Senior Staff Nurse - Day Surgery inLondon inLondon PUBLISHED 30 DEC 2023

Depending on experience  PERMANENT 
To act as a role model, supervise and support the junior nursing team and health care assistants.

  • To maintain confidentiality surrounding patient admission and treatment at all times.
  • To ensure documentation is completed accurately and within agreed timescales using Hospital approved documentation, in line with NMC and Hospital guidelines.
  • To have knowledge of and adhere to ward and Hospital policy and professional standards. To ensure that team members do likewise.
  • To be a clinical expert within the speciality.
  • To ensure the provision of excellent, evidence based nursing care for patients.
  • Ensure that each patient is assessed, and that their care is planned, implemented and evaluated, and that this is accurately documented.
  • Ensure the provision of a welcoming, caring and safe environment for patients and their families.
  • To communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carers and other staff, overcoming any barriers to understanding and providing support during distressing or emotional events.
  • Ensure that discharge planning is commenced at the point of admission, liaising with the multidisciplinary team, other departments, as necessary.
  • To develop and maintain clinical skills and knowledge necessary to provide holistic, evidence based nursing care. This includes completion of training and development identified as part of appraisal and personal development (PDP) planning.
  • To deputise for the Ward Manager and Deputy ward Manager in their absence
  • To act as a role model, supervise and support the junior nursing team and health care assistants

Would you like to join Londons leading nursing team? We are looking for a Senior Staff Nurse to join our day case surgical ward, St Joseph, our 19 bedded ward specialising in providing care to a variety of surgical specialties, including: spinal injections, minor orthopaedic, ophthalmic, ENT, vascular, minor urology, gynae, and plastics/cosmetic surgery.

The successful applicant will have been working in a similar environment and will be up to date in current practices. Experience will extend to working within a busy ward and professional, multi-disciplinary teams. This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to join a thriving busy team and wants to work with excellent staff to patient ratios.

  • To maintain confidentiality surrounding patient admission and treatment at all times.
  • To ensure documentation is completed accurately and within agreed timescales using Hospital approved documentation, in line with NMC and Hospital guidelines.
  • To have knowledge of and adhere to ward and Hospital policy and professional standards. To ensure that team members do likewise.
  • To be a clinical expert within the speciality.
  • To ensure the provision of excellent, evidence based nursing care for patients.
  • Ensure that each patient is assessed, and that their care is planned, implemented and evaluated, and that this is accurately documented.
  • Ensure the provision of a welcoming, caring and safe environment for patients and their families.
  • To communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carers and other staff, overcoming any barriers to understanding and providing support during distressing or emotional events.
  • Ensure that discharge planning is commenced at the point of admission, liaising with the multidisciplinary team, other departments, as necessary.
  • To develop and maintain clinical skills and knowledge necessary to provide holistic, evidence based nursing care. This includes completion of training and development identified as part of appraisal and personal development (PDP) planning.
  • To deputise for the Ward Manager and Deputy ward Manager in their absence
  • To act as a role model, supervise and support the junior nursing team and health care assistants

Would you like to join Londons leading nursing team? We are looking for a Senior Staff Nurse to join our day case surgical ward, St Joseph, our 19 bedded ward specialising in providing care to a variety of surgical specialties, including: spinal injections, minor orthopaedic, ophthalmic, ENT, vascular, minor urology, gynae, and plastics/cosmetic surgery.

The successful applicant will have been working in a similar environment and will be up to date in current practices. Experience will extend to working within a busy ward and professional, multi-disciplinary teams. This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to join a thriving busy team and wants to work with excellent staff to patient ratios.



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