Staff Nurse London
Job description
Are you interested in nursing within the inpatient elective surgery ward for Head & Neck ENT & Maxillofacial surgery? If yes, then this could be the job for you. We are an elective surgery ward currently looking for a Band 5 Staff Nurse to join our enthusiastic team. We specialise in the care of Head & Neck surgery patients admitted to ward T6. You will require relevant clinical experience and show a keen interest in surgical nursing. You will need to show commitment to support the development of a team of nurses and healthcare assistants, demonstrate personal and professional development, as well as a desire to teach and mentor junior staff and students. You must demonstrate excellent communication skills with a desire to provide excellent patient care. In return, we will offer education and training and an exciting place to work. The Staff Nurse role is a ward based role involving providing a high standard of care for our patients. You will have clinical responsibilities including providing care for an allocated group of patients. This will involve all medication administration, nursing assessment and observation, acute care, provision of personal care and assistance with all care needs. Education and leadership for junior staff and student nurses will also be a key aspect of this role. University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research. We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites: University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing) National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals University College Hospital Grafton Way Building Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre The Hospital for Tropical Diseases University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology. At UCLH, we have a real ‘One Team’ ethos, and our values – safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England. For more informationregardingthe main responsibilities of the role, please refer to the attached Job Description. We have a strong multidisciplinary approach working closely with the therapists, clinical nurse specialists and the surgical teams. Clinical excellence and high standards are at the heart of the care we provide as is teamwork and respect. This setting offers huge potential to develop your nursing career the on-the-job learning is unparalleled thanks to the variety of surgical cases and the guidance and mentoring of our expert team. We have an excellent practice development team within the surgical division who will provide support and development to you and the team.
