Senior Staff Nurse - Somerset Ward

We currently have an exciting opportunity for someone to join Somerset Ward (Plastics) within our Surgery Directorate as a part time Band 6 registered nurse. The successful candidate will have an amazing opportunity to work alongside some of the most experienced and innovative clinicians in the field of plastics surgery.

We specialise in:

• Breast Reconstruction which includes (DIEP flaps, LD flaps, Tram flaps)


• Other reconstructionprocedures including: ALT flaps, nasal reconstruction and various local flaps.


• Skin grafts to various parts of the body.


• Simple and complex wound dressings, which includes:total negative pressure (eg. VAC therapy)


• We also specialise in looking after patients with epidermolysis bullosa (EB) post-surgery.


The post requires applicant to be able to work under pressure, demonstrate excellent clinical nursing and communication skills, willingness to learn and develop new skills and strive to provide the optimum care for patients and their relatives. Along with the ability to lead and teach junior staff, the applicant must have the ability to coordinate a shift, have good problem solving skills and ability to identify how to improve the service.

Part time hours are expected to be 2 long days/nights per week, including weekends, but other patterns may be considered., Somerset Ward is a 16-bedded ward based at St Thomas' Hospital, caring for a variety of patients and specialising in plastic surgery. We are a friendly and supportive team who are resourceful and strive to always deliver a high standard of patient care. We are proud of the excellent feedback we have from our patients., We are looking for a team leader to assist in leading the team in ensuring a high standard of care is delivered consistently. You will have opportunities to enhance existing skills in shift co-ordination, mentoring junior staff and colleagues, and to help develop protocols in this specialty, whist learning managerial duties for the next step in your career. You will be expected to carry out audits, quality rounds and teaching on the ward.

Developing staff is very important to us and encouraging staff to reach their career goals is a priority within our directorate. We provide support in continuous learning and professional development by offering Level 6 & 7 specialised plastics modules.

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 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 organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.