St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Band 5 Staff Nurse - James Hope Ward

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Job summary

We have a vacancy for a Full Time Staff Nurse (Band 5).

If you are looking to work in a friendly, supportive environment and want to develop your clinical and leadership skills for caring cardiology patients, this is the job for you!

  • Providing excellent nursing care.
  • Develop cardiac skills and competencies, taking charge of the unit and actively participate in and contributing to the management of the ward or department on a regular basis.
  • Supervising and mentoring students and junior staff.

Main duties of the job

You will be working in rotation between day case unit James Hope Ward and elective overnight Charles Pumphrey Unit that run five (5) days cardiology procedure service.

James Hope Ward has 3 bays of 3 trolleys that operates from 07:30 to 19:30 Monday to Friday.

Charles Pumphrey Unit consists of 7 beds for overnight stay elective patients and is open from Monday 7:30 to Saturday 15:00.

Both are challenging and fast paced unit working to meet the increasing demands on St. Georges Cardiology service as a regional tertiary center delivering high quality care.

About us

You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team on this Nurse Led Unit working closely with Catheter Labs and Nurse Practitioners.

Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research.

St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.

Contact: Almira Pagco, Senior Sister, James Hope Ward 020 8725 1170 orMatron Melanie Mota, 020 8672 1255 bleep 6285.

Details

Date posted

24 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£34,089 to £41,498 a year per annum HCAS inc (pro-rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

200-6332317-MA-VA

Job locations

St Georges

Blackshaw Road

London

SW17 0QT


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • Registered Nurse (general)

Desirable

  • A minimum of 12 months post registration experience.

Education & Research

Essential

  • 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

  • Demonstrates an understanding of audit
  • Ability to take on small research or audit project.

General & Personal

Essential

  • Demonstrates an enthusiasm for the speciality i.e. CCU 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
  • Motivated.

Desirable

  • Ability to motivate and lead staff for a shift.
Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • Registered Nurse (general)

Desirable

  • A minimum of 12 months post registration experience.

Education & Research

Essential

  • 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

  • Demonstrates an understanding of audit
  • Ability to take on small research or audit project.

General & Personal

Essential

  • Demonstrates an enthusiasm for the speciality i.e. CCU 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
  • Motivated.

Desirable

  • Ability to motivate and lead staff for a shift.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Georges

Blackshaw Road

London

SW17 0QT


Employer's website

https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/work-with-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Georges

Blackshaw Road

London

SW17 0QT


Employer's website

https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/work-with-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Senior Sister

Almira Pagco

almira.pagco@stgeorges.nhs.uk

02087251170

Details

Date posted

24 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£34,089 to £41,498 a year per annum HCAS inc (pro-rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

200-6332317-MA-VA

Job locations

St Georges

Blackshaw Road

London

SW17 0QT


Supporting documents

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