Job summary
- Main area
- Transplant, Renal & Urology
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours per week)
- Job ref
- 196-NM12873
- Employer
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Guy's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £54,320 - £60,981 p.a inc HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Sister/Charge Nurse - Patience Ward
Band 7
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
Are you a Senior Nurse ready to develop your career in a leadership role?
We have an exciting opportunity for a Ward Sister /Charge Nurse for Patience Ward.
If you are a highly motivated and experienced nurse, interested in an opportunity to further develop your clinical and leadership skills, and ready to engage in service development, this post could be for you.
Patience ward is a 17-bedded ward specialised in Renal. We have a fantastic multi-disciplinary team that helps us provide quality patient-centred care.
Closing date: 26th May 2025 at Midnight
Interview date: 9th June 2025
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Directorate of Transplant Renal and Urology for a Sister/Charge Nurse to provide clinical Leadership and Management in Patience Ward.
- Is providing excellent nursing care and getting the basics right one of your key drivers?
- Do you enjoy developing others to become excellent at what they do?
If your answer to these questions is yes then this may be the role for you!
Patience Ward is a renal specialty, covering the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the kidneys.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the clinical management of Patience Ward, leading a team of registered nurses and nursing assistants in the delivery of highly specialized care for patients with medical and undergoing renal surgery and interventions.
Through strong leadership, high visibility and accessibility the post holder will enable the unit to deliver excellence in nursing, ensure patient experience is of the highest quality and aim to reduce length of stay. The successful candidate will be required to work in close collaboration with the Inpatient Matrons and medical colleagues as well as a large MDT to establish and deliver patient specific pathways.
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Clinical Leadership and Managerial
-Lead the ward/Department team and build successful links between key
professionals to support and promote effective multi-disciplinary team working.
-Manage the department nursing staff, ensuring the patients receive high quality clinical care and a good patient experience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs and doctrines.
-Be wholly accountable for his / her practice in line with the NMC code of
professional conduct and takes every reasonable opportunity to sustain and improve his / her knowledge and professional competence.
-Communicate effectively and efficiently and liaise with other members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure that patients receive seamless care within the trust.
-Act as a professional nurse leader and role model to the staff. To apply clinical skills of the highest standard and to take a proactive approach to the development of clinical competence in self and others.
-Maximise use of clinical resources, implementing best practice in patient flow, admission and discharge arrangements.
-Monitor monthly budget statements, identifying trends, understanding spending patterns in order to stay in budget and to take action as required.
-Comply with the Trust’s standing financial instructions.
-Ensure that the departments have adequate resources / equipment to provide an effective service.
-Develop and maintain effective channels of communication between all
members of the multi-disciplinary team.
-To ensure the Matron is informed when changes to circumstances may affect safe competent practice.
-Participate in nursing and multi professional research and audit and to
implement actions identified from quality initiatives.
-Identify and intervene where circumstances contribute to an unsafe
environment for patients and staff. To bring instances to the attention of the Matron /Head of Nursing for the area.
-Lead and support the ward team through the process of change, demonstrating tenacity, drive, professional integrity, balance and perspective.
-Deputise for the Matron as appropriate.
-To interpret information and take appropriate action and to lead others to do the same.
-Act as an advocate for patients within the department, to ensure a patient
orientated approach to the delivery of care and to meet standards within the NHS Plan and other relevant.
-Recognise and avoid situations that may be detrimental to the health and
wellbeing of the individuals.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- RGN level 1
- Mentorship / ENB998
- Leadership / Management studies (ie Intermediate course)
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
- Education in Renal/Renal Course
Desirable criteria
- BSc educated / working towards
- MSc in Nursing or working towards
Skills
Essential criteria
- Advanced surgical nursing skills. Advcanced asessment skills
- Leadership skills
- Time management and organisational skills
- Communication skills
- Assertiveness and vision
- Teaching skills
- Awareness of clinical governance and risk management issues
Experience
Essential criteria
- Management / In Charge experience
- Experience in staff development
- Surgical nursing experience
- Teamwork / Multidisciplinary working
- Conducting Staff Performance Development Reviews(PDR)
Desirable criteria
- Audit and Research experience
- Change Management
Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Value and Behaviours
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
- Anna Mae Salvador
- Job title
- In-Patient Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02071887051
- Additional information
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