Main area Surgical Oncology, Head and neck and ENT Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 196-NM12990
Employer Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Guy's Hospital Town London Salary £35,964 - £43,780 p.a. Inc HCA Salary period Yearly Closing 30/06/2025 23:59 Interview date 10/07/2025
Experienced Staff Nurse - Surgical Oncology (Blundell Ward)
Band 5
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
Are you ready for a nursing opportunity that will truly set you apart? Blundell Ward is looking for an experienced, passionate and dedicated Band 5 Registered Nurse to join our expert team. A fast-paced, specialised area, Blundell Ward is a 24-bedded Head and Neck/ENT-focused ward where no two days are the same, and every shift brings new challenges and opportunities for growth.
Blundell Ward offers an exceptional nursing experience that you won’t find in most other ward areas. You’ll have the chance to care for patients who have undergone complex head and neck surgeries and manage difficult airways—a skill set that will set you apart in the nursing world. You’ll work across both elective and emergency admissions, providing vital care to a diverse group of patients from Oncology, Haematology, and ENT areas.
Team work is at the heart of all we do, We are looking for an exceptional team player will be able to advocate for patients and their nursing colleagues.
You’ll be working alongside some of the most skilled professionals in Surgical, ENT, and Head and Neck care. You will be supported in your professional development that will support career progression in the future.
If you’re looking for a nursing role where you can develop expertise, leadership skills, make a real impact, and be exposed to some of the most interesting and complex cases, Blundell Ward is the place for you.
Main duties of the job
Providing high quality care
Assessing and monitoring
Pre and post operative care
Safe medication administration
Multidisciplinary working
Infection prevention
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Independently manage a group of patients within the specialty whilst
working as part of the multidisciplinary team, delivering individualised and
personalised direct patient care
Is wholly accountable for his / her practice in line with the NMC code of professional conduct and takes every reasonable opportunity to sustain and improve his / her knowledge and professional competence.
To be an effective communicator with patients/carers/families regarding disease treatment and management.
Demonstrate appropriate practice and specialist advice in the assessment,
planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care. This includes
history taking, physical examination and the requesting of agreed
diagnostic procedures/clinical investigations.
Undertake prescribed physical observations as follows: blood pressure, temperature, respirations, blood sugars, urinalysis, weight and height, drain monitoring including measurement and report exceptions appropriates.
Responsible for the correct administration of prescribed medication via oral, enteral and IV routes including transfusion of blood and blood products
Be responsible for assessing and recognising emergencies in the
specialty. To interpret information and take appropriate action and to lead
others to do the same.
Work alongside the multi-disciplinary team to ascertain treatments and advise on nursing priorities.
Ensure safe and effective care for complex patients requiring advance clinical skills and responsible for carrying out specialist nursing procedures to area.
Complete evidenced based interventions including enteral feeding line care, IV line care, complex dressings and wound management, pre and post-operative care relevant to specialties.
Please see attached Job Description for full details.
Person specification
Values and behaviour
Values and behaviours in line with Trust values
Experience
Experience of administering intravenous drug therapy
Experience of working on own and in a team
Surgical or oncology post registration experience
Experience of co-ordinating a shift
Tracheostomy and Laryngectomy competencies
Skills
Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care
Ability to administer prescribed medication including transfusion of blood and blood products
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Education/ Qualifications
RN1/ RN2/ RN12 on the NMC register. To hold the appropriate level for the area of speciality.
Evidence of continuing professional development
Relevant qualifications required or course to area
Guy’s and St Thomas’celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personalcircumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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