Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 200-7787643-GO-VA
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £37,259 - £45,356 per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse - Heart Failure Unit
Band 5
Job overview
- Providing excellent nursing care.
- As skills and competencies develop, taking charge and actively participating in and contributing to the management of the ward or department on a regular basis.
- Supervising and mentoring junior staff.
DUE TO THE HIGH VOLUME OF INTEREST THIS JOB MAY CLOSE BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE ONCE THE CAPPED NUMBER OF APPLICANTS HAS BEEN RECIEVED.
Please do not contact Recruitment or the hiring manager once after the closing date to reopen
Main duties of the job
- Maintaining personal contact with patients, relatives and carers, being sensitive to their needs for courtesy, dignity and privacy and ensuring a friendly environment at all times.
- As skills develop, managing the ward or department in the absence of the Ward Sister/Charge Nurse or Deputy, maintaining safe staffing levels, ensuring that polices are followed up and that the Senior Nurse is informed of any problems or incidents that might arise.
- Maintaining timely and accurate nursing records and ensuring that confidentiality is respected.
- Storing, checking and administering drugs including the intravenous route in accordance with Trust policy and NMC standards.
- To work with minimal supervision in all areas of the speciality as required.
- Communicating with and assisting the multidisciplinary team to promote excellence in the delivery of patient care.
- To prioritise own workload and that of other staff ensuring that the ward or department is managed effectively.
Working for our organisation
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (general)
Desirable criteria
- A minimum of 12 months post registration experience.
Organisational Management
Essential criteria
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care according to individual needs.
- Ability to effectively prioritise workload and patient care needs.
- Demonstrates an understanding of managing resources
- Demonstrates an understanding of clinical risk
Desirable criteria
- Computer literate
Education & Research
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates an understanding of the importance of research and evidence based practice
- Able to explain the principles of mentoring and assessing junior staff
- Understands the importance of developing self and others
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrates an understanding of audit
- Ability to take on small research or audit project.
General & Personal
Essential criteria
- Motivated.
- Demonstrates an enthusiasm for the speciality i.e. Heart Failure and demonstrates the reason why.
- Demonstrates a caring and sensitive approach to patient care
- Sound verbal and written communication.
- Adaptable and responsive to changing needs
- Ability to use own initiative
- Ability to identify stress in self and others and to take effective action to manage the situation
Desirable criteria
- Ability to work as a team and be a role model to junior staff.
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sapphire Gravesande
- Job title
- Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 725 0069
- Additional information
Please contact Senior Sister Sapphire Gravesande for further details, to register your interest or to arrange an informal visit.
0208 725 0069 / 0208 725 3484
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
07553093677
- Telephone
- 07553093677
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