Deputy Ward Sister/Charge Nurse - Henry Ward

Guys & St Thomas Hospital; London; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Deputy Ward Sister/Charge Nurse for the Acute & General Medicine Directorate. The role involves leading the healthcare team in providing high-quality patient care in a supportive environment, with a focus on leadership and management within the ward.

Qualifications

• Extensive post-registration experience in patient care, particularly in acute settings.
• Experience managing a ward and leading teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide strong clinical leadership and ensure high quality patient care.
• Assist in staff development and manage daily ward operations.

Skills

Leadership

Patient Care

Education

Nursing qualification

Job description

This post is only open to internal applicants.

Deputy Ward Sister/Charge Nurse - Henry Ward

Band 6

Main area Acute Medicine Grade Band 6 Contract 12 months (Fixed Term) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (This post involves 11.5hrs shifts and includes a mixture of Long days, nights and weekends) Job ref 196-NM13029

Employer Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site St. Thomas’ Hospital Town London Salary £44,806 - £53,134 p.a inc HCA Salary period Yearly Closing 14/07/2025 23:59 Interview date 22/07/2025

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.

Job overview

Deputy Ward Sister/Charge Nurse (Band 6)

Henry Ward - Older persons Unit (OPU)

Acute & General Medicine Directorate

Are you a kind and compassionate, inspirational leader who sets high standards that others aspire to?

Do youhave extensive post-registration experience in patient care, particularly medicine?

Are you an enthusiastic nurse who is a great team player and really motivates a team?

Are you that special person who will support your ward Sister as well as those more junior than you, and help get the team together.

Are you already a band 6 Senior Staff Nurse who would like to challenge themselves to a new role or different environment.

If so we would like you to join OPU!

We have a deputy vacancy on Henry Ward

You need to be able to provide strong clinical leadership ensuring a high standard of care is delivered to patients and their families.

You will also take an active role in the development of staff and the service.

Advert closing: 14th July 2025

Interview: 22nd July 2025

Main duties of the job

Guys and St Thomas’ Older Persons Unit provides acute and rehabilitation services in each ward Alexandra, Anne and Henry Ward. Each 28-bedded ward underwent refurbishment to provide patients a dementia friendly environment in Central London. We take pride in setting a good standard of care of elderly and ensuring our nursing workforce has the necessary skills to deliver the best care possible.

In Acute & General Medicine we pride ourselves on our expertise in complex patient management and discharge planning.

The Deputy Ward Sister/Charge Nurse’s key responsibility is to ensure that the patient experience is of the highest quality inspiring patient and public confidence. This will be achieved through high visibility, accessibility and surveillance.

The post holder will ensure that all patients are treated with compassion, dignity and respect, also promoting best practice in the prevention of infection through ensuring a clean and safe environment.

What we can offer is a band 6 leadership programme that is designed to grow the band 7's of the future which you would start straightaway and is transferable to any ward-based area.

We are looking forward to welcoming you to join our dynamic and motivated team.

Working for our organisation

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 around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally.

Organisational Values:

Our values help us to define and develop our culture, what we do and how we do it. It is important that you understand andreflect these values throughout your employment with the Trust.

The post holder will be:

• Caring - we put our patients first
• Ambitious - we innovate and strive for excellence
• Inclusive - we respect each other and work collaboratively

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical Leadership and Managerial

• Provide strong clinical leadership skills, supporting, energising, inspiring
  and empowering others in pursuit of a shared vision to ensure the effective
  management of the ward/department.
• To assist and support the Sister/Charge Nurse in the establishment of an efficient working environment, making the most effective and efficient use of staff, supplies and services.
• In co-ordinating the day-to-day management of the clinical area, delegates duties and care appropriately, whilst maintaining overall responsibility. Ensures that staffing and skill mix is maintained, at all times, to a level that does not compromise patient safety.
• Responsible for the assessment and subsequent ordering of bank and
  agency staff within the clinical area including being an authorised signatory for temporary staff
• To be involved in the development, assessment and implementation of
  guidelines, protocols and pathways.
• To deputise for the Sister/Charge Nurse in their absence.
• To attend and participate in monthly departmental meetings and ward rounds in the absence of the Sister/Charge Nurse. To help to promote new ideas and methods for the delivery of care and assist in their implementation through liaison and co-operation with the multidisciplinary team.
• To participate in the development of care pathways to promote uniformity
  of care.
• To apply the Directorate and corporate Clinical Governance strategies to
  the clinical area.
• Deal with complaints in a calm and courteous manner, ensuring that
  wherever possible complaints are dealt with efficiently and satisfactorily
  and resolved locally.
• Support the Sister/Charge Nurse implement local initiatives within the area.
• When required to be involved with managing local projects within the area.
• Understand and participate in the procedure for ordering supplies as required with the agreed budget and to ensure the appropriate use of
  resources.
• Responsible for maintaining stock control e.g. controlled drugs.
  
  

Person specification

Values & Behaviours

• Demonstrates trust values

Knowledge

• Evidence of continued professional development (educational / clinical skills)

Skills

• Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
• Demonstrate an awareness of clinical governance and risk management and how this effects their role and the department

Experience

• Proven experience of managing a ward; including management of rotas managing competencies, resources and staff
• Experience of teaching/assessing/ supervising others in a clinical setting

Guy’s and St Thomas’celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.

Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.

As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personalcircumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Our dedicated and talented staff make it their mission to provide outstanding care for our patients.

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