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.

Blundell Ward is a 24 bedded Head and Neck/ENT ward comprising of bays and side rooms. Blundell Ward is an excellent place to develop your Surgical oncology Head and Neck and ENT skills as well as specialist skills such as altered airway management and drain monitoring. We also admit patients looked after the medical oncology pathway within head and neck.

Please note: We do not currently deliver chemotherapy on Blundell Ward and therefore this is not a learning opportunity we can offer. We do however support patients through their treatment and associated side effects.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Closing Date: 12/09/2024

Interview Date: 20/09/2024

Main duties of the job

We are seeking experienced and motivated nurses to join our team on Blundell Ward. We are seeking nurses that are eager to develop their clinical skills and competence and want to be future leaders within surgical oncology nursing in an inpatient setting.

You will have the opportunity to further develop and enhance your skills related to complex head and neck/ENT surgical skills such as altered airway management, drain monitoring, complex dressing completion and support with the enhanced recovery program.

We are seeking candidates with a strong desire to deliver the best individualized care to patients living with cancer and undergoing life changing surgical interventions.

The successful candidate will need to have at least 1 year experience in acute inpatient setting and will be committed to developing their clinical skills but also their leadership skills. They will have clinical competence relevant to the area and be willing to continue this development.

Altered airway management competency is preferred but not necessary.

Informal visits/phone calls are strongly recommended.

About us

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's bestknown hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital,Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambethand 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 healthsciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research'sbiomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Desirable criteria

Leadership qualification (e.g. LEO)

Sign off Mentorship

Previous Experience

Surgical oncology inpatient or outpatient nursing

Essential criteria

Proven experience of managing a ward including management of rotas managing competencies, resources and staff.

Experience of teaching/assessing/ supervising others in a clinical setting.

Desirable criteria

Experience of clinical supervision

Experience of supporting recruitment campaigns and undertaking interviews.

Skills/Knowledge/ Ability

Essential criteria

Ability to administer prescribed medication including transfusion of blood

Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist care delivered to patients/clients and give relevant advice/information to patients and relatives.

Ability to organise and plan own time and that of junior staff and learners.

Desirable criteria

Demonstrates ability to influence and negotiate with others

Roster management/ allocation management

Good communication skills verbal and nonverbal

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Previous post registration experience within the relevant specialty
• Experience of teaching/assessing/ supervising others in a clinical setting.
• Experience of coordinating a shift

Desirable

• Experience with the management of drains
• Experience with management of enteral feeding
• Tracheostomy and airway care

Skills

Essential

• Demonstrate relevant competence to area of speciality
• Ability to administer prescribed medication including transfusion of blood and blood products
• Good communication skills and ability to deal with sensitive information. To include dealing with distressed relatives, care of terminally ill & other challenging situations
• Demonstrate an awareness of clinical governance and risk management
• An understanding of audit and research based nursing practice.

Desirable

• Experience with rota management

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered nurse
• SSSA+P (mentor) qualification

Values and Behaviour

Essential

• Values and Behaviour

Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Guys Hospital

Great Maze Pond

London

SE1 9RT

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