Senior Registered Nurse

at  Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Thistlewaite ward is a 20-bed ward specializing in elderly care medicine— for patients with an average length of stay of 12 days or less. We offer an environment that will enable you to develop and broaden your nursing portfolio, including caring for patients with a variety of medical conditions and an in-depth understanding of frailty and hospitalised deconditioning.
You will work as part of the Care of Medicine for the Elderly Team, supporting the division and Manager of the Thistlewaite ward to ensure effective and high-quality care and service is delivered to those patients who access and require treatment daily.
If you are a Registered Adult Nurse with experience at Band 5/6 or above in specialist care of the elderly hospital setting and are innovative, driven, and passionate about delivering excellent, person-centered care, then this job could be for you.
Queries regarding the process or assistance regarding this post (for applicants with a disability) can be made to Uzoamaka Ekeogu or the Recruitment Department. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager using the contact details above.
You will be 85% Clinical based and 10% managerial. This means that a full time post will require you to work at least 1 day per rota in a managerial role.
You will be required to promote the inter-professional working relationship within the service – administrative, consultants, physiotherapist, dietician specialist nurses, the discharge hub, occupational therapist, religious leaders, specialist teams such as the dementia team, etc.
You will be responsible for the professional day to day clinical leadership and operational management of Medicine for the Elderly as the Nurse in Charge. Ensuring high quality, responsive, safe, efficient and compassionate care is delivered and professionalism is maintained amongst staff.
You will support the Ward Manager in developing quality improvement projects that address frailty, hospitalised deconditioning and reducing long length of stay.
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
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