Job summary
- Main area
- Day Surgery
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 825-8056408-OPS
- Employer
- Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bridgnorth Hospital- Day Surgery Unit
- Town
- Bridgnorth
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 Per Annum / Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/10/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse - Diagnostic Day Surgery
NHS AfC: Band 5
We recognise that applicants may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to help build their application. However, all information provided must be an accurate reflection of your skills, knowledge, qualifications and experience. Candidates should be prepared to discuss and evidence the content of their application during the recruitment process.
Our Poppy’s Promise Commitment
We believe that compassionate care sits at the heart of everything we do. Every member of our team — clinical or non-clinical — plays a vital role in ensuring that patients, families, and colleagues are treated with dignity, empathy, and respect at all times.
We expect all staff to demonstrate compassion not only through their words, but through their actions: by listening attentively, communicating clearly and kindly, and recognising individual needs, feelings, and circumstances of those in our care.
Effective communication is central to safe and high-quality healthcare. We value colleagues who take the time to understand others, explain information in a meaningful way, and respond to concerns with patience and understanding.
By joining our team, you are committing to uphold these values — ensuring that every patient feels heard, respected, and valued, and that compassion is embedded in every interaction, every day.
Job overview
Please note that because this vacancy is part time, this job does not meet the salary requirements for work visa sponsorship and as such we will be unable to progress your application if you do not have the right to work in the UK.
An exciting opportunity has arisen on the Day Case Unit to recruit a highly motivated Band 5 staff nurse to join our small dedicated team in order to provide a safe and efficient service to surgical patients
This role offers the opportunity to work within a high-quality, patient-focused surgical service, supporting a range of specialties including podiatric surgery, Gynaecology, urology and trauma and orthopaedics'.
As a day surgery nurse, you will play a key role in the patients day surgery experience delivering safe and effective perioperative care and recovery through to discharge. Ensuring the smooth running of theatre lists and patient flow. Maintaining the highest standards of clinical practice. You will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to support patient safety, assist during surgical procedures, and contribute to efficient theatre operations.
Main duties of the job
Candidates need to be flexible, enthusiastic and reliable- working independently and as part of a team.
The unit is predominantly nurse led with input from other members of the multi- disciplinary team in order to provide a high standard of care to patients both pre- operatively and post operatively. You will be involved in the admission process as well as the discharge planning of a small group of patients each shift and be expected to access, plan, implement and evaluate their care needs.
Provide skills in checking setting up and first line maintenance of peri-operative equipment within own competence
Working for our organisation
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Person specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RGN/ ODP
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working in a surgical/theatre/endoscopy setting
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to assess and treat patients independently and with confidence
- Awareness of NMC competence/accountability requirements
- Ability to be in charge of the department on an occasional basis
- Ability to provide health promotion
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jackie loveridge
- Job title
- Deputy Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01746 711043
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