Job summary
- Main area
- Renal patients
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-MIC-2262
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hammersmith Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £47,951 - £56,863 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/10/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Sister/Charge Nurse
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 have an exciting opportunity for a motivated, clinically skilled and ambitious renal nurse to join Peters Ward as a Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse. This is an excellent opportunity to broaden your leadership experience, develop your management skills and make a significant contribution to one of the UK's leading renal services. The Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, based at Hammersmith Hospital, is internationally recognised and one of the largest and most comprehensive renal and transplant centres in Europe. Our service offers exceptional opportunities to expand your clinical expertise, work alongside leading specialists, and care for patients with some of the most complex renal conditions.
This is a pivotal leadership position within a highly skilled and supportive multidisciplinary team. You will provide visible clinical leadership, coordinate the delivery of safe and effective patient care, support service development, and contribute to maintaining the highest standards of nursing practice.
Working closely with the Ward Manager, you will have opportunities to develop your leadership and operational management skills, including deputising for the Ward Manager when required. You will be instrumental in motivating and supporting the nursing team, promoting a positive culture, and driving improvements in patient experience and outcomes.
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.
- To keep up to date with current developments in nursing and ensure evidence based practice.
- Develop new skills and knowledge pertaining to the speciality as advised by the senior sister or charge nurse.
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.
Environmental sustainability
Climate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people’s health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.
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
- Teaching Qualification or equivalent experience
- Relevant specialist course or equivalent experience in speciality
Desirable criteria
- Quality Improvement experience/qualification or working towards
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience of speciality
Desirable criteria
- Team leader experience
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential criteria
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Teaching – Nurse SSSA Assessor
- Evidence of Link Nurse responsibility and contribution
- Ability to organise ward activities and to use initiative
- Knowledge of Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
- Ability to solve problems and contribute new ideas
- Ability to work under pressure
- Competency in medication administration including IV medications
- Skills required to undertake clinical activity related to speciality
- IT skills including use of EPR, email and Microsoft packages
- Knowledge of quality, standard setting and audit
- Awareness of current developments in nursing
- Knowledge of the NMC Code of Conduct
- Extensive knowledge of speciality
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of budget management
- Ability to praise
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Carol Cato-Duncan
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02033136657
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