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Job summary

Main area
Orthopaedics
Grade
Band 5
Contract
12 months (fixed term for 12 months)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
151-ES85
Employer
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Wexham Park Hospital
Town
Slough
Salary
£32,601 - £39,686 per annum incl HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
29/12/2025 23:59
Interview date
06/01/2026

Employer heading

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust logo

Orthopaedic Staff Nurse

Band 5

Job overview

Trauma and Orthopaedics is recruiting! Working with us at Frimley Health Trust will give you the chance to deliver care you can be proud of! We work closely as a Multi-disciplinary Team working alongside orthopaedic surgeons, our team of ward-based Ortho- geriatricians, Physiotherapists, Occupational therapist and trauma nurse practitioners, all striving to provide the highest standards of clinical excellence.

Once you are settled onto our Orthopaedic ward there are a number of opportunities available that allow for development and exciting career progression. 

Main duties of the job

There are plenty of opportunities to develop with other nurses new to orthopaedics, being supported in the completion of our ward based orthopaedic competency document.

This guides you through your first few months on the ward, ensuring you have the right set of specialist skills to best care for our varied patient group. From learning how to care for spinal patients to those with complex fractures and everything in between, you will have the opportunity to shadow our trauma nurse practitioners as well as spend some time in other orthopaedic specialist areas such as theatres, fracture clinic and spinal injuries whilst becoming competent in delivering high quality care.

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.

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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

Essential criteria
  • Registered general nurse
  • Current (or pending) NMC registration
Desirable criteria
  • Undertaking or completed further academic study
  • Relevant specialist course
  • Mentorship qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams
  • Experience of Audit
Desirable criteria
  • Post registration Acute experience
  • Experience of caring for elderly patients with dementia

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Effective written and communication skills
  • Proven leadership and organisational skills, utilising own initiative in prioritising and decision making.
Desirable criteria
  • Able to train and supervise Junior staff

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerWe Work Flexibly

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

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Lady Chelsea Belvis
Job title
Senior Sister
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
03006153012
Additional information