Job Overview
We 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
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To be responsible for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care without supervision
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To pro-actively co-ordinate the patient’s discharge arrangements in accordance with Trust Policy
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Ensure that all nursing practice within the clinical area complies with Trust Nursing policies and procedures.
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To always comply with the NMC Code of Conduct (2015)
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To communicate effectively and liaise with all health care staff as appropriate.
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To demonstrate a collaborative approach to planning care through effective communication and decision making between the multi-disciplinary team, patients and significant others.
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Consolidate and extend own clinical skills in all aspects of nursing, furthering own professional knowledge in a rapidly changing environment.
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Provide clinical leadership and development support to the nursing team.
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Where issues of clinical competence are identified, work with the Ward Matron/ Senior Sister to address them.
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Contribute to the local resolution, investigation and follow action of any informal or formal complaints.
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To prioritise own work and others to ensure the ward/department is managed effectively.
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To provide specialist knowledge and expertise within ward/department.
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Participate in and lead quality initiatives to promote and ensure that nursing care is evidence and research based.
Working for our organisation
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
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Current first or second level NMC Registration
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Evidence of recent Continued Practice Development
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Post basic certificate in relevant subject (where appropriate)
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Nursing degree or working towards a degree
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Mentorship/teaching course
Desirable criteria
Skills
Essential criteria
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Leadership skills
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Excellent communication skills (written & verbal)
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Teaching & assessing experience
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Appropriate advanced nursing skills
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Evidence of effective change management skills
Experience
Essential criteria
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Evidence of up-to-date standards of clinical practice
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Experience of audit
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Able to demonstrate MDT working
Knowledge
Essential criteria
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Awareness of current professional nursing issues
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Interest in Primary/Named Nursing, Nursing Research and Health promotion
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Demonstrates understanding of principles of Clinical Governance (Risk Management & audit)
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. 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.
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