Job summary
- Main area
- General Surgery; Colorectal; Upper GI; General Medicine
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 196-NM13123
- Employer
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £37,259 - £45,356 p.a inc HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/08/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 19/08/2025
Employer heading

Experienced Staff Nurse - Nightingale Ward
Band 5
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
Full time posts for Registered Nurses have opened up in Nightingale Ward.
We are a team of dynamic and energetic nurses and nursing assistants who look after patients under surgical and medical teams.
We are looking for compassionate and skilled registered nurses to join our medical and surgical wards, each with 14 beds. Candidates should have a valid nursing license and preferably experience in medical or surgical nursing. We offer a supportive work environment and opportunities for professional growth. If you are passionate about providing high-quality patient care and working as part of a dedicated healthcare team.
Closing date: 9th August 2025
Main duties of the job
Our ward Nightingale Ward have a group of skilled experienced nurses and nurse specialists. They are a vibrant team of people who look out for each other as much as we do our patients.
We manage the emergency general surgical pathways and a variety of short stay benign cases. This involves complex pre and post op surgical and medical care, managing both the physical and psychological changes for our patients, we also follow enhanced recovery pathways to reduce the length of stay. Whilst maintaining a high standard of care to ensure a safe discharge we work together with a large multidisciplinary team who all play a pivotal role in the care of our patients.
Working for our organisation
About our hospitals
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
- Responsible for carrying out clinical practice within designated clinical areas, ensuring that high quality, current evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, implementation, interventions and evaluations for patients is provided from admission through to discharge.
- Will be responsible for the application of knowledge across the range of work procedures and practices, underpinned by theoretical knowledge and practical experience.
- To act as advocate for patients within the area, to ensure a patient
orientated approach to the delivery of care and to meet standards within the NHS Plan and other relevant guidelines. - To ensure that patients’ receive high quality clinical care and a good
patient experience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs and doctrines. - Recognise and avoid situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of the individuals.
- Will advise on the promotion of health and the prevention of illness.
Recognise the significance of observations made, and use them to
develop and initiate nursing assessments and devise a plan of care.
Carry out those activities necessary to conduct a comprehensive
assessment of a person’s nursing requirements. - Will ensure that all patients will have a discharge plan that is safe and
appropriate for their needs. - Carry out nursing procedures and treatments, checking on and
maintaining the highest possible standards. - Work alongside the multi-disciplinary team to ascertain treatments and advise on nursing priorities.
- Take a clear and concise history from patients by assessing their health and well being and complete documentation ensuring that all entries are accurate and legible and that all information systems are maintained.
- Undertake prescribed physical observations as follows: blood pressure,
temperature, respirations, blood sugars, urinalysis, weight and height, and report exceptions appropriates. - Responsible for the correct administration of prescribed medication
including transfusion of blood and blood products
Person specification
Skills/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- IT skills
- Able to assess, plan, implement & evaluate nursing care
- Knowledgeable on basic nursing care
- knowledge of care and management of an acutely unwell patient
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in other nursing fields (Gastrointestinal Medicine or Trauma/Orthopaedic)
Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Values and Behaviours
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RN1/ RN2/ RN12 or Registered Nurse on the NMC register. To hold the appropriate level for the area of speciality.
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Teaching & assessing qualification
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Anabela Teles
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02071884060
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