Bone Health Nurse

Job summary

The Bone Health Service is a small countywide service, seeking to recruit a motivated nurse to join the team.

You will be required to have an understanding of osteoporosis and falls in order to provide advice and support for those at risk of osteoporosis following a fracture.

Through delivering outpatient clinics and in-reach to acute hospitals across the county, the Bone Health Nurse will help ensure that older people in Gloucestershire who sustain a fragility fracture are identified, assessed for future fracture risk, and receive appropriate evidence-based interventions to help prevent further fractures.

You will receive training and support to help you develop the skills, knowledge and confidence to provide high quality care.

Main duties of the job

The successful post holder will work alongside the established team. Responsibilities will include case-finding, assessing, requesting diagnostic investigations, and making recommendations, or prescribing treatment, for secondary prevention of osteoporotic fractures for their group of patients on an inpatient and outpatient basis. This can include referring for investigations such as bone density scans once competent to do so, and prescribing medication. Independent non-medical prescribing would be an advantage, but not essential, as appropriate training can be offered.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Details

Date posted

25 February 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

327-26-133

Job locations

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

Great Western Road

Gloucester

GL1 3NN

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