Band 5 Staff Nurse | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 08 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,964 - £43,780 p.a Inc HCA |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 August 2025 |
| Location: | London, SW3 6NP |
| Company: | Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7321315/196-NM13042 |
Summary
Sir Reginald Wilson is the private patients ward at the Royal Brompton Hospital. The ward has 28 single rooms and provides care to patients undergoing cardiac/thoracic surgery, invasive cardiology procedures non-invasive cardiology investigations and care provision and respiratory investigations and treatment management.
Candidates will ideally have extensive post registration experience, working in an acute hospital ward environment. The post requires applicants to be able to work under pressure and adapt to an ever changing clinical environment. You should be able to demonstrate excellent clinical nursing and communication skills, demonstrate a willingness to learn and develop new skills and strive to provide the optimum care for patients and their families.
If you have a positive attitude towards patient care and team working, then we look forward to hearing from you.
Closing Date: 16th July 2025
Interview Date: 24th July 2025
· Work under supervision of the ward manager and multi-disciplinary team members in monitoring and maintaining excellent clinical standards of nursing practice and staff development as part of the ward team.
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· To assist in the continuing professional development and overall performance of learners and healthcare support workers in the clinical area.
· To be responsible for the continuing professional development and overall performance of all junior staff, with the support of their senior colleagues.
· The post holder is expected to conduct all relevant forms of care without direct supervision and is required to demonstrate procedures, supervise qualified and/or unqualified staff whilst maintaining a safe working environment.
· To be flexible in the approach to the clinical area and provide cover according to level of experience for any area specified.
· The postholder will be accountable for their nursing practice, adhere to the policies and protocols of the Trust and the NMC, and have a responsibility for their own personal and professional development.
Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ in February 2021 and is the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest inEurope. We provide treatment for people with heart and lung disease, including rare and complex conditions, offering some of the most sophisticated treatment that is available anywhere in the world.
Our integrated approach to caring for patients from before birth, through childhood, adolescence and into adulthood and old age has been replicated around the world and has gained Royal Brompton and Harefield an international reputation as a leader in heart and lung diagnosis, treatment, and research.
We are working in partnership with King’s Health Partners, to deliver our vision of creating a new centre of excellence, which will be the global leader in the research into and treatment of heart and lung disease, in patients from pre-birth to old age.
• Patient/customer care (both direct & indirect)
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care, actively seeking evidence-based practice which will improve the quality of care and meet the needs of the patient.
• A holistic approach to caring should be planned that will include the appropriate level of physiological, psychological, spiritual, socio-economic, and cultural aspects which influence the care of clients within this specific speciality.
• Implement a nursing plan for an assigned group of patients’ indication assessment and re-assessment formulated for individual pathways, including planning for discharge.
• To act as the patient advocate in line with the NHS plan.
• In partnership with other professionals provide excellent patient care prioritising workload according to changing clinical need.
• In conjunction with the Ward Manager provide a suitable and safe environment for the physical and psychological well-being of staff, patients/ clients, and their relatives/carers.
This advert closes on Wednesday 16 Jul 2025