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Job summary

Main area
Specialist surgery
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
290-SCCS-1396
Employer
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Charing Cross Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£34,089 - £41,498 pa inclusive
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
22/05/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Staff Nurse

Band 5

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

Build a firm foundation of experience by working with a friendly, professional and encouraging team who are focused on promoting Charing Cross Hospital as a centre of excellence for surgical nursing.

Charing Cross Hospital is home to several surgical specialities across three ward areas totalling more than seventy beds.  We are expanding our nursing workforce and are looking for enthusiastic band five nurses with a keen interest in surgical nursing to come work with us across ENT and Plastics, Urology, Colo-rectal and Breast surgery. Our patients can be either having planned care, or come to us from our Emergency Department. Each ward offers different but equally challenging and rewarding experiences including caring for patients who may just stay a couple of nights after their operation to those having stepped down from critical care or have a tracheostomy in place and be under our care for a while longer. Furthermore our wards are highly sought after placements for our student nurses.

We welcome applications from nurses with some ward experience who are keen to become experts in surgical nursing. Induction and orientation for new team members can be several weeks and this is organised with you by the Matron prior to your start date. This ensures you have adequate time to become familiar with the ward environment and our patient caseload. Each staff member is also allocated a Band 6 Team Leader to mentor you and support your development. 

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 keep up to date with skills and knowledg

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.

 

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
  • First degree in nursing
Desirable criteria
  • 6 months experience in healthcare

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous experience of ward nursing
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience of surgical ward nursing

Skills/knowledge/ abilities

Essential criteria
  • Good communication skills
  • Teaching
  • Basic IT skills
  • Knowledge of the NMC Code of Conduct
Desirable criteria
  • IV competent

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Mark Nwabiankea
Job title
Lead nurse for specialist surgery
Email address
[email protected]