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Job summary

Main area
Cardiothoracic
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (shift work days, nights and weekends)
Job ref
196-NM13042
Employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Brompton Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£35,964 - £43,780 p.a Inc HCA
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59
Interview date
24/07/2025

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Band 5 Staff Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 5

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

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

Main duties of the job

  • 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. 
  • 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 post holder 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.

Working for our organisation

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 in Europe. 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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • 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.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse
  • Evidence of recent and ongoing professional development
  • Assessor & Practice Supervisor qualification
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of EPIC Patient record system
  • ECG Course

Experience & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Post registration experience working in an acute hospital setting.
  • Awareness of current professional nursing issues.
  • Current working knowledge and skills within a Level 1 ward area
  • Current experience of cardiac monitoring
  • Ability to practice within the scope of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
Desirable criteria
  • Awareness of the structure and organisation of the wider NHS

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to plan and organise workload.
  • Proven communication skills and ability to negotiate.
  • Ability to supervise registered and unregistered staff.
  • Knowledge of clinical governance issues e.g., handling complaints, clinical risk management.
  • Awareness of quality & safety standards and ward audit requirements.
  • Ability to maintain a safe clinical environment conducive to patient care.
  • Proficient in venipuncture & cannulation

Personal

Essential criteria
  • Be a positive role model with the ability to demonstrate a credible & professional approach.
  • Ability to demonstrate initiative and solve problems.
  • Ability to work as a team and form professional relationships with colleagues.
  • Enthusiastic & Assertive
  • Kind & calm manner.
  • Adaptable to change.
  • Flexibility in shift and working patterns to meet the needs of the service.

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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
Marcos Ferreira
Job title
Ward Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0207 351 8483
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