Job summary
- Main area
- General and Vascular Surgery
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: Substantive
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5)
- Job ref
- 290-SCCS-1395
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Mary's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £34,089 - £41,498 pa inc
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse: General and Vascular Surgery
Band 5
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 14,000 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
General and Vascular Surgery at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is internationally recognised.
- Charles Pannett Ward: at St Mary’s Hospital and is a 24 bedded Acute Surgical Ward. It specialises in providing high quality care to patients undergoing general and specialist emergency surgery.
- Surgical Innovation Centre: based at St Mary’s Hospital, this clinical area will see you gaining skills on a short-stay surgical ward (17 beds), a surgical assessment unit and post-surgical bariatric area.
- A8: ward, based at Hammersmith Hospital is a 26 bedded acute surgical ward that specialises in upper gastrointestinal (OG), hepatobiliary and endocrine surgery.
- Zachary Cope: a 24 bedded acute vascular surgical ward manages both simple and complex vascular cases.
We welcome applications from both experienced and newly qualified nurses. Due to the strong support networks in place and the comprehensive nature of the development programme, this opportunity is suited to both nurses at the beginning of their career journey and for those looking for development within the specialty.
Please do not hesitate to contact the Ward Matrons if you have any questions or would like further information regarding the role.
Main duties of the job
- Providing high quality, effective, individualised nursing care to patients across all sites by assessing their needs and developing, implementing and evaluating care plans without supervision.
- Maintaining accurate clinical observations of patients.
- Assisting in the teaching and development of nursing assistants and students, 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 encourage staff to have the Covid vaccination to protect themselves, patients, other colleagues as well as the wider community. Please note it is an operational requirement to comply with infection prevention and control procedures within the Trust such as lateral flow testing, handwashing and the wearing of masks, according to the procedures in place at any time or location. As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.
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.
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
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC Registered Nurse with a BLS qualification
Skills/Abilities
Essential criteria
- Medication administration skills, including IV drug administration (or a willingness to undergo training)
- Good clinical skills and a commitment developing them further
- A knowledge of care planning, preceptorship, reflection and clinical supervision
Experience
Essential criteria
- Six months’ recent postregistration experience in an acute or critical care setting
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
- Tim Leak
- Job title
- Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
For any further queries please contact the matrons for the areas:
A8 ward:
Matron: Ann Galvin - [email protected]
Surgical Innovation Centre:
Matron: Natalia Vila Da Mota - [email protected]
Charles Pannet:
Clinical lead: Tim Leak - [email protected]
Zachary Cope:
Matron: Maileen Pastrana - [email protected]
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