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Job summary

Main area
Outpatients
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (End Date - 21/05/2027)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
290-WCCS-2449
Employer
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
St Mary's Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£46,419 - £55,046 pa inclusive
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/04/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Junior Sister/Charge Nurse - Outpatients

Band 6

 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

We are recruiting a full time Band 6 Charge Nurse.  We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and skilled nurse with clinical experience or a particular interest in the care of Outpatients Service Users. You will have excellent clinical knowledge and skills and enjoy Multidisciplinary team working.  

You will have the opportunity to:

  • Develop Outpatients Services knowledge and clinical skills.
  • Participate in audits and quality improvement projects.
  • Become part of a supportive and dynamic multidisciplinary team committed to delivering accessible, high quality, evidence-based care.

You need to be well organised, motivated and committed to further developing and delivering high quality holistic multidisciplinary care; and enjoy supporting the various specialties in the Outpatients setting including Dermatology, ENT, Ophthalmology, Cardiology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Vascular, Gastroenterology, Diabetes and Endocrinology Clinics .

Your responsibilities will include deputising the Senior Charge Nurse, with three other Band 6 Nurses in the department. You will be covering and coordinating, taking turns with your colleagues in a rotational basis.

We encourage interested candidates to contact us and arrange an informal visit.

Main duties of the job

  • To support the Senior Sister in the provision of  professional role modelling and leadership that inspires the professional development of nursing within outpatients.
  • To provide cross site cover for Outpatients in the absence of Senior Sister.
  • To provide visible clinical leadership and authoritative presence, responsible for ensuring the delivery of high quality care.
  • Ensuring that the needs of the patient are placed at the centre of care delivery.
  • To ensure effective operational management of outpatient clinics to ensure standards are monitored and maintained /improved.
  • Support the senior nurse in working with the multi-professional team on patient pathway redesign to enhance the quality of the patient experience whilst reducing delays, and ensuring patient flows are managed within elective access targets.
  • Ensure local governance structures are in place and lead on delegated projects.
  • Support strategies to improve the patient experience across multidisciplinary groups within outpatients and the outpatient pathways including the conduction of discovery interviews.

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.
  • Relevant post-registration clinical course/s
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
  • Degree level study

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Teaching experience.
  • Post registration experience
  • Understanding of research and audit including implementation of findings and review of outcomes

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Ability to practice within the scope of the NMC Code
  • Advanced interpersonal skills
  • Able to manage difficult situations effectively.
  • Understanding of Microsoft office including Excel and PowerPoint

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Disability confident employerAccredited Living Wage EmployerNHS Rainbow Badge - BronzeWe Work Flexibly

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Eleonora Maria Infurna
Job title
Quality and Performance Matron
Email address
[email protected]
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