Main area Outpatients Grade Band 5 Contract 2 years (2 year secondment / fixed term 7 day service (Monday to Sunday)) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (7 day service (Monday to Sunday)) Job ref 151-JLM543
Employer Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Heatherwood Hospital Town Ascot Salary £32,602 - £39,686 per annum incl HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 23/10/2025 23:59
Band 5
Job overview
We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Staff Nurse to join our friendly and dynamic team on a 2-year secondment (37.5 hours per week) at the Main Outpatient Department, Heatherwood Hospital.
Our department delivers high-quality care to both adult and paediatric patients, providing a wide range of outpatient services seven days a week (Monday to Sunday, 08:00 – 18:00). The department is made up of five zones, each with a variety of clinical consultation and procedure rooms designed to support diverse patient needs.
Our dedicated team is committed to delivering high-quality, evidence-based, and patient-centred care, ensuring the best possible outcomes and experiences for all who use our services. We foster an environment that supports professional development and encourages clinical excellence within a collaborative and supportive setting.
*Please note, this role is suitable for Newly Qualified Nurses, including those due to qualify in the coming months*
Main duties of the job
* To assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care working as a member of team under the direction of the NIC.
* To be responsible for the organising and co-ordination of nursing services in the department in the absence of senior staff on a regular basis.
* To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
* To be responsible for all nursing care standards and to maintain high clinical standards.
* To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which.
* Engages, enables, and empowers others.
* Uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
* To be accountable as a prominent role model, leading by example, demonstrating diverse expert clinical skills, clear professional and organisational values while overseeing the OPD areas.
* Taking responsibility for the planning, practice and evaluation of nursing care ensuring that the highest standard and quality of nursing care is delivered.
* To work with the clinical nurse specialists and wider MDT in developing and providing specialised nursing care programmes to a diverse range of patients and to ensure support to carers.
* Ensure the highest standard and quality of nursing care is delivered.
* Participate in clinical activity.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information regarding the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification documents.
Person specification
Qualifications
* NMC Registration as RGN
* Evidence of professional development.
* Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18-month period).
* Degree in Nursing or other relevant field or can demonstrate experience of working to this level.
* Specialty qualification - Intensive Care of the Newborn or equivalent
* Child Protection Training
Experience
* Post registration experience in an Outpatient setting.
* Assess, plan evaluate and implement care ensuring that current research is used
Skills & Knowledge
* Awareness of current professional nursing issues
* Excellent written/communication skills.
* Able to evaluate nursing care given.
* Able to prioritise workload and meet deadlines
* Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools.
* Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques, and methods.
* IT Literate.
* Proven teaching and assessing skills.
* Clinical supervision skills.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. We would advise that you complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
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