Senior Staff Nurse

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Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

Are you looking to join a friendly and supportive multidisciplinary team? If so, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse at The Sainsbury Wing; a dedicated private facility within Hammersmith Hospital.

The Sainsbury wing is a 26 bedded mixed speciality area which includes haematology, hepatobiliary, gynaecology, cardiology, cardiothoracic and upper GI, with an ambulatory care unit and an outpatient department. We care for patients undergoing complex surgeries, out-patient chemotherapy and we manage patients' symptoms caused by their treatment or cancer.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your skills and experience the best of both worlds with Imperial Private Healthcare, by providing first-class private care within trusted NHS hospitals.

About you:
• Proactive with a desire to continuously improve patient experience and deliver high quality, patient-centred care.
• Enthusiastic and highly-motivated.
Excellent communications skills and the ability to demonstrate a professional and sensitive manner with patients.
• Ability to maintain accurate electronic records.

Benefits we offer:
• Join an established team of experienced nurses and allied health professionals.
• Excellent educational development opportunities.
• The opportunity to work across a broad range of specialities with a diverse patient group.

This post is a permanent full time position working with a mixed roster of long days and night shifts.

Main duties of the job
• To provide high quality, effective, individualised care to all patients by assessing care needs and developing, implementing and evaluating them without supervision
• To deputise for the nurse in charge as required
• Monitor standards of nursing care and take appropriate action to maintain and improve them
• To respond to patients, relatives and carers concerns as they arise and take remedial action as required.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education/ qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse
• BSC
• Evidence of continuing professional development mentorship or SSSA course

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience as a senior staff nurse
• MSC
• Deteriorating patient course
• Speciality course

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience in cardiothoracic, renal, gynaecological, cardiology or general surgery nursing

Desirable criteria

• Experience in completing appraisals

Skills/knowledge/ abilities

Essential criteria

• Ability to perform clinical activities specific to speciality.
• Competency in medication administration including IV drugs.
• Ability to lead a team.

Desirable criteria

• Ability to appraise staff and willingness to learn new skills
• Knowledge of budget management
• Have an interest in professional development

Right to work

If you need sponsorship to work in the UK, please visit the Home Office website for information on sponsorship and visa status before you fill in your application form. Due to recent changes in the UK immigration rules which affect Skilled Worker Visas, Global Business Mobility, Higher Skill Level and Increased Salary Thresholds, please ensure that you are able to meet the requirements to live and work in the UK before applying. Further information about eligibility is available on UK Visas and Immigration - GOV.UK

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

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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.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 389.6KB)
• Functional Requirement Form (PDF, 272.6KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)