Overview
Staff Nurse Vacancies – Acute Medical Unit, Frimley Park Hospital
We are excited to offer two permanent full-time Staff Nurse opportunities (37.5 hours per week) within our Acute Medical Unit (AMU) at Frimley Park Hospital, part of Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust.
Skills
The Acute Medical Unit is a 42-bedded ward that receives emergency medical admissions. Patients typically stay for 24–72 hours, giving you the chance to develop your skills in managing a wide variety of acute conditions, including:
* Cardiology
* Respiratory medicine
* Gastroenterology
* Elderly care
* Endocrinology
* Mental health
Working alongside the Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse, you will be supported to deliver safe, effective, and compassionate care while also learning to coordinate admissions and contribute to maintaining the highest standards of practice.
Whether you are a newly qualified nurse eager to develop your career or an experienced nurse seeking to broaden your skills, AMU offers a dynamic environment with excellent opportunities for growth and professional development.
If you are motivated, enthusiastic, and ready to take the next step in your nursing career – we would love to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
Our units are a rapidly developing unit, caring for patients with a range of acute medical conditions and fast-paced patient turnover.
The department takes admissions from our Emergency Department and is now accepting direct GP referrals to the Unit.
You will work as part of a team of nurses, health care assistants and care assistants and be responsible for the assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating of nursing care.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded 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.
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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
* Registered General Nurse
* Current (or pending) NMC Registration
Experience
Essential criteria
* Hospital experience in UK setting
* Experience of managing change within the working environment
Desirable criteria
* Previous experience managing patients with chronic medical conditions
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Effective communication skills (written and verbal)
* Able to prioritise workload (self and others) and meet deadlines
* Time management and delegation skills
* Able to train and supervise junior staff
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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