Job summary
- Main area
- Gastrointestinal Medicine and Surgery
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 196-NM11546
- Employer
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Thomas' Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £34,089 - £41,498 p.a inc. HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/05/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 05/06/2024
Employer heading
Experienced Staff Nurse - GI Unit
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
Exciting opportunities have arisen within the GI Unit for enthusiastic, motivated and dynamic Registered Nurses who are able to deliver seamless care to our patients throughout their care pathway. The successful candidate will work alongside our nursing teams, with the support of the ward managers in ensuring the highest standard of care is delivered to all our specialist patients.
The successful candidates will enable the ward to deliver excellence in nursing, ensure patient experience is of the highest quality and aim to reduce length of stay. If you are a highly motivated nurse, interested in our ward and would like to work within a supportive and innovative team we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
What makes us different?
- You will have a thorough induction with our in-house professional development nursing team. This will involve a personalised approach, centred on you, to develop the skills needed .
- We have a staff Psychologist- all staff have the right to access support when they need it. We encourage time for reflective practice and set out allocated study days for this.
- Most of all, we treat everyone with kindness, welcoming all staff from All cultures with different experiences, or from an existing organisation we recognise that it takes different skills to make an effective team.
Responsible for carrying out clinical practice within designated clinical
areas, ensuring that high quality, current evidence-based nursing
assessment, care planning, implementation, interventions and evaluations
for patients is provided from admission through to discharge.
Working for our organisation
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 a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health
sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s
biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
- Responsible for carrying out clinical practice within designated clinical areas, ensuring that high quality, current evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, implementation, interventions and evaluations for patients is provided from admission through to discharge.
- Will be responsible for the application of knowledge across the range of work procedures and practices, underpinned by theoretical knowledge and practical experience.
- To act as advocate for patients within the area, to ensure a patient
orientated approach to the delivery of care and to meet standards within the NHS Plan and other relevant guidelines. - To ensure that patients’ receive high quality clinical care and a good
patient experience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs and doctrines. - Recognise and avoid situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of the individuals.
- Will advise on the promotion of health and the prevention of illness.
Recognise the significance of observations made, and use them to
develop and initiate nursing assessments and devise a plan of care.
Carry out those activities necessary to conduct a comprehensive
assessment of a person’s nursing requirements. - Will ensure that all patients will have a discharge plan that is safe and
appropriate for their needs. - Carry out nursing procedures and treatments, checking on and
maintaining the highest possible standards. - Work alongside the multi-disciplinary team to ascertain treatments and advise on nursing priorities.
- Take a clear and concise history from patients by assessing their health and well being and complete documentation ensuring that all entries are accurate and legible and that all information systems are maintained.
- Undertake prescribed physical observations as follows: blood pressure,
temperature, respirations, blood sugars, urinalysis, weight and height, and report exceptions appropriates. - Responsible for the correct administration of prescribed medication
including transfusion of blood and blood products
Please see attached detailed job description
Person specification
Values & Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Values & Behaviours
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to assess, plan, implement & evaluate programmes of care.
- Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues.
- Knowledge of Evidence Based Practice.
- Competent in basic life support.
- Ability to administer prescribed medication including transfusion of blood and blood products.
- Basic Computer Skills including ability to use Microsoft Word and Electronic Patient Records (EPR).
- Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RN1/ RN2/ RN12 or RN Child Registered Nurse on the NMC register. To hold the appropriate level for the area of speciality
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Relevant qualifications required or course to area
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working on own and in a team.
- Completion of preceptorship
- Experiencing of coordinating a shift.
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in other nursing fields
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nikki Allen
- Job title
- GI Unit Ward Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02071884709
- Additional information
GI Unit Sister Nicola Allen - 02071884709
GI Unit Sister Maia Krstic-Howe - 02071886782
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