Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 200-6874381-GO-VA
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St George’s
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £35,964 - £43,780 per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/01/2025 08:00
Employer heading
Staff Nurse - Belgrave Ward
Band 5
*The pay scales advertised have been confirmed by NHS England, we are awaiting confirmation of when these will be reflected. The new scales can be found here: Pay scales for 2024/25 | NHS Employers
Job overview
South West London Heart attack centre needs you!
- Providing excellent nursing care.
- As skills and competencies develop taking charge and actively participating in and contributing to the management of the ward or department on a regular basis.
- Supervising and mentoring junior staff.
Main duties of the job
- St George's Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the country's leading teaching hospitals with an international reputation for patient care, education and research.
- Due to the expansion of the current Service, an exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Cardiology Service at St George’s Hospital, London.
- Belgrave Ward is a dynamic unit that is changing with the increasing demands on the St George’s Cardiology service, a regional tertiary centre delivering high quality care.
Belgrave Ward currently consists of 24 beds, providing care for a large range of cardiology patients including, heart failure, post MI, pre/post angiogram/plasty, TAVI, endocarditis, out of hospital cardiac arrest, cardiomyopathy, brugada/Long QT. - Ideally you will have 12 months post qualification experience but newly qualified nurses are welcome to apply.
- You will be expected to work as an excellent role model as you develop your clinical and leadership skills providing excellent patient care.
We are looking for people to join the team with an interest in Cardiology. So if you are ambitious and want to develop your nursing and cardiology skills and make a real difference for caring for cardiology patients this is the opportunity for you.
We offer a wide range of post-graduate development and as such you will be encouraged to develop your specialist knowledge and skills in assessment, analysis of ECG and management of unwell patients.
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
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (general)
Desirable criteria
- A minimum of 12 months post registration experience.
Organisational Management
Essential criteria
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care according to individual needs.
- Ability to effectively prioritise workload and patient care needs.
- Demonstrates an understanding of managing resources
- Demonstrates an understanding of clinical risk
Desirable criteria
- Computer literate
- Ability to take charge of the ward in the absence of the Ward Manager on a regular basis.
Education & Research
Essential criteria
- 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 criteria
- Demonstrates an understanding of audit
- Ability to take on small research or audit project.
General & Personal
Essential criteria
- Motivated.
- Demonstrates an enthusiasm for the speciality.
- 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
Desirable criteria
- Ability to motivate and lead staff for a shift.
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
- Josephine Coates
- Job title
- Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8725 1567
- Additional information
Josephine Coates
Senior Sister
Belgrave ward
020 8725 1567/1568
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
07553093677
- Telephone
- 07553093677
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