Job summaryWe are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Staff members to join as a Band 6 nurse on Treetops elective Orthopaedic ward.
As a Frimley Health Nurse, you can look forward to a career full of development opportunities, accessible management and the support from an excellent team of healthcare professionals - freeing up your time to concentrate on the most important priorities. Our Orthopaedic Ward gives you the chance to deliver care you can be proud of!
Treetops is a 22 bedded elective Orthopaedic Unit that looks after a range of elective patients for orthopaedic operations and plastics.
It works very closely with the therapists and Consultants on the ward to provide a holistic service to the patients. It's a team of experienced nurses and mentors is well established, and ward uses the evidence based Enhanced Recovery programme to maximise its care of patients.
We are driven to give our patients a holistic approach to their care so you will be confident working with a passionate multi-disciplinary team, along with delivering excellent standards of patient care whilst ensuring patient dignity, safety and confidentiality.
As a friendly, caring individual who is passionate about nursing you will be driven to continuously improve patient experience and assist in identifying improvements to drive our department.
Main duties of the job- To be responsible for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care without supervision
- To pro-actively co-ordinate the patient's discharge arrangements in accordance with Trust Policy
- Ensure that all nursing practice within the clinical area complies with Trust Nursing policies and procedures.
- To always comply with the NMC Code of Conduct (2015)
- To communicate effectively and liaise with all health care staff as appropriate.
- To demonstrate a collaborative approach to planning care through effective communication and decision making between the multi-disciplinary team, patients and significant others.
- Consolidate and extend own clinical skills in all aspects of nursing, furthering own professional knowledge in a rapidly changing environment.
- Provide clinical leadership and development support to the nursing team.
- Where issues of clinical competence are identified, work with the Ward Matron/ Senior Sister to address them.
- Contribute to the local resolution, investigation and follow action of any informal or formal complaints.
- To prioritise own work and others to ensure the ward/department is managed effectively.
- To provide specialist knowledge and expertise within ward/department.
- Participate in and lead quality initiatives to promote and ensure that nursing care is evidence and research based.
About usFrimley 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
DetailsDate posted: 10 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £41,957 to £50,387 a year per annum incl HCAS
Contract: Secondment
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 151-ZT058
Job locations: Heatherwood Hospital, Brook Avenue, Ascot, SL5 7GB, United Kingdom
Job descriptionFor a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
Job responsibilitiesFor a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential- Current first or second level NMC Registration
- Evidence of recent Continued Practice Development
- Post basic certificate in relevant subject (where appropriate)
- Nursing degree or working towards a degree
- Mentorship/teaching course
DesirableSkillsEssential- Leadership skills
- Excellent communication skills (written & verbal)
- Teaching & assessing experience
- Appropriate advanced nursing skills
- Evidence of effective change management skills
ExperienceEssential- Evidence of up-to-date standards of clinical practice
- Experience of audit
- Able to demonstrate MDT working
KnowledgeEssential- Awareness of current professional nursing issues
- Interest in Primary/Named Nursing, Nursing Research and Health promotion
- Demonstrates understanding of principles of Clinical Governance (Risk Management & audit)
Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential- Current first or second level NMC Registration
- Evidence of recent Continued Practice Development
- Post basic certificate in relevant subject (where appropriate)
- Nursing degree or working towards a degree
- Mentorship/teaching course
DesirableSkillsEssential- Leadership skills
- Excellent communication skills (written & verbal)
- Teaching & assessing experience
- Appropriate advanced nursing skills
- Evidence of effective change management skills
ExperienceEssential- Evidence of up-to-date standards of clinical practice
- Experience of audit
- Able to demonstrate MDT working
KnowledgeEssential- Awareness of current professional nursing issues
- Interest in Primary/Named Nursing, Nursing Research and Health promotion
- Demonstrates understanding of principles of Clinical Governance (Risk Management & audit)
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer detailsEmployer name: Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Heatherwood Hospital, Brook Avenue, Ascot, SL5 7GB, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website
Employer contact detailsFor questions about the job, contact:Senior Sister
Judith Simon
judith.simon@nhs.net
03006144169
Privacy noticeFrimley Health NHS Foundation Trust's privacy notice (opens in a new tab)
