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Staff Nurse - Thoracic Outpatient Clinic | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 29 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £34,089 - £41,498 p.a inc HCA (pro rata) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 August 2024 |
| Location: | London, SE1 9RT |
| Company: | Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6518047/196-NM11912 |
Summary
The Thoracic Clinic nurses work at Guys Hospital to provide excellent care to our patients requiring a variety of thoracic surgery interventions. The successful candidate will be hard-working and keen to learn about Thoracic Surgery, their diagnosis and treatment.
You can enjoy working Monday to Friday with no nights and weekends, while still maintaining your clinical skills in a busy, fast-paced environment. We look forward to welcoming a new member to the team.
Closing date: 12th August 2024
Interview date: 27th August 2024
The Thoracic Clinic is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated nurse to work alongside the multidisciplinary team in our busy outpatient clinic. Staff will provide exceptional care to patients attending for pre-assessment appointments, or for diagnostic or therapeutic procedures.
You will be flexible, and keen to join a service that is constantly expanding and developing. This is a great opportunity to learn about Thoracic surgery and develop specialist Thoracic knowledge, including pre-assessment skills and chest drain management.
You will be well supported by the CNS/Thoracic Nurse Practitioner team and administrative staff to fulfil this role that may be the launch of your specialist thoracic career.
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 around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
• Preparing patients to see a member of the multidisciplinary team, performing observations, bloods, ecgs and swabs
• Ensuring smooth running of the clinics, by working logically and prioritizing workload
• Working alongside CNS with wound care and chest drain management/removal
• Assisting with procedures
• Supervising junior staff, assisting with training and development, and delegation of tasks
• Developing and maintaining clinical and managerial skills in an outpatient setting
• Assisting the care coordinator in making sure patients are booked for correct follow up appointment
• Managing post-procedure complications, the deteriorating patient, and ward admissions
Please see attached job description for full details.
This advert closes on Monday 12 Aug 2024