracture Liaison Service in Slough

Employer Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Primarily based at Wexham Park Hospital, with cross-site working across Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust as required. Town Slough Salary £41,957 - £50,387 per annum incl HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 09/09/2026 23:59

Band 6

Job overview

Are you an experienced and motivated nurse with a passion for improving outcomes for patients with fragility fractures? We are looking for an enthusiastic Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our Fracture Liaison Service, playing a key role in delivering high-quality, evidence-based care across acute trust sites.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the strategic development of a specialist service focused on secondary fracture prevention. You will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, influencing pathways of care, supporting national FLS standards, and improving patient experience through education, innovation and leadership.

Working across sites, you will deliver specialist assessment, education and service development while supporting the wider team to ensure safe, effective and timely patient care.

You will work closely with lead clinicians, care group managers and directors to help shape and deliver the strategic vision of the Fracture Liaison Service, ensuring alignment with local and national priorities.

Main duties of the job

• Provide specialist nursing expertise in osteoporosis and fracture prevention.
• Deliver high-quality assessment, treatment, management and follow-up of patients within the Fracture Liaison Service.
• Contribute to the strategic development and delivery of the service in line with local and national priorities.
• Participate in local and national audit programmes, including Fracture Liaison Service Database (FLS-DB) activities.
• Support the implementation of policies, guidelines and evidence-based practice to improve patient outcomes.
• Provide specialist education and training to patients, carers, students and healthcare professionals.
• Develop and deliver patient workshops and educational programmes.
• Work collaboratively with lead clinicians, managers and multidisciplinary teams to achieve service objectives.
• Act as a professional role model, demonstrating effective leadership and communication skills.
• Deputise for the Fracture Liaison Service Lead as required.
• Deliver presentations and education sessions to large professional and patient audiences.
• Demonstrate specialist knowledge of osteoporosis, orthopaedics, rheumatology and fracture prevention.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Support the Fracture Liaison Service Lead in delivering a safe, effective and high-quality service.
• Manage and prioritise a defined caseload, providing support and guidance to less experienced colleagues when required.
• Work autonomously and collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team to achieve service objectives.
• Contribute to service development, planning, audit and quality improvement initiatives.
• Participate in local and national audits and ensure timely submission of relevant data.
• Implement national standards and guidance, including NICE and NOGG recommendations.
• Utilise FLS-DB data to monitor performance and support ongoing service improvement.
• Maintain compliance with information governance, confidentiality, data protection and Caldicott principles.

For more information on the main responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (NMC).
• Degree in Nursing or equivalent experience with evidence of working at degree level.
• Evidence of recent clinical practice and relevant experience.
• Knowledge and understanding of osteoporosis and fracture prevention.
• Willingness to undertake specialist training relevant to the role.
• Independent/Supplementary Nurse Prescriber qualification or willingness to undertake training.

Experience

• Significant post-registration experience, including experience at Band 5 level.
• Experience of managing a caseload and prioritising workload effectively.
• Understanding of NHS service delivery and resource management
• Recent experience working with older people, osteoporosis, bone health, or a related specialty.
• Experience participating in audit, service improvement, or quality improvement projects

Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent interpersonal skills with particular ability to liaise effectively with multidisciplinary team members.
• Ability to make decisions, organise and prioritise.
• Demonstrates effective team working skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Knowledge and application of clinical audit, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement.
• Excellent IT skills, including competence in Microsoft Office applications and electronic patient record systems.
• Presentation and teaching skills, including use of Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Experience supporting or contributing to service change and development.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.

We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.

We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Th rough our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.

Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.

Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.