Senior Staff Nurse

Employer: St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: St Georges hospital

Town: London

Salary: £44,806 – £53,134 per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata)

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 19/03/2025 23:59

Senior Staff Nurse

Band 6

*The pay scales advertised have been confirmed by NHS England, we are awaiting confirmation of when these will be reflected.

Job overview

The Covid Medicine Delivery Unit (CMDU) at St George’s hospital is a service that offers covid therapies to highly vulnerable patients. CMDU offers a remote triaging service and pharmacy delivery for oral medication and an onsite ambulatory infusion unit for those that are ineligible for oral medication.

In addition to CMDU, the unit is also an Infusion Service providing infusion treatments and therapies to patients in an outpatient setting. These treatments include biologics therapies, antibiotics, and iron infusions. This list is not exhaustive.

Main duties of the job

• Assessing patients and being confident in venepuncture and cannulation.
• Supporting junior staff and students.
• Manage the department in the absence of the Lead nurse.
• Support and deal with patients, parents, relatives, and caregivers, being sensitive to their needs for dignity, privacy, and ensuring a friendly environment.
• Keeping accurate documentation.
• Escalating concerns if a patient is unwell.

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 information about the role.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

• Degree

Experience

• Experience in assessment, planning, and evaluating care
• Experience in emergency care
• Evidence in participating in the appraisal / IPR process

Skills

• Demonstrate leadership skills in support
• Ability to prioritise own workload and workload of junior staff
• Venepuncture and cannulation
• Knowledge of ambulatory care

Knowledge

• Demonstrate effective working relationships with colleagues
• Clinical assessment course

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.

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.

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.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

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