Band 5 Staff Nurse

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider dedicated to delivering world-class care in the Renal Haemodialysis department. This role offers the opportunity to work in a vibrant team environment, where you will be responsible for patient care, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and ensuring high standards of service. With a commitment to professional development and a supportive workplace culture, this position is ideal for passionate individuals looking to make a difference in patient lives. Enjoy a full-time role with flexible hours and a range of benefits, all while contributing to an organization that values diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Flexible hours

Generous benefits

Next level training

Qualifications

• Must have appropriate UK professional registration.
• Post registration experience in an acute hospital setting.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for patient care assessment, planning, delivery, and evaluation.
• Manage a group of Health Care Assistants and ensure compliance with training.

Skills

Ability to plan and prioritise workload

Proven communication skills

Skilled in use of computer/keyboard

Ability to supervise unregistered staff

Knowledge of risk management improvement

Understanding of quality and safety standards

Education

Evidence of recent and ongoing professional development

Recognized teaching or mentorship qualification

Job description

Our current vacancies

If you want to be part of the Royal Free London team, search our current vacancies below to find the job for you.

Main area: Renal Haemodialysis
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract: Fixed term: 6 months (end date: September 2025)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Saturday)
Job ref: 391-RFL-6940375

Site: Tottenham Hale Kidney and Diabetes Centre
Town: Tottenham Hale
Salary: £34,521 - £41,956 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 12/02/2025 23:59

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital, and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers, and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will be expected to liaise appropriately with all key members of the multidisciplinary team and service users related to the speciality.
• To be responsible for all aspects of patient care including the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of direct patient care with supervision from senior staff.
• To support the Charge Nurse/Senior Sister to monitor the safety and quality of care for patients.
• In the absence of the Junior Sister/Charge Nurse to be responsible for the day-to-day management of the ward.
• To manage a group of Health Care Assistants and assign delegated tasks and responsibility as appropriate.
• To ensure the compliance of mandatory training and appraisal requirements for delegated Health Care Assistants.
• To ensure a positive focussed service incorporating patients’ feedback to maintain and improve patient care.
• To act as an effective role model promoting excellence through practice.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6 million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies, and carry out more than 17 million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.

Person specification

Royal Free World Class Values

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Education & professional Qualifications

• Evidence of recent and ongoing professional development
• Recognized teaching or mentorship qualification or working towards

Experience

• Post registration experience working in an acute hospital setting
• Awareness of current professional nursing issues
• Demonstrates sound knowledge of infection control standards
• Demonstrates understanding of the importance of audit/quality

Skills

• Ability to plan and prioritise workload
• Proven communication skills and ability to negotiate
• Skilled in use of computer/keyboard
• Ability to supervise unregistered staff
• Ability to work well within a team
• Knowledge of risk management improvement
• Aware of quality and safety standards and ward audit requirements
• To maintain a safe clinical environment conducive to patient care

Personal Qualities & Attributes

• Ability to demonstrate initiative and solve problems
• Ability to work as a team and form professional relationships with colleagues
• Enthusiastic and assertive
• Adaptable to change
• Diplomatic and calm
• To be flexible and approachable
• Ability to work rotating shifts

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.