Senior Staff Nurse - Patience Ward

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 position on Patience Ward. We are seeking for 2 candidates for a full-time role, working 37.5 hours per week including day and night shifts., Deputise the ward in the absence of the Ward Manager and build successful links between key professionals to support and promote effective multi-disciplinary team working.

Manage the department and nursing staff in the absence of the Ward Manager, ensuring the patients receive high quality patient care and a good patient experience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs and doctrines.

Be wholly accountable for his/her practice in line with the NMC code of professional conduct and takes every reasonable opportunity to sustain and improve his/her knowledge and professional competence.

Communicate effectively and efficiently and liaise with other members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure that patients receive seamless care within the trust.

Act as a professional Senior staff Nurse and role model to the staff. To apply clinical skills of the highest standard and to take a proactive approach to the development of clinical competence in self and others.

Maximize use of clinical resources, implementing best practice in patient flow, admission and discharge arrangements. You will be involved in ward audit and accreditation compliance to be able to review data and be applied in clinical area.

Ensure that the departments have adequate resources/equipment to provide an effective service.

Develop and maintain effective channels of communication between all members of the multi disciplinary team.

We are looking for an experienced renal nurse with excellent knowledge and skills in Nephrology. The role of the Band 6 is integral to the team and therefore strong leadership, communication skills and the ability and willingness to take on new challenges is paramount.

Ideally you should have attain a renal course or equivalent experience, and a standard for student supervision and assessment (Mentorship) and a willingness to develop management and leadership experience.

Patience Ward is a 17 bedded unit mainly caring for Renal patients. It also caters Acute dialysis, peritoneal dialysis and CKD stage 1 to 5.

Our Practice Development Team will assist you, and a tailored training programme will enhance your learning. We provide a variety of in-house study days and workshops to assist you develop your abilities and improve your education. We have strong ties with King's College London (KCL), which offers a comprehensive selection of postgraduate programmes., Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organizations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.