Senior Staff Nurse – Overnight Intensive Recovery

Guys & St Thomas Hospital; London; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS Trust as a Senior Staff Nurse in their Overnight Intensive Recovery unit. You'll have the opportunity to work with critically ill patients in a dynamic environment and develop specialized nursing skills. The role offers a supportive induction program, professional development, and a chance to be part of a friendly team committed to high standards of care.

Benefits

Personalised induction programme

One-to-one support from senior nursing team

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Willingness to learn and adapt skills according to unit demands.
• Experience with invasive and non-invasive ventilation is preferred.
• Strong team player with excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage level two to three patients postoperatively.
• Provide specialized care including monitoring and advanced techniques.
• Support team and develop leadership skills through training programs.

Skills

Ability to think autonomously

Willingness to learn

Thriving under pressure

Education

Registered Nurse Degree

Specialist Intensive Care Training

Job description

Senior Staff Nurse – Overnight Intensive Recovery

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Our unit is looking for you! Do you want to work in a fast-paced, dynamic clinical environment?

Would you like to develop specialist surgical intensive care and pathway-based high dependency nursing skills and knowledge? Do you like to be challenged and think autonomously? If so, we have vacancies for band 6s on our OIR (Overnight Intensive Recovery).

OIR is an 11-bedded unit that manages level two to three patients postoperatively. These patients include elective cardiac, gastrointestinal, general surgical, and vascular. They require highly specialized care, including invasive and non-invasive ventilation, pacing, vasopressor and inotropic support, and advanced monitoring, including spinal drains, intra-aortic balloon pumps, and advanced hemodynamic monitoring.

What Our Staff Say About Us..

“We are a friendly team and strive to provide a high standard of care for all our patients”

‘’Lots of opportunities for professional development have been provided”

“OIR offers a great opportunity to learn and the team work is amazing”

Closing date: 6th July 2025 Midnight

Interview date: 15th July 2025

We offer a personalised induction programme with supervision and support from our dedicated practice development team and one-to-one support from the senior nursing team.

You will have practical and academic support to advance your knowledge and skills in caring for patients requiring invasive and non-invasive ventilation, pacing, vasopressor and inotropic support, advanced monitoring including spinal drains, intra-aortic balloon pumps, and advanced hemodynamic monitoring. You will also be offered additional courses to advance your leadership and clinical skills to enable you to be the best you can be.

We are looking for nurses with a willingness to learn, who thrive under pressure, and who have the ability to adapt and refine their skills according to the demands of the unit.

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 one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Stuart Kitch Job title: Ward Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 02071888546

Katie Wilson, Ward Manager

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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