Staff Nurse - Band 5 - Gray ward

Job summary

Do you have an interest in making a difference in caring for general surgery and bariatric patients? Do you have great communication skills, excellent organisational skills, and the ability to work well within a team? If the answer is yes, then come and join our supportive and friendly team on Gray ward. We are looking for band 5 staff nurses who appreciate the challenge and reward of working in a fast-paced environment in which we provide life-saving care.

As an acute surgical ward, we prefer a minimum of 18 months experience within an acute healthcare setting but experienced nurses with an interest in the specialty are encouraged to apply. We will be keen to support you and your application will most definitely be considered. We are looking for nurses who want to become part of a vibrant team, contribute to a positive & supportive work environment and live our values - Excellent, Kind, Responsible & Respectful.

You will become a valued part of our multi-disciplinary team. Our nurses focus on developing their skills and confidence to work independently while improving their knowledge of the speciality to provide high quality, evidence-based care & advice to patients in a compassionate manner.

So, if you are hardworking, proactive & compassionate about patient care, and are keen to develop your skills on the general surgery ward; we look forward to hearing from you soon.

Main duties of the job

Our General surgery Department provides acute and elective services to St Georges Hospitals and to an extensive tertiary network. Gray ward is a dynamic and high acuity, 32 bedded general surgery ward. Our primary focus is upper GI and colorectal specialties, whilst we also treat urology, T&O, ENT and gynaecology patients. You will be part of the team that looks after patients on arrival from the emergency department and throughout their surgical journey until they are discharged. We have a mixture of short & long stay patients including patients stepped down from ICU who have complex nursing needs. These include early detection of deteriorating patients, specialist drain and stoma care, complex pain and wound management among others! We are also a specialist bariatric centre and care for patients with complex nutritional needs including parenteral nutrition.

The successful candidate must be flexible and on occasion assist in providing cover for other wards. All our nurses are expected to maintain excellent standards in line with the Trust's policies & procedures with support from the senior nursing team. You will be expected to role model and support and encourage student nurses & junior staff as St Georges' is a teaching hospital.

About us

With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.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.As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.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.