Senior Staff Nurse

Job summary

To support and deputise for the Ward Sister/Charge Nurse to ensure the provision of excellent nursing care and the effective management of staff and other resources.Also to carry out the day-to-day management and co-ordination of the ward/department. To take charge of the unit on a regular basis and manage a cohort of staff on the ward with minimal supervision. To ensure that there are education and training opportunities for all staff, including pre and post registration students and /or providing specialist knowledge if working in a clinical area where a post registration course is essential e.g. critical care setting

Main duties of the job

Nye Bevan Unit - Emergency Surgical Assessment Unit

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated individual to lead an Emergency Surgical Assessment Unit. The unit provides care for the following surgical specialities: GI, colorectal,ENT,plastics,urology,maxfax and T&O.

If you are an experienced and motivated senior nurse with ED or surgery background, and keen to develop your management and leadership skills, able to demonstrate the ability to promote a collaborative approach to caring for acutely unwell patients and are able to embrace the challenge of working in a busy and challenging environment, then this is the job for you.

The Unit has an excellent team of Nursing, Medical and Support staff who have extremely high standards and give exemplary patient care. Each member of the team endeavours to ensure that our patients receive the best experience possible all the while demonstrating the Trust core values of being caring, excellent, responsible and respectful.

As a Senior Staff Nurse you will provide clinical and managerial leadership to the ward and must be pro-active in driving the service forward. You will oversee all staff and support the Senior Sister. Clear visible leadership is required to promote excellence and professional behaviour from all staff. If you have a strong focus on patient care, proven leadership skills and are able to work alongside other professional teams then we are keen for you to join our team.

About us

With nearly 9,000 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.