Staff Nurse - General Surgical - Open to Newly Qualified Nurses

A Vacancy at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust.

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.

• 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 threecore 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

For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this

vacancy.

This advert closes on Sunday 31 May 2026