Job summary
Take your paediatric nursing career to the next level at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Based at St Mary's Hospital, a major acute and trauma centre for North West London, you'll join a forward-thinking team delivering high-quality care across two dynamic paediatric wards.
You'll be working across two key areas: Great Western Ward and Westway Ward.
Great Western Ward is a 22-25 bedded unit caring for children from neonates to young adults. As a specialist centre for trauma, infectious diseases and haematology, we manage complex cases and acute trauma admissions from ED, as well as step-downs from PICU and NICU. You'll work closely with multidisciplinary teams to deliver expert care in a fast-paced environment.
Westway Ward is our dedicated day surgery unit covering ENT, trauma and orthopaedics, ophthalmology, general surgery, and plastics amongst other ambulatory activity. This role offers excellent leadership development opportunities, including team management, rostering, MDT participation, pre-assessment clinics, and policy development within surgical specialities.
We offer tailored training supported by clinical nurse educators, with access to leadership programmes, specialist courses (e.g. diabetes, EPALS, surgical pre-assessment), and quality improvement initiatives. Clinical exposure includes high dependency care, respiratory, epilepsy, allergy/immunology, diabetes, mental health crisis, and more.
Main duties of the job
- Providing high quality, effective and individualised nursing care to a variety of patients in a compassionate and caring way.
- Assessing care needs and developing, implementing and evaluating care plans without supervision.
- Helping to lead and monitor the performance of the nursing team.
- Deputising for the Senior Nurse as required.
About us
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.
Job description
Job 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.
Job description
Job 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
- RSCN
- Experience of supervision of junior staff, Mentorship in practice or equivalent
- Excellent level of English language demonstrated through effective written and verbal communication skills
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 12 months at pay band 5 within the relevant speciality.
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Experience of change management - positive change agent
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential
- For specialist areas able to demonstrate specialist knowledge of patient group
- Knowledge of research and audit
- Ability to demonstrate application of the NHS Plan to own
- Able to manage difficult situations.
Desirable
- Ability to take charge of a ward or part of a ward, delegate and supervise junior staff
- Leadership skills
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- RSCN
- Experience of supervision of junior staff, Mentorship in practice or equivalent
- Excellent level of English language demonstrated through effective written and verbal communication skills
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 12 months at pay band 5 within the relevant speciality.
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Experience of change management - positive change agent
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential
- For specialist areas able to demonstrate specialist knowledge of patient group
- Knowledge of research and audit
- Ability to demonstrate application of the NHS Plan to own
- Able to manage difficult situations.
Desirable
- Ability to take charge of a ward or part of a ward, delegate and supervise junior staff
- Leadership skills
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
