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Job summary

Main area
Trust Wide Nursing
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Permanent: Full Time, Internal Rotation, Days, Nights, Weekends, Bank Holidays
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Long days, nights, weekends, bank holidays)
Job ref
196-NM12834
Employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
St Thomas Hospital
Town
london
Salary
£35,964 - £43,780 p.a. inclusive of Inner London HCA (pro rata if part time)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
11/05/2025 23:59

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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust logo

Experienced Staff Nurse Rotation

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

We have an exciting opportunity to join Guys and St Thomas' as an experienced nurse. 

Primarily we will be recruiting for our exciting rotation programme both a Trust wide scheme and an acute medicine scheme. The rotation is an 18m programme which allows you to gain experience in a number of areas across our sites normally 3 x 6m rotations with a permanent position at the end. Additionally we have a small number of permanent vacancies within medicine and our acute admissions ward.  

As a trust we continually invest in growing and developing our staff and will  support you to provide the best possible care to our patients. We have excellent education opportunities including apprenticeships, study days and Masters level training. 

Joining Guys and St Thomas’ now will be an exciting time for you as we have recently launched our professional award, the Nightingale Nurse Award as part of our Next Generation Nightingale Programme. The Nightingale Academy was launched in 2017 and builds on the Florence Nightingale legacy of ensuring evidence based and skilled care, delivered in a caring and compassionate manner

This job will be part of the transparent interview scheme and some of the questions or topics will be shared with you in advance. Please contact recruitment if you do not receive them

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work under the guidance of the Ward Manager and multi-disciplinary team members in monitoring and maintaining excellent standards of nursing care and staff development, as part of the ward team.

To assist in the continuing professional development and overall performance of learners and junior staff in the clinical area.

 The post holder is expected to carry out all relevant forms of care with the guidance and support of more senior staff. 

To be flexible in the approach to the clinical area and provide cover according to 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. He/she will have a responsibility for their own personal and professional development with the support of the ward and Trust. .

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

Detailed job description and main 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.

To be responsible for the correct administration of prescribed medication

Person specification

Post registration Experience and Courses

Essential criteria
  • Can evidence completion of preceptorship
  • Mentorship or SSSI Course
  • Post registration Course in relevant speciality

Registration

Essential criteria
  • NMC Registered Nurse with NMC PIN (PRN not accepted) with relevant professional experience

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Excellent communication skills
  • The ability to undertake reflective thinking on own practice
  • Teaching skills
  • Able to prioritise and meet deadlines
  • Able to manage difficult situations
  • Organised time management
  • Uses own initiative and is able to take decisions
  • Willingness to rotate as part of a programme

Experience and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Ability to practice within the scope of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
  • Ability to demonstrate application of the NHS Plan to own sphere of practice
  • Supervise Junior Staff
Desirable criteria
  • NHS Experience

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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
Laura Hemmings
Job title
Senior Nurse Recruitment and Retention
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

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