Band 6 Team Leader Day Surgery Ward

Job Description

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust part of Kings Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC), is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching hospitals with a turnover of nearly £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 12,600 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London and Kent.The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) site in Camberwell and the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in Bromley, Orpington Hospital, and some services at Beckenham Beacon and Queen Mary’s Sidcup.The Trust is recognised internationally for its work in liver disease and transplantation, neurosciences, cardiac, haemato-oncology, fetal medicine, stroke, major trauma, and Emergency Department.Are you looking for an exciting and challenging career in Day Surgery Ward Are you are looking for the opportunity to join a friendly, dynamic team at a leading London teaching hospital to develop your existing nursing skills If so, please read on as King’s College Hospital wants to invest in YOU!An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated band 6 staff nurse to join King’s Day Surgery ward team, to provide the highest standard of pre and post-operative care to patients.We offer a supportive consolidation period for all of our new starters, as well as excellent educational opportunities, from in house study courses to post graduate education through King’s College London, London Southbank University or University of Greenwich. Our Practice Development Team provides structured teaching support to all staff, and our development programs are well established.King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (King’s) is situated in South East London and provides comprehensive health care and emergency services for a diverse community. It is also one of London’s four major trauma centres covering South East England. With over 1,400 beds and 11,000 staff across various sites, King’s is one of the largest and busiest hospital trusts in London.King’s (Denmark Hill site) Day Surgery Unit consists of 7 operating theatres which include specialities such as Gynaecology, General Surgery, Laparoscopic Surgery, Dental, Orthopaedic, Ophthalmology, Urology, Paediatric and Endoscopy, catering for patients of all ages, from neonates to the elderly. All areas enjoy the reputation of being a world leader in innovative surgical interventions and clinical excellence.We are seeking an experienced day surgery ward nurse to join our team. We care for both adult and paediatric patients in the department. Please note that we undertake terminations of pregnancy and that this is a job requirement within the unit. Any successful candidate will be expected to care for patients on these lists.Our Job Description and Person Specification outline both the details of the roles we are seeking to fill, together with the knowledge, skills, experience and qualifications required. However, please feel free to make contact for a general discussion about the role.Please apply on-line.Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received sufficient number of applications.For further details / informal visits contact:Name Karen HarriesJob title Lead NurseEmail addressTelephone number