Staff Nurse Surgery QEH Ward 12

Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust; Woolwich; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused healthcare provider in Woolwich is seeking qualified nurses for a surgical ward role. You will provide high-quality care for patients in General Surgery, Urology, and Gynaecology specialties. The role includes structured mentoring and opportunities for skills expansion in managing complex cases. Applicants should be motivated, dedicated professionals eager to support the nursing team and growth in a clinical setting.

Benefits

Structured mentoring

Learning and development opportunities

Surgical nursing course in affiliate with the University of Greenwich

Qualifications

• Be a clinically credible practitioner providing effective patient care.
• Support and mentor students and junior nurses.
• Knowledge of NMC guidelines and legal requirements in medication administration.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and implement nursing care plans.
• Promote health and prevent ill health.
• Participate in audits and research on nursing care.

Skills

Patient care

Clinical practice

Team collaboration

Evidence-based practice

Mentorship

Education

Nursing qualification

Tools

Medical records software

Job description

Accountable to Deputy Service General Manager / Head of Nursing
The post holder will play a key role in supporting the nurse managers in providing high quality care. He / she will be prepared to work within the divisions as a Named Nurse, within a Team taking responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care.
The post holder will be a clinically credible practitioner who can provide effective patient care in a range of clinical settings, having regard for relevant policies and the evidence base nursing.
The post holder will provide support and mentorship for students and junior nurses., 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.
Be aware of current advances in clinical care and be able to facilitate the 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 his / her own and junior staff's 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.
+ Ensures 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.
We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.
As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women's staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.
Please note, not all roles will meet the criteria for a skilled worker visa.

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.
Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.
We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 - the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.
To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here
Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as "good" or "outstanding" in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.
Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.
LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King's College London's GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.
We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham., 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.
As an organisation, we've made significant improvements for patients and staff in the last two and-a-half years. This is reflected in our most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection (from February 2020), which found improvements across the organisation and gave us an improved rating of "Good" in the Well-Led and Effective domains, in addition to the rating of "Good" that we had already achieved in the Caring domain. Our staff culture change programme has been key to the Trust's improvement journey, as we've stabilised our workforce by reducing vacancy rates and improving staff retention. We've also significantly increased the representation of minority ethnic leaders across our clinical and corporate teams.

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 in surgical Ward 12. The ward specialty consists of a mix of General Surgery, Urology, and Gynaecology patients and has 11 beds.
From early 2024 Ward 12 will open the surgical QEH-monitored beds. This will include 4 beds with patients of acuity 1:1.5 nurse ratio. This is an exciting opportunity to expand your skills in caring for more complex patients.
In return for your hard work, we offer well-established, structured mentoring. You will also get support from the 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 the University of Greenwich.
Interview venue: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Stadium Road Woolwich SE184QH
To enquire about the vacancies please contact Ama Gyamfua;[email protected] ward managers or Fiona Bernard Practice Development Nurse [email protected] or Louise Horan Matron [email protected].