Job overview

Join Frimley Health’s friendly and supportive nursing team in the Day Surgery Unit at Heatherwood Hospital, a modern, state-of-the-art facility dedicated to delivering outstanding patient care.

This is an exciting opportunity for both experienced surgical nurses seeking a new challenge and newly qualified nurses looking to develop their skills within a dynamic surgical environment. Working alongside a forward-thinking multidisciplinary team, you will gain experience across a wide range of day surgery specialties, including orthopaedics, general surgery, minor plastic surgery procedures, pain clinics, and Lithotripsy services, which play a vital role in reducing hospital admissions.

As part of a service that has achieved GIRFT Surgical Hub accreditation, you will be supported to broaden your clinical expertise and develop specialist knowledge in a high-performing surgical setting. Our commitment to innovation is reflected in our use of Electronic Patient Records (EPR), enabling seamless communication and truly integrated patient care across Frimley Health.

The Day Surgery Unit operates Monday to Saturday, 07:00–22:00, offering a varied and rewarding role in a fast-paced environment where patient-centred care is at the heart of everything we do.

If you are passionate about delivering excellent surgical care and want to be part of a welcoming team that supports professional growth and development, we would love to hear from you.

Previous applicants need not apply. 

Main duties of the job

The unit consists of 22 individual patient pods, providing care for patients undergoing both general and local anaesthetic procedures across a variety of surgical specialties. Key responsibilities include:

• Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating individualised care for patients throughout their day surgery journey.
• Providing safe, effective and compassionate nursing care from admission through to discharge.
• Working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to deliver excellent clinical outcomes and a positive patient experience.
• Supporting the delivery of established, standardised care pathways that enable the successful same-day discharge of the majority of day-case patients.
• Delivering pre-operative and post-operative care, including patient education and discharge planning.
• Contributing to the continued success of the Surgical Hub by maintaining high standards of communication and teamwork across departments.
• Ensuring accurate documentation using the Trust's Electronic Patient Record system and adhering to Trust policies, professional standards and best practice guidelines.
• Supporting a culture of continuous improvement, helping the team maintain the excellent levels of patient satisfaction reflected in regular Friends and Family Test feedback.

Working as part of a friendly and dedicated team, you will help ensure every patient receives the highest standard of care and enjoys the best possible surgical experience.

Working for our organisation

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 three core values, and the behaviors 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.