Staff Nurse - Critical Care/Intensive Care Unit

Job overview

The regional Neuroscience service at Kings serves a population of 3.8 million and has an international reputation for motor neurone disease, movement and neuromuscular disorder and epilepsy surgery. Providing a wide range of expert clinical services for both regional and local patients, the service is continually expanding and developing, offering new and exciting career options for nursing. This strong clinical speciality, combined with a nursing team committed to high clinical standards and a supportive environment, makes us a compelling career option for ambitious neuroscience nurses.

The unit comprises:

• Neurosurgery with integrated telemetry unit

• Neurology

• High Dependency Unit- 11 beds

• Friends Stroke Unit

• Frank Cooksey and Ontario Neuro-Rehabilitation Units (located at Orpington Hospital).

Murray Falconer Ward is a 31 bedded neurosurgical elective ward caring for patients with a wide variety of neurosurgical conditions. The unit is an integral part of the GIRFT (Getting It Right First Time) national neurosurgical programme.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking a highly motivated, professional, enthusiastic, dedicated and forward thinking individual to act as a ward leader.

The successful candidate will have direct managerial responsibility for the clinical area. The candidate will be responsible for the leadership and development of nurses, act as a clinical resource and a positive role model to junior staff members and make a positive contribution to service development affecting the clinical area.

In return for your skills we will ensure you have the support and education to develop as a leader, to innovate as a clinical expert and achieve the high standards you aspire to.

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 more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of 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 aim to take Team King’s to another level.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
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.