# Junior Sister/Charge Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/junior-sistercharge-nurse/db94ba58-c597-48f1-b1b2-bea902fbc545 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/junior-sistercharge-nurse/db94ba58-c597-48f1-b1b2-bea902fbc545.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Camberley - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £41,957 - £50,387 per annum incl HCAS - **Contract type:** Secondment: 12 months (Fixed Term) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Working long days/Nights/ Weekends / Bank Holidays) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-19T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-10T15:31:15.328Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Surrey/Ascot/Frimley_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Elective_Orthopaedic/Elective_Orthopaedic-v8081767 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8081767?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.fhft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Staff members to join as a  Band 6 nurse on Treetops elective Orthopaedic ward. As a Frimley Health Nurse, you can look forward to a career full of development opportunities, accessible management and the support from an excellent team of healthcare professionals – freeing up your time to concentrate on the most important priorities. Our Orthopaedic Ward gives you the chance to deliver care you can be proud of! Treetops  is a 22  bedded elective Orthopaedic Unit that looks after a range of  elective patients for orthopaedic operations and plastics. It works very closely with the therapists and Consultants on the ward to provide a holistic service to the patients.  It’s a team of experienced nurses and mentors is well established, and ward uses the evidence based Enhanced Recovery programme to maximise its care of patients. We are driven to give our patients a holistic approach to their care so you will be confident working with a passionate multi-disciplinary team, along with delivering excellent standards of patient care whilst ensuring patient dignity, safety and confidentiality. As a friendly, caring individual who is passionate about nursing you will be driven to continuously improve patient experience and assist in identifying improvements to drive our department. ### Main duties of the job - To be responsible for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care without supervision - To pro-actively co-ordinate the patient’s discharge arrangements in accordance with Trust Policy - Ensure that all nursing practice within the clinical area complies with Trust Nursing policies and procedures. - To always comply with the NMC Code of Conduct (2015) - To communicate effectively and liaise with all health care staff as           appropriate. - To demonstrate a collaborative approach to planning care through effective communication and decision making between the multi-disciplinary team, patients and significant others. - Consolidate and extend own clinical skills in all aspects of nursing, furthering own professional knowledge in a rapidly changing environment. - Provide clinical leadership and development support to the nursing team. - Where issues of clinical competence are identified, work with the Ward Matron/ Senior Sister to address them. - Contribute to the local resolution, investigation and follow action of any informal or formal complaints. - To prioritise own work and others to ensure the ward/department is managed effectively. - To provide specialist knowledge and expertise within ward/department. - Participate in and lead quality initiatives to promote and ensure that nursing care is evidence and research based. ### 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 ### Skills **Essential** - Leadership skills - Excellent communication skills (written & verbal) - Teaching & assessing experience - Appropriate advanced nursing skills - Evidence of effective change management skills ### Knowledge **Essential** - Awareness of current professional nursing issues - Interest in Primary/Named Nursing, Nursing Research and Health promotion - Demonstrates understanding of principles of Clinical Governance (Risk Management & audit) ### Experience **Essential** - Evidence of up-to-date standards of clinical practice - Experience of audit - Able to demonstrate MDT working ### Qualifications **Essential** - Current first or second level NMC Registration - Evidence of recent Continued Practice Development - Post basic certificate in relevant subject (where appropriate) - Nursing degree or working towards a degree - Mentorship/teaching course **Desirable** - Leadership Course ## Documents - [trust values (pdf, 577.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=736) - [sister/charge nurse job description (pdf, 283.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10373998) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.