Staff Nurse

Your Office Toronto; City Of London; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking qualified nurses to join their Surgical Division at Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Candidates will provide high-quality care for surgical patients and have access to structured mentoring and unique training opportunities. This permanent, full-time role offers a salary of £31,049 to £37,796 per annum, along with a flexible working pattern.

Benefits

Structured mentoring program

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration.
• Significant experience working as a Band 5 Nurse.
• Ability to reflect on practice and support colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Act as a Named Nurse within a Team for patient assessments.
• Promote health and prevent ill health.
• Ensure compliance with NMC Guidelines.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Ability to work under pressure

Patient focused

Flexible and adaptable

Education

1st level registration NMC

Degree level (desirable)

Tools

Computer literate (desirable)

Job description

Job Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for qualified nurses to join the Surgical Division at Queen Elizabeth Hospital. We are seeking dedicated, motivated people to help us provide high quality care to patients on surgical ward15. The ward speciality consists of a mix of General Surgery, Urology and Gynaecology patients and has 39 beds. In return for your hard work, we offer well-established, structured mentoring. You will also get support from senior nursing management team, the Practice Development Nurse and peer to peer support with lots of learning and development opportunities. We will also offer you one of a kind surgical nursing course in affiliate with University of Greenwich.

Interview Venue

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Stadium Road Woolwich SE184QH

Main Duties

Act as a Named Nurse within a Team taking responsibility, over an appropriate span of time, in conjunction with the Ward Manager and the multidisciplinary team, for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care from admission to discharge within the in-patient setting.

Job Responsibilities

• Be aware of current advances in clinical care and be able to facilitate team members in implementation of evidence-based practice.
• Take an active role in the continuing development and use of protocols and standards for nursing care.
• Participate in evaluation, audit, and research of nursing care, and incorporate appropriate findings into practice.
• Actively work to promote health and prevent ill health in staff, patients, and their relatives.
• Promote and maintain a safe and pleasant environment for patients, visitors, and colleagues.
• Check the readiness for use of emergency / special equipment and ensure all equipment in use is in good working order.
• Have knowledge of recording relevant patient / nursing data on to computer.
• Ensure own and junior staff compliance with the NMC Guidelines for Records and Record Keeping (1998) in all settings.
• Accept responsibility for the administration, care, and custody of medicines, in accordance with legal requirements and NMC and Trust Guidelines on drug administration.
• Attend mandatory annual updates in fire training, Basic Life Support, and maintain knowledge of relevant policies.
• Have knowledge and understanding of all relevant Trust policies, including the Major Incident Plan, ensuring that junior colleagues are aware of such policies.
• Have knowledge of and adhere to relevant parts of national legislation, including Health and Safety at Work Act, COSHH Regulations, and Moving and Handling Regulations.
• Transport people and/or items safely and to time consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
• Ensure all biomedical investigations and interventions are undertaken safely and in a timely manner, reporting and documenting results appropriately and in line with legislation, policies and procedures.

Person Specification

Essential

Qualifications and Training:

• 1st level registration NMC.

Experience:

• Excellent interpersonal skills, both verbal and written.
• Able to formulate and verbalise views.
• Able to anticipate and forward plan.
• Significant experience working as a Band 5 Nurse.

Knowledge:

• Ability to work under pressure and remain calm.
• Able to recognise stress in self and others and support colleagues through stressful situations.
• Patient focused.
• Reflective.

Personal Qualities:

• To demonstrate knowledge of being up to date within the speciality.
• Flexible, able to work all shifts including rotation to night duty.
• Adaptable to changes in shift pattern.
• To provide unit cover in the absence of the unit manager.

Desirable

Qualifications and Training:

• Degree level.

Knowledge:

• Computer literate.

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 the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Details

• Date posted: 03 November 2025
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 5
• Salary: £31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum Plus HCAS
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
• Reference number: 197-R-LC7483a
• Job location: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Stadium Road, London, SE18 4QH

About Us

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a community focused provider of local and acute care, providing high quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley. With a turnover of around £700 million, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham and a range of community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.

Our People Are Our Greatest Asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our equality, diversity & inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement.

We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI team, and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the five aspirations:

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development.
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability.
• Improving the experience of staff with disability.
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development.
• Making equalities mainstream.

Employer Details

Name: Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Address: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Stadium Road, London, SE18 4QH

Website: https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/