Junior Charge Nurse/ Junior Sister - Outpatient inOrpington inOrpington PUBLISHED 4 SEP 2024

Band 6

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

A rare opportunity has arisen, for 2 Full time Band 6 Registered Nurses to join our diverse nursing team. They will be location in the Outpatients departments across PRUH and South Sites (Beckenham Beacon, Orpington Hospital and Queen Mary’s, Sidcup), to provide clinical leadership and professional support to junior staff and contribute to future service transformation.

We are looking for 2 highly motivated Nurses who are passionate about delivering high standards of nursing care to ensure a positive patient experience. You will need to have excellent communication skills, relevant post registration experience, Mentorship qualification or equivalent and ideally some leadership experience.

There are a range of specialties catered for in our OPD’s, such as ENT, Gynaecology, Surgery, Orthopaedics, Renal and Rheumatology.

  • To provide expert, holistic care of a high standard to both the patients and their relatives within the King's College Hospital.
  • To take direct managerial responsibility for the clinical area in the absence of or as delegated by the Ward Sister/ Charge Nurse/ Head of Department.
  • To assist in the leadership and development of an identified group of nurses within the department complement.
  • To act as a clinical resource within the ward and across the Care Group as necessary.
  • To act as a positive role model to junior staff members. Particular emphasis is put at Kings on the need to ensure that all staff recognise their responsibility to deliver services in a high quality, courteous, patient focused manner and to maintain patient confidentiality at all times.

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nicola Macey Job title: Senior Sister Email address: Telephone number:
A rare opportunity has arisen, for 2 Full time Band 6 Registered Nurses to join our diverse nursing team. They will be location in the Outpatients departments across PRUH and South Sites (Beckenham Beacon, Orpington Hospital and Queen Mary’s, Sidcup), to provide clinical leadership and professional support to junior staff and contribute to future service transformation.

We are looking for 2 highly motivated Nurses who are passionate about delivering high standards of nursing care to ensure a positive patient experience. You will need to have excellent communication skills, relevant post registration experience, Mentorship qualification or equivalent and ideally some leadership experience.

There are a range of specialties catered for in our OPD’s, such as ENT, Gynaecology, Surgery, Orthopaedics, Renal and Rheumatology.

  • To provide expert, holistic care of a high standard to both the patients and their relatives within the King's College Hospital.
  • To take direct managerial responsibility for the clinical area in the absence of or as delegated by the Ward Sister/ Charge Nurse/ Head of Department.
  • To assist in the leadership and development of an identified group of nurses within the department complement.
  • To act as a clinical resource within the ward and across the Care Group as necessary.
  • To act as a positive role model to junior staff members. Particular emphasis is put at Kings on the need to ensure that all staff recognise their responsibility to deliver services in a high quality, courteous, patient focused manner and to maintain patient confidentiality at all times.

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nicola Macey Job title: Senior Sister Email address: Telephone number:


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