Job summary
- Main area
- Vascular Surgery
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-SCCS-2014
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Charing Cross Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £37,259 - £45,356 pa inclusive pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse
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 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
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust provides care to our patients undergoing procedures for their varicose veins, in our local anaesthetic unit. We are looking for a Band 5 staff nurse to join our small, but dynamic and pro-active team.
We wish to maintain our existing level of expertise, in order to deliver a high quality, evidence-based and efficient service that delivers a great patient experience. We perform our varicose vein procedures in our local anaesthetic unit based at Charing Cross hospital, three days a week - Monday to Wednesday. Our small unit is located close to our outpatients department, ultrasound scanning and vascular research unit, and is therefore part of a larger vascular unit.
We are seeking a highly motivated and innovative nurse, who would like to join our team, and is keen to work with vascular patients who have varicose veins.
Main duties of the job
- Be able to undertake nursing care at all stages of the patient pathway within the varicose vein unit e.g. admission/discharge, scrub nursing and recovery.
- Ensure high standards of patient care at all times, challenging poor practice, in accordance with the NMC Professional Code of Conduct.
- Provide care in accordance with Trust policies reflecting current trends and developments in patient care and the NHS.
- To provide a suitable and safe environment for the physical, psychological and spiritual well-being for staff, patients/clients and their relatives/carers, seeking guidance or advice where necessary.
- To provide high quality, effective, individualised care that is compassionate and caring to patients with varicose veins, attending the unit for their day care procedure.
- To assess care needs and develop, implement and evaluate them without supervision.
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.
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 with relevant nationally recognised post basic course.
- For specialist areas able to demonstrate specialist knowledge of patient group.
- Ability to practice within the scope of NMC/HPC Code of Professional Conduct.
- Ability to demonstrate application of the NHS Plan to own sphere of practice.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of continuing professional development, this will be a relevant post-graduate qualification of equivalent experience.
- Experience of change management.
- Knowledge of research and audit.
Experience
Essential criteria
- For specialist areas able to demonstrate specialist knowledge of patient group.
- Competent interpersonal skills.
Desirable criteria
- Undertaken an audit.
- Change clinical practice.
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential criteria
- Able to manage difficult situations.
- Able to prioritise and meet deadlines.
- Effective time management for self and others.
Desirable criteria
- Able to manage difficult situations effectively.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Louise Allen
- Job title
- Lead Vascular Nurse Specialist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07776488570
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