Skip to main content
Please wait, loading

Job summary

Main area
Senior Site Nurse Practitioner
Grade
Band 8b
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (plus on call requirement)
Job ref
196-NM13110
Employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
GSTT
Town
London
Salary
£72,921 - £83,362 £72,921 - £83,362 p.a. inc HCA
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
31/08/2025 23:59
Interview date
09/09/2025

Employer heading

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Site Nurse Practitioner

Band 8b

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

To support the Director and Deputy Director of Site Operations and Head of Nursing in the management and co-ordination of the Site Nurse Practitioner service and Clinical Response Team, ensuring that all aspects of the service provided meet the objectives established for this team at all times.

This includes ensuring that there is comprehensive cross-site service provision, and responsibility for the first line co-ordination of serious untoward and major incidents.

 The post holder will assist in achieving the NHS Plan targets via the bed management role of the SNP service.

Closing date: 31/08/2025

Interview date: Tuesday 9th September 2025

Main duties of the job

This role provides senior clinical and managerial leadership across hospital wards and departments, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and high quality patient care.  A major responsibility is managing hospital operations both in hours and out of hours, including oversight of patient flow, bed management and emergency response.

The post holder chairs daily site meetings, monitors capacity, implements escalation strategies and supports NHS access targets by balancing emergency admissions with elective care. They also serve as the senior operational manager during out of hours, coordinating with clinical teams, executives and external partners to manage risks, respond to incidents and maintain service continuity. They are actively involved in staffing coordination, supporting digital bed management systems and guiding the Site Nurse Practitioner and Critical Response Teams.

In addition to operational duties, the role contributes to quality assurance, governance, staff development and service improvement. The post holder monitors and reports on clinical standards, supports incident reviews, participates in audits and training and helps shape new policies and strategic plans. 

Ultimately, the role requires autonomy, advanced clinical judgment and strong leadership to maintain safe, efficient care while aligning with the Trust’s strategic and professional goals.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Further details on the main responsibilities can be found in the job description and person spec attached.

Person specification

Qualifications / Education

Essential criteria
  • Level 1 Registered Nurse, registered on the NMC register
  • BSc/1st Degree or willingness to undertake
  • A management qualification or equivalent experience

Previous Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of delivering change management both personally and as a facilitator
  • Proven evidence of management / leadership skills
Desirable criteria
  • Experience as a Site Nurse Practitioner
  • Experience as a Senior Site Nurse Practitioner

Skills / Knowledge / Ability

Essential criteria
  • Ability to manage complex clinical and operational situations, including site and internal incidents
  • An understanding of the Trust’s Safety and Performance Agenda

Additional Information

Essential criteria
  • Diplomatic

Values & Behaviours

Essential criteria
  • Values & Behaviours

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Timewise helps businesses to attract and develop the best talent through flexible working.Care quality commission - GoodDisability confident employer

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

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Anne Devitt
Job title
Deputy Director of Site Operations
Telephone number
02071883204
Additional information

Anne Devitt - [email protected]

Deputy Director of Site Operations

or

Christina Alleman - [email protected]

Head of Nursing 

Apply online nowAlert me to similar vacancies