Senior Staff Nurse - Programmed Investigation Unit

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 nurses to work within the King’s Renal Unit based in Denmark Hill.

King’s Renal Unit is renowned for its high standards of care, providing specialist inpatient and outpatients care, plasma exchange, haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis services. You will be working in a friendly and supportive environment providing comprehensive care and support to patients and relatives.

Main duties of the job

• To provide expert, holistic care of a high standard to both the patients and their relatives within the King's College.
• To take direct managerial responsibility for the clinical area in the absence of or as delegated by the Ward Sister/ Charge Nurse/ Head of Department.
• To assist in the leadership and development of an identified group of nurses within the ward complement.
• To act as a clinical resource within the ward and across the Care Group as necessary.
• To act as a positive role model to junior staff members. Particular emphasis is put at Kings on the need to ensure that all staff recognise their responsibility to deliver services in a high quality, courteous, patient focused manner and to maintain patient confidentiality at all times.

Working for our organisation

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and around 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in Bromley.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

The trust-wide strategy Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we can take Team King’s to another level.