10 Oct
Sir Reginald Wilson Ward
London
Main area
Private Patient Cardiothoracic/ Cardiology
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
196-NM12141
Employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Sir Reginald Wilson Ward
Town
London
Salary
£44,806 - £53,134 p.a. inclusive of HCA
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/10/2024 23:59
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 are looking for highly motivated, enthusiastic senior staff nurses to join our team within the private patients’ services unit.
Sir Reginald Ward is a 28 bedded private patient cardiothoracic surgical and cardio-respiratory medicine ward with a multidisciplinary team of highly skilled and motivated staff, who provide high quality care to patients requiring a variety of specialist care.
You will support the Ward Manager and your colleagues to maintain a high standard of patient care, and take charge of the ward on a regular basis. We’ll also look to you to act as a role model in supporting and developing junior members of the team.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
As a senior staff nurse on the ward, you must be able to take charge of the ward, support junior members of the team and demonstrate leadership skills within the clinical environment. Using advanced skills and knowledge, be able to work alongside the Ward Sisters and Practice Educators, ensuring safety of our patients and that a high level of care is delivered and maintained.
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 currently one of the UKs largest and most experienced cardio-thoracic centres providing care for a variety of complex patients
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Applicants for Band 6 Nursing posts will need to possess leadership skills, experience coordinating a private patient unit, the ability to problem solve and to liaise and co-ordinate effectively with members of the wider MDT.
As a band 6 Nurse you will have the ability to support the Ward Sister/ Charge Nurse and a unified approach in supporting junior staff and nursing students in practice.
Your duties will include:
Promoting high quality clinical care to our patients. Assisting with the development of the ward, using evidence-based practice and trust standards.
Assisting with the safety of delivered care and the ward environment using audits, monitoring and service improvement initiatives.
Assisting the Ward Sister/Charge Nurse in creating a rewarding, stimulating and supportive environment.
Rota management and staff allocation.
Practice assessment and supervision of junior staff and mentoring of student Nurses.
Deputising for the Ward Sister/Charge Nurse in their absence.
Promoting staff health and well-being.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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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.
Further details / informal visits contact
Name Marcos Ferreira Job title Charge Nurse Email address ***********@rbht.nhs.uk Telephone number 02073518483
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