Job summary
- Main area
- Specialist Medicine
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 200-7099287-GO-SC-B
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Georges Hospital
- Town
- Tooting
- Salary
- £64,156 - £71,148 per annum on pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Lead Nurse TB
Band 8a
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen to lead the TB services at St Georges Hospital you will work in partnership with the nurse clinical lead to support in the daily running of the TB service with a focus on operational and people management. You will work as part of a multi-professional team to ensure that patients with TB receive a high standard of care from initial investigations to treatment completion. Whilst TB patients will be the focus of the role you will also work to develop patient pathways for our complex non-tuberculous mycobacterium patients. The role is integral to the prevention, detection of TB in Southwest London.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the job are to manage the TB service supporting the TB Clinical Nurse Specialists and Outreach Worker to provide high quality care for patients at all stages of their TB journey, you will identify service development needs, support in education and awareness raising on TB in the trust and in the community and you will contribute to service development through audit and contribute to education and awareness raising activities
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
Professional/ Clinical Qualifications and Experienc
Essential criteria
- Degree in nursing.
- MSC in advanced nursing practice or equivalent experience
- Recognised TB specialist course.
- Experience of leadership role. Management qualification or equivalent experience.
- Clinical reasoning and physical assessment
- Teaching/Mentoring
- Competent and able unsupervised to undertake specific procedures and tasks relevant to specialist area of practice.
Desirable criteria
- Non-medical prescribing course or working towards.
- Professional leadership skills including leadership development programme
- Knowledge of HIV disease.
- Formal qualification in health promotion
Specialist Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Competent and able unsupervised to undertake specific procedures and tasks relevant to specialist area of practice.
- in ordering X-Rays, scans and blood tests relevant to specialist area of practice. IRMER trained
- Experience in working with vulnerable groups e.g. refugees and asylum seekers, homeless people, the elderly and families with young children.
- Significant experience of working in a community setting/ public health role/ paediatrics / adults / home visiting.
Desirable criteria
- Research qualification. Published material
- Excellent computer skills
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.
Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email.
If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:
- The machine readable zone
- An ultra violet image
- An infra red image
As part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected].
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jane Watson
- Job title
- Respiratory Consultant Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 725 0588
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