Staff Nurse for Private Patients | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - London
The Chelsea Wing is looking for a passionate and skilled Band 5 staff nurse to join their fantastic team. This is an exciting opportunity for a UK registered nurse, to deliver exceptional, patient-centred care in a unique private patient setting while enjoying all the benefits of NHS employment!The Chelsea Wing offers a premium patient-to-nurse ratio, enabling you to deliver highly personalised care across a variety of specialties, including:
- General medicine
- Surgical Care (Minor and major)
- Orthopaedic care
- Neurological conditions
As a staff Nurse, you’ll play a vital role providing world-class care tailored to the individual needs of patients and demonstrating the ability to go above and beyond in every interaction.
Chelsea Wing is a state-of-the-art, 12-bedded unit providing private medical and surgical care to patients seeking the very best treatment and comfort. Adjacent to it, the Westminster Wing offers private outpatient services,running clinics Monday to Friday.
Joining our team on the Chelsea Wing offers the chance to work in a supportive and professional environment, where youcandevelop your skillsand career while benefiting from NHS employment perks, including generous annual leave, pension schemes, and access to training and developmentopportunities.
This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a premium healthcare setting and is dedicated to providing both clinical and customer service excellence.Proud of our workforce
- Our 7,500 staff are recruited from local communities and around the world
- Our staff rate ussecond among acute trusts in London as a place to work
- Despite challenges in the NHS, our low staff vacancy rate remains significantly better than the national average
- We are passionate about the health and wellbeing of our staff with a huge support offer, including our nationally-recognised free back-up care scheme and Timewise accreditation as a flexible employer
- We love to develop our people, offering a range of development programmes and apprenticeships, with our healthcare support worker apprentices winningApprentice of the Yearfor two years running
- We offer a fantastic range of salary sacrifice schemes, from season ticket loans, bicycles and vehicles, to gym memberships, home electronics and holidays
critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.
We welcome applications for flexible working arrangements, accommodating requests where possible to support our staff and patient needs.
Key responsibilities- Adhere to and model the standards outlined in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
- Promote the trusts PROUD values
- Deliver safe, effective, and personalised nursing care
- Support pre- and post-operative care for a range of specialties
- Demonstrable experience in recognition of the deteriorating patient
- Maintaining high standards of Infection control and prevention
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure seamless patient journeys
- Communicate effectively with patients, families, and the wider healthcare team
- Maintain accurate and professional documentation, adhering to all clinical standards
- Have awareness of resources, staffing, and equipment to meet service demands
- To assist with any local or trust initiatives to ensure the continuous improvement of the quality of services and safeguarding of high standards of care
- To be aware of all hospital policies and procedures and collaborate with other health care professionals to ensure that these are observed
- Provide exceptional customer service, ensuring a premium patient experience
- To help foster a supportive working environment and maintain staff morale
- To support, supervise and assess all learners, students, temporary new and junior staff within the departments
- Flexibility to work shift patterns as required including long days, nights and weekend / bank holidays
Please see attached job description and person specification to this advert for further details
This advert closes on Thursday 30 Jan 2025