Staff Nurse - General Surgical - Open to Newly Qualified Nurses
Frimley, England, United Kingdom Full-time Posted 8 hours ago
Job Overview
We are seeking an enthusiastic Band 5 nurse to join our high-performing Day Surgery Unit. This is an exciting opportunity to work across three dynamic areas—Day Surgery 1, Day Surgery 2, and POD—giving you broad exposure and a strong understanding of caring for a wide range of elective and inpatient cases across multiple specialities. With such variety, no two days will be the same.
You will play a key role in the patient journey, from admission and pre-operative preparation through to recovery and discharge. Along the way, you will build strong working relationships with the multidisciplinary team and contribute to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care.
If you are looking to be part of a welcoming, supportive team that is upbeat, innovative, passionate, and hardworking, we would love to hear from you.
Apply now to start your career in the Day Surgery Unit at Frimley Health, Frimley Park.
Please note: this role is open to Newly Qualified Nurses, including those due to qualify in the coming months.
Main duties of the job
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this
vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
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. Through 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.
Apply online now
We are seeking an enthusiastic Band 5 nurse to join our high-performing Day Surgery Unit. This is an exciting opportunity to work across three dynamic areas—Day Surgery 1, Day Surgery 2, and POD—giving you broad exposure and a strong understanding of caring for a wide range of elective and inpatient cases across multiple specialities. With such variety, no two days will be the same.
You will play a key role in the patient journey, from admission and pre-operative preparation through to recovery and discharge. Along the way, you will build strong working relationships with the multidisciplinary team and contribute to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care.
If you are looking to be part of a welcoming, supportive team that is upbeat, innovative, passionate, and hardworking, we would love to hear from you.
Apply now to start your career in the Day Surgery Unit at Frimley Health, Frimley Park.
Please note: this role is open to Newly Qualified Nurses, including those due to qualify in the coming months.
Main duties of the job
- Deliver and maintain high standards of patient care at all times.
- Practice in line with Trust policies, procedures, and nursing guidelines.
- Coordinate the ward/team in the absence of the Team Leader or Ward Manager.
- Maintain confidentiality of patient information and ensure accurate, high-quality nursing documentation.
- Demonstrate awareness of the complaints procedure and apply it appropriately.
- Escalate any incidents, complaints, or staffing/ward concerns in a timely manner.
- Maintain an up-to-date professional portfolio and take responsibility for completing all required annual updates, including legislative and organisational training.
- Evaluate all completed training to ensure effective application in practice and achievement of learning objectives.
- Support and contribute to teaching programmes for student nurses, new staff, and newly qualified nurses, fostering a positive learning environment.
- Demonstrate comprehensive nursing knowledge and provide care throughout the patient journey, from admission to discharge.
- Actively promote health and wellbeing to patients and carers.
- Demonstrate and uphold infection prevention and control standards, promoting best practice within the unit.
- Use resources efficiently and effectively, maintaining awareness of financial and budgetary considerations.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this
vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC registration
- Evidence of Further academic studies
Essential criteria
- Evidence of up-to-date standards of clinical practice.
- Previous experience working in healthcare setting
- Surgical experience
Essential criteria
- Able to manage conflicting priorities and to complete day to day task
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
- Computer Literate
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. Through 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.
Apply online now
