Senior Staff Nurse/ Junior Charge 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 14,000 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

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Band 6 Junior Sister who wants to join our dynamic and diverse team within Douglas ward at St Mary's Hospital.

The successful candidates must have good decision making skills, enhance clinical experience with good managerial skills in managing and leading a busy Hepatology ward and acute medicine side rooms in delivering patient centered care within the framework of the multi-disciplinary team. If you are looking for a career in Hepatology and you are enthusiastic with the ability to lead and work in a fast paced clinical environment, this is a fantastic opportunity.

We are committed to developing and supporting a modern career framework for our nurses on Douglas ward and you will be supported every step of your career pathway. Nurses are also exposed to managing patients with a higher acuity within the unit and as such we work closely with the Critical Care Outreach team, Hepatology team and the Medical High Dependency Unit. The environment provides an exciting opportunity to develop your skills

Our focus is on developing the nursing leaders of the future. We offer strong support networks for mentorship and professional development to ensure you get the very best from your career with us. It's a chance to develop your skills as part of a highly capable team where you're guaranteed opportunities to learn and develop.

We are interested in people who can be developed along the Trusts core values of Care, Aspirational, Kind and Expert. We encourage everyone at the Trust to work together as part of multidisciplinary team to ensure we achieve the best in everything we do - now and in the future.

Main duties of the job

• To provide high quality, effective, individualised care to all patients that is compassionate and caring.
• To assess care needs and develop, implement and evaluate them without supervision
• To assist in leading and monitoring the performance of the nursing team
• To deputise for the Senior Nurse when 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
• Teaching Qualification or equivalent experience

Desirable criteria

• Relevant specialist course or equivalent experience

Skills/Knowledge/ abilities

Essential criteria

• Teaching
• Knowledge of the NMC Code of Conduct
• Basic IT skills
• Knowledge of speciality

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).

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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, 655.8KB)
• Functional Requirement Form (PDF, 368.6KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)