Staff Nurse

The Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A private healthcare provider located in London is seeking a Band 5 Staff Nurse for their charity-funded Inpatient Hospice. This role involves maintaining high standards of nursing care, participating in patient assessments, and supervising junior staff. The ideal candidate should have prior experience in specialist palliative care or oncology, demonstrating evidence-based practices. This opportunity is geared towards individuals committed to contributing to high-quality patient care in a multidisciplinary setting.

Qualifications

• Experience at Band 5 or above in specialist palliative care or oncology.
• Demonstrable practice that is evidence-based and up to date.
• Experience of identifying and dealing with risks encountered within own practice.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high standards of nursing care and professional practice.
• Promote improvement of patient care through research.
• Assist the Ward Manager in leadership and management tasks.

Skills

Evidence-based practice

Assertive communication

Supervising staff

Conducting audits

Job description

Go back The Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth

Staff Nurse

Closing date: 06 October 2025

Candidates are advised to apply directly using the following link:

Job link: https://hje.kallidusrecruit.com/vacancyinformation.aspx?vguid=f9ee5cc7-847b-4de3-8bea-a92ba62efd3e

Please note, only applications received through the employer's website will be reviewed.

We are looking for a new Band 5 Staff Nurse to join our Charity funded Inpatient Hospice. The Hospice consists of an 18 bedded in patient unit, a Day Centre and a community team maintaining highest standards of palliative care with in multidisciplinary environment. Services are provided for people with cancer, HIV and other life threatening illnesses and for their significant others.

Overview

Located in leafy St Johns Wood on the Jubilee line, minutes from Central London, our luxury private Hospital has an international reputation for providing the highest quality of care to patients and is unique in that all profits fund our onsite Hospice, St Johns

Main duties of the job

Patients are admitted to the Hospice Specialist Palliative care In-Patient Unit for assessment, symptom control, terminal care, rehabilitation, respite care and medical interventions from a wide catchment area of the following CCGs primary care trusts of Westminster, Brent, Camden, Islington.

Job responsibilities

• To maintain continuous high standards of skilled nursing care and professional practice through evidence based practice.
• To promote a progressive attitude to the continual improvement of patient care through research and evidence based practice
• To act as a role model and expert clinical practitioner. To supervise and teach both trained staff, health care assistants and student nurses
• To assist the Ward Manager in all aspects of leadership and management of the hospice in-patient unit
• To assist in the coordination of services provided by the inpatient unit, and to contribute to the day to day running of the service.
• To assist, where necessary, in the provision of other services provided by the hospice

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience at Band 5 or above in specialist palliative care or oncology
• Demonstrable practice that is evidence based and up to date
• Experience of identifying and dealing with risks encountered within own practice
• Experience of supporting junior / less experienced staff
• Able to use assertive communication skills
• Able to conduct audits in objective and efficient manner

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.

Employer name

The Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth