Senior Staff Nurse, Plastics and Cosmetic Surgery

Benenden Hospital; Cranbrook; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading private hospital in England is seeking a Senior Staff Nurse for its Plastics and Cosmetic Surgery service. This role involves delivering exceptional care, leading a multidisciplinary team, and ensuring top-quality patient experiences. Ideal candidates will be First Level Registered Nurses with strong organizational, communication, and patient-centered skills. The position requires a commitment to professional development and collaborative practice in a modern, supportive environment.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Professional development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with evidence of CPD and Revalidation.
• Experience in surgical nursing required.
• Knowledge of wound care and tissue viability needed.

Responsibilities

• Deliver exceptional specialist care in plastics and cosmetic surgery.
• Lead outpatient wound care clinics and provide clinical leadership.
• Maintain high standards in clinical areas and support colleagues.

Skills

Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Organisational planning and problem-solving skills

Ability to work autonomously

Attention to detail

Patient-centered approach

Education

First Level Registered Nurse

ILS training

Audit experience or willingness to learn

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Senior Staff Nurse, Plastics and Cosmetic Surgery

Are you apassionate, skilled nurse who is ready to take your career to the next level? Doyou thrive in a fast paced, innovative environment where no two days are thesame? If so, this is your opportunity to become a key clinical leader withinour Plasticsand Cosmetic Surgery service.

Werelooking for a Senior Staff Nurse (SSN) who wants to makean impact, someone who brings expertise, energy, and compassion to everypatient interaction. You will be at the heart of transforming patient experiencesfrom consultation to surgery and beyond.

Main duties of the job

Deliver Exceptional Specialist Care

• Lead the way in providing safe, evidencebased care for plastics and cosmetic surgery patients.
• Make clinical decisions with confidence, supported by a highly skilled multidisciplinary team.
• Guide patients and their families throughout their journey from first appointment to final discharge.

Become Our Wound Care Champion-

Provide expert wound care & tissue viability support.

• Run engaging outpatient woundcare clinics and collaborate with leading external specialists.

Be a Clinical Leader

• Ensure safe, efficient patient flow and highquality service delivery every day.
• Help shape the service by contributing to performance metrics, business planning, and quality improvement.
• Design and deliver audits, training, education, and research projects.
• Present your findings and lead action plans that make a real difference.
• Play an active role in multidisciplinary team meetings

Keep Our Patients Safe Always

• Maintain clinical areas and equipment to the highest standards.
• Provide expert advice to colleagues and, when needed, outofhours support to ensure urgent care needs are met.

About us

At Benenden Hospital we put patients at the heart of everythingwe do. We attract kind, compassionate, and talented people to ourultra-modernprivate hospital, which opened in 1907 and has been rated asOutstanding by the CQC.We hold JAG accreditation for Endoscopy and have abeautiful setting in the middle of the Kent countryside.

Benenden Hospital offers excellent working conditions andfacilities. We promote flexible working and a healthy work/life balance.We are committed to professional development and have excellent trainingand education facilities. We work hard to make sure that everyone7.0 atBenenden Hospital feels involved and shares our values and vision for thefuture.

Job responsibilities

Purpose: Within the service(s), the SeniorStaff Nurse (SSN) will be a leading member of the team, working within theirscope of practice at all times under the direction of theOutpatient Manager and Consultant Surgeon(s) to provide expert care and supportto patients undergoing outpatient and inpatient consultations and surgery.The post holder will:Be a positive role model for the service and to staff,and will be a patient advocate, ensuring a positive patient experience.Provide sound knowledge and support, including planning and delivering patientcare and supporting treatment and aftercare as required by the role.Work within a governance framework and adhere to national/local regulatoryrequirements and clinical and professional standards.Under the supervision of the Outpatient Manager, will be responsible for supportingthe development of the service, ensuring effective utilisation of allassociated resources, providing efficient & effective day-to-dayoperational management & coordination of the service, allocating resourcesappropriately.Be responsible for ensuring the Plastics/Cosmetics care & treatment areasand associated equipment is safe, always fit for purpose and effectivelymaintained.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• First Level Registered Nurse with supporting evidence of CPD and Revalidation.
• Enhanced knowledge and experience of working within surgical nursing environment.
• Evidence of enhanced knowledge of wound care/tissue viability.
• Preoperative Assessment experience or willingness to undertake training.
• ILS training.
• Proven ability to undertake multiple tasks under pressure.
• Excellent organisational planning and problem-solving skills, with a can-do attitude.
• Methodical & pays attention to detail.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong patient centred approach.
• Sound computer skills e.g. Microsoft Office.
• Demonstrate honesty, integrity and ethics.
• Ability to work effectively within a team as well as be able to work autonomously.
• Experience of Audit or willingness to undertake learning.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.