Job summary
- Main area
- 8 West Ward ( Medicine for the Elderly),
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-MIC-2047
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Charing Cross Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £46,419 - £55,046 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Staff Nurse - Medicine for the Elderly
Band 6
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 16,000 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
We are currently recruiting for a Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse to join 8 West Ward within the Medicine for the Elderly Department at Charing Cross Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity for enthusiastic, experienced, and motivated individuals who thrive in a collaborative and established team environment.
The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting the delivery of high-quality patient care, working closely with the established nursing team to maintain and uphold standards in line with Trust policies and NMC guidelines.
At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, we are committed to fostering a supportive and forward-thinking workplace. You will benefit from strong opportunities for continuing professional development, alongside encouragement to enhance and advance your clinical practice. In this role, you will receive ongoing support from the Senior Sister/Ward Manager and Matron to help you succeed and grow.
Main duties of the job
- Carry out planned care for a group of patients without direct supervision.
- Ensure the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of evidence based, individualised patient care.
- Assist and advise staff, both registered and unregistered in the delivery of patient care.
- Plan organise and deploy staff according to ability and workload in order to meet patient needs.
- Assist in the orientation of new staff and students.
- Ensure that nursing practices comply with Trust policies and procedures.
- Assess the needs of patients, relatives and carers and provide them with information as requested.
- Assist in the teaching and development of nursing assistants, students and junior staff, helping them to achieve their learning outcomes.
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. Please talk to us at interview. .
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 with current NMC registration
- Teaching Qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable criteria
- Relevant specialist course or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in Respiratory nursing or High Dependency Unit/ Critical care
- Minimum 2 years post registration experience
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential criteria
- Competency in medication administration including IV medications
- Effective time management/ Able to prioritise workload
- Able to use own initiative
- Basic IT skills
- Assertive attitude
- Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines
- Ability to manage and report difficult situations
- Knowledge of quality, standard setting and experience of audits and research.
- Awareness of current developments in nursing
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
- Andrea Stoute
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0203 313 0968
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