Senior Staff Nurse

Hammersmith Hospital; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution in London seeks a Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse to provide clinical leadership in cardiology and elderly patient care. The role involves developing care plans, managing nursing staff, and ensuring high-quality nursing care in a busy ward. Ideal candidates should have substantial cardiac care experience and a strong commitment to patient-centered approaches. The position offers professional development within a supportive multi-disciplinary team.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Wellbeing initiatives

Staff recognition scheme

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years acute cardiology and 3 years CCU experience.
• Significant experience of caring for level 1 and 2 patients in a coronary care setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide strong clinical leadership, supporting and inspiring junior colleagues.
• Ensure safe, high-quality, evidence-based patient care.
• Liaise with multi-disciplinary team and patients' families.
• Manage a group of staff nurses during shifts.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Communication

Organisational skills

Resilience

Patient-centred care

Education

Registered Nurse – Valid NMC PIN

Educated to Degree level

Advanced ECG Course

Relevant Specialist course CCU/HDU/Cardiac Surgery

Job description

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Are you ready to take the next step in your cardiology nursing career? We are offering an opportunity for a band 6 senior staff nurse to join C8 and lead by example in our busy and rewarding unit.

C8 – Joint Cardiology & Care of the Elderly Ward
An 18 bedded ward specialising in ongoing care for cardiology and elderly patients, including those requiring palliative or end of life care, dementia and delirium support, and post procedure rehabilitation.

We also care for patients with pulmonary hypertension, heart failure, those who are undergoing TAVI procedures as well as patients with complex discharge needs.

As a Senior Staff Nurse, you will:

• Provide strong clinical leadership, supporting and inspiring junior colleagues.
• Ensure safe, high quality, evidence based patient care.
  Play a key role in service improvement, staff development, and patient experience.
• Act as a clinical role model in a fast paced, collaborative environment.

We’re looking for someone who:

• Has substantial experience in cardiac or acute care.
  Demonstrates excellent communication, organisational and leadership skills.
• Is committed to developing both their own practice and the team around them.
• Brings enthusiasm, resilience, and a passion for patient centred care.

What we offer:

• Ongoing leadership and advanced clinical skills development.
• Support from a friendly, experienced multi‑disciplinary team.
• The chance to shape and influence patient care in one of the Trust’s leading cardiac wards.

Main duties of the job

• Providing high quality, effective, individualised nursing care to patients by assessing their needs and developing, implementing and evaluating care plans without supervision.
• The post holder will be expected to liaise appropriately with all key members of the multi-disciplinary team and service users related to the specialty.
• 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 ward manager to monitor the safety and quality of care for patients. Maintaining accurate clinical observations of patients, utilising nursing skills and competencies.
• To manage a group of staff nurse and healthcare support workers within their shifts, assign delegated tasks and responsibility as appropriate.
• Assisting in the teaching and development of nursing team, healthcare support workers and pre-registration students, helping them to achieve their learning outcomes.
• To ensure the compliance of mandatory training and appraisal requirements for delegated nursing staff and healthcare support workers.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

• Registered Nurse – Valid NMC PIN
• Minimum of 4 years acute cardiology and 3 years CCU experience
• Relevant Specialist course CCU/HDU/Cardiac Surgery
• Educated to Degree level
• Advanced ECG Course

Experience

• Significant experience of caring for level 1 and 2 patients in a coronary care setting or heart attack centre.
• Ability to manage a group of level 1 and 2 patients independently
• Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams
• NIV/CPAP training/experience
• Bed Management

Skills/knowledge/ abilities

• Clear understanding of complex cardiac arrhythmia’s and treatment
• Pre and Post interventional procedure care
• Ability to manage complex discharges, supporting the team with providing end of life/palliative care needs, managing safeguarding concerns.
• A knowledge of care planning, preceptorship, reflection and clinical supervision

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

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