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Join Our Outstanding Outpatient Leadership Team!

Are you an energetic, forward-thinking Registered Nurse looking to take the next step in your career? We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated nurse with broad clinical experience to join our senior Outpatient team at Frimley South.

Our Outpatient service is dedicated to delivering exceptional, patient-centred care — and we’re passionate about continually evolving to meet the needs of our community. As part of our leadership team, you will play a key role in shaping the future of our service, supporting colleagues, and ensuring an excellent experience for every patient who walks through our doors.

We’re looking for someone who brings strong organisational and leadership skills, along with a warm, collaborative approach. Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills are essential, as you’ll be supporting staff, coordinating activity across multiple sites, and combining hands‑on clinical work with a variety of administrative and supervisory responsibilities.

You will be primarily based either with the Frimley South onsite team or our off‑site team — but we operate as one cohesive, supportive unit. The role spans all Frimley South Outpatient locations, including Aldershot Centre for Health, Fleet Community Hospital, and Frimley Park Hospital. Our sites operate between 08:00 and 18:30, Monday to Saturday, giving you a varied and engaging working week.

If you’re ready to contribute to a high‑performing service, lead by example, and make a real difference to patient care, we’d love to welcome you to our team.

• To work clinically providing visible leadership, direction, co‑ordination, and forward planning of Outpatient Department (OPD) services within the Frimley Health Outpatient nursing team.
• You will serve as a prominent role model, leading by example, fostering a culture of respect, belonging, and psychological safety within the team, where staff feel valued, supported, and empowered to contribute.
• Demonstrate diverse expert clinical skills, clear professional and organisational values while overseeing the OPD areas.
• Manage service needs and provide support to the Senior OPD team.
• In conjunction with Practice Development (PD), you will assess and actively support the Registered Nurses (RN) and Health Care Support Workers (HCSW) to practice competently and develop within their roles to ensure a high standard of care and patient experience are maintained in line with the Frimley Health Strategy, Vision, and Values.
• To provide Band 6 cover for a 6‑day service at designated Frimley Health Outpatient locations as required, co‑ordinating capacity and flow within the departments.
• To deputise and take on the role of Bronze Command for Senior Sister and Matron in their absence, maintaining an organised and structured workforce.
• To adhere to the standards outlined in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and RN competencies.
• To be a dynamic, enthusiastic, highly motivated, visible, professional, and clinical role model for others.
• To lead the nursing team, displaying exceptional leadership and the highest standards of clinical competence.
• Inspiring others, facilitating change using a range of strategies that demonstrate excellence in nursing practice, empathy, and professionalism.
• To support, supervise and assess all learners, students, temporary, new, and junior staff within the departments.
• Collaborate with Practice Development to assess, actively support, and facilitate registered nurses and health care support workers in practicing competently and advancing in their roles.
• Consolidate, enhance, and broaden own knowledge and clinical skills proficiency, furthering own professional development.

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.

Essential criteria

• Maths and English to GCSE Grade 4/C or above or equivalent.
• RGN with current UK NMC registration
• Supporting Learners in Practice (SLIP) or similar recognised qualification.

Desirable criteria

• Educated to Nursing Degree level or on degree pathway.
• Level 6 leadership course
• Yellow Belt Training (Lean Competency System).

Essential criteria

• Previous experience in an acute healthcare Trust.
• Nurse in charge training
• Evidence of proven recent leadership experience within an acute healthcare setting.

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of Band 6 generic clinical and Nurse in Charge (NiC) competencies.
• Experience within an Outpatients setting.

Essential criteria

• Ability to lead, facilitate and embed change within the working environment.
• Able to prioritise workload and effectively manage a clinical area.
• Effectively facilitate the supervision and assessment of learners and junior staff.

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of previous Band 6 experience
• Level 6 leadership course.
• Yellow Belt Training (Lean Competency System)
• Supporting Learners in Practice (SLIP) or similar recognised qualification.

Essential criteria

• Able to prioritise workload and effectively manage a clinical area
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
• Ability to manage conflict/difficult/stressful situations, working calmly and effectively under pressure
• Effective time management, organisation, prioritisation, and delegation.
• Effectively facilitate the supervision and assessment of learners and junior staff.

Desirable criteria

• Excellent Computer skills, Teams, SharePoint, Excel, Word.

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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