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Job summary

Main area
Neurosciences
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent: Long Days, Nights, Weekends and Bank Holidays
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
213-NUR-DH-7399017
Employer
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
King's College Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£37,259 - £45,356 Per Annum Including High Cost Area
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/08/2025 23:59

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Staff Nurse - Friends Stroke Unit

Band 5

Job overview

King’s College Hospital has one of London’s largest Hyper Acute Stroke Units (HASUs), operating two HASUs and two Acute Stroke Units across our Denmark Hill and PRUH sites.

On the Friends Stroke Unit, you will become part of a team that thrives on stroke research and innovation in stroke care.

As a specialist stroke nurse, you will play a central role in the care provided to our patients, while further developing your skills and working collaboratively with our excellent team, in line with the evolving needs of the service.

This is an exciting opportunity for a nurse who is passionate about stroke care and ready to take on a new challenge. The role is rewarding and supports nurses in reaching their full potential.

On the Stroke Unit, we work in a friendly and supportive environment, caring for patients post-thrombolysis and post-thrombectomy. This includes managing acutely unwell patients and coordinating goal-focused stroke rehabilitation to optimise patient outcomes.

As a registered nurse, you will be responsible for ensuring that our service users’ needs are met through the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based stroke care. As a centre of excellence for stroke care, we offer a person-centred approach that supports independence and overall well-being.

If you want to experience the full patient journey from acute illness to rehabilitation come and join us on the Friends Stroke Unit.

Main duties of the job

  • Successful Applicants are expected to provide the highest standard of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualized, holistic patient care in conjunction with the inter-professional team.
  • Maintain a high standard of clinical work when carrying out nursing procedures.
  • Responsible for the safe custody of medication, including checking and administration.
  • Ensure compliance with our clinical governance framework, you motivate colleagues, champion service user safety and dignity and drive continuous improvement.
  • Demonstrate professional behaviour at all times.
  • Ensure and maintain updated trainings both statutory and mandatory trainings that are essential to the line of work.
  • Practice integrity and beneficence in work.

For more information, please use the below links:

Education: http://bit.ly/kch-neuro-education

The Team: http://bit.ly/kch-neuro-team

World Leader: http://bit.ly/kch-neuro-leader

Living in London: http://bit.ly/kch-neuro-london

Working for our organisation

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Delivering high quality, evidence-based and patient focused clinical care through:

  • Delivering a high standard of evidence-based care to patients.
  • Ensuring good standards of care for the patient are maintained at all times.
  • Adhering to NMC Code of Professional conduct at all times.
  • Involving and supporting patients, relatives, carers and friends in the care process.
  • Promoting well-being and involving patients and relatives in health education.
  • Ensuring clear and accurate written and verbal information is given at all times.
  • Ensuring contemporaneous record keeping at all times.
  • Seeking advice from more senior/experienced members of staff where appropriate.

Working effectively as part of the immediate team and wider multi-disciplinary team (MDT) through:

  • Liaising effectively with all members of the MDT to ensure patients’ needs are met.
  • Exercising leadership and taking the initiative where appropriate.
  • Providing support and advice to ward/unit staff (especially junior staff) on clinical and administrative issues.
  • Liaising with discharge coordinator / bed manager to ensure effective admission/discharge of patients.
  • Keeping the ward/unit sister / charge nurse informed of significant changes and/or anticipated problems.

Upholding a duty of care and clinical governance through:

  • Observing a general duty of care for the health, safety and well-being of yourself, work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital.
  • Ensuring the rules, policies, procedures and standards of Kings College Hospital NHS Trust Foundation together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations are adhered to at all times.
  • Maintaining patient confidentiality, dignity and privacy at all times.
  • Adhering to the Trust’s policy on valuing equality and diversity and showing due regard for each patient’s cultural and religious beliefs, gender, ethnicity, age and sexuality.
  • Strictly adhering to the National Code of Practice on Infection Control.

Maintaining own and others’ knowledge of clinical excellence through:

  • Taking responsibility for your own personal development and keeping up to date with nursing and medical knowledge.
  • Being aware of current research and the implications for the ward/unit speciality.
  • Acting as a role model at all times and for all staff.
  • Acting as practice supervisor and/or preceptor/mentor for junior and newly-qualified staff.
  • Working with appropriate members of the teaching staff to ensure effective staff development (own and others).
  • Participating in Trust and Divisional initiatives to develop nursing practice and support change.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Awareness and understanding of current acute health issues
Desirable criteria
  • Clinical expertise relevant to the area

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse (RN1) with active NMC registration at time of starting appointment

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to communicate effectively (written and verbal)
  • Ability to work collaboratively with other staff members
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to lead a team to achieve results

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Marcus Ciubal
Job title
Deputy Ward Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02032993957
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