Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse

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Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.
Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.
We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 - the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.
To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over
staying comfortable; Listening
over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here
Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as "good" or "outstanding" in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.
Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.
LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King's College London's GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.
We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for surgical band 6 staff nurse to join our team at Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Ward 12 is a mixed surgical ward which specializes in general surgery, colo-rectal, and gynecology the patients are post-operative The ward will have a monitored bay for any acute surgical patients.
As a Band 6 Staff Nurse, we will offer you excellent support in your new role with support from senior nursing management team, the Practice Development Nurse and peer to peer support with lots of learning and development opportunities. We will also offer you one of a kind surgical nursing course in affiliate with the University of Greenwich which is also run in house. The nursing teams are committed to providing high-quality, safety-focused, and holistic care in a warm and friendly environment.
Main duties of the job
To provide leadership, guidance and support to all nursing staff within the clinical area, and continuous quality care to a specified group of patients. To take responsibility for the management and co-ordination of the clinical area in conjunction with and in the absence of the Manager. To provide support and expertise in the assessment, planning and evaluation of all patient care within the surgical setting. To assist in the budgetary management, training and development of staff to provide high quality care which is evidence-based.
Working for our organisation
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
Improving the experience of staff with disability
Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
Making equalities mainstream
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Assist the Manager in providing advice, guidance, support and professional leadership for all nursing staff in the clinical area.
Continually assess, plan, implement and evaluate evidence-based programmes of care in order to ensure the provision of a high standard of care.
Personally deliver a high standard of care to a group of patients, acting as a team leader / named nurse and clinical role model at all times.
Assist in developing the unit philosophy and framework of care in line with unit / organisational, beliefs / values and changes in surgery.
Ensure the provision of advice, support and health information to patients and their carers in order to promote a health-based service.
Ensure workload of nursing staff and colleagues does not jeopardise safe standards of practice and initiate action if necessary.
Ensure staffing rosters are covered following safer staffing.
In charge responsibilities ensuring that the patient flow is safe and escalating any delays to the teams if patients are delayed in being assessed.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
Registered Nurse Level 1 register
1st Level Degree or equivalent
In charge experience
2 years surgical experience
Desirable criteria
Teaching and assessing qualification
Specialist course
Experience
Essential criteria
Significant years post-registration experience
Experience of working within the multidiciplinary team
Ability to work autonomously
Good time management and prioritisation skills
Previous experience in surgery
Experience in taking charge
Desirable criteria
Experience of liaising with other agencies
Knowledge
Essential criteria
Well developed interpersonal skills
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
Effective decision making skills
Knowledge and understanding of the relevant NICE guidance
Evidence of continued professional development of self and other health care professionals
Time management skills
Organisational skills
Desirable criteria
IT skills
Knowledge of research and audit
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
Fit for active physical workload and resilient under reasonable pressure of work
Flexible approach to changing situations
We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.
As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women's staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.
Please note, not all roles will meet the criteria for a skilled worker visa.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Band 6 JD (PDF, 161.2KB)
Working at LGT (PDF, 4.2MB)
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