Registered Nurse - Day Surgery Unit

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 26 July 2026

Joining our friendly and welcoming Day Surgery team where you will provide high quality nursing care for all patients on the day case pathway including nurse‑led pre‑assessment, post‑operative care and discharge. You will also prepare patients for surgery and ensure a safe discharge.

Our centre of excellence works closely with multidisciplinary teams and offers continuous professional development and training opportunities throughout employment.

Successful applicants will work 37.5 hours per week in the pre‑assessment unit and secondary recovery area. This is a Monday‑to‑Friday service.

For an informal chat, please contact Alex Alen, Senior Sister.

• Pre‑assess patients prior to their day‑case procedure following an electronic assessment, determining fitness for surgery and sharing information with the patient about the day‑case process.
• Provide patient care on the day of surgery, pre‑ and post‑operatively, ensuring a safe recovery.
• Discharge patients home using the criteria for a nurse‑led discharge.

• Contribute to the development of services.
• Report any incidents, accidents or near‑misses following the correct incident reporting procedure.
• Take charge of the unit in the absence of the team leader, ensuring patient and staff safety is maintained at all times and supervising staff to work to their capabilities.
• Ensure all learners are guided and assessed to effectively achieve their objectives and standards of care.

• NMC registered Nurse.

• Experience in acute nursing.
• Experience in surgical/day surgery nursing.

• Ability to assess, plan and evaluate care for adult nursing.
• Knowledge of adult and paediatric nursing.
• Knowledge of pre‑assessment of patients.

• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Familiar with day‑surgery IT systems.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a submission of Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

£32,073 to £39,043 a year, pro‑rated.