About this role
Job summary
We are seeking a motivated Band 5 Staff Nurse to join our dedicated team on the Transplant Unit at Harefield Hospital. The unit has thirty-four beds across two wards (Rowan and Fir Tree), caring for patients awaiting assessment, those on the waiting list, post-transplant care, and individuals with ventricular assist devices.
The service includes the artificial heart service, recipient transplant co-ordination, and a specialized clinic featuring the UK's first cardiothoracic transplant nurse consultant. Our wards feature extended care facilities and were the first cardiothoracic centre to offer HDU haemo filtration in a ward setting. Nursing care is guided by the Orem model to empower patient independence and understanding. If you are eager to develop your career in a world-renowned specialist environment, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The post holder delivers safe, high-quality, patient-centred care under the guidance of the sister/Charge Nurse and multidisciplinary team (MDT). Key duties include carrying out robust clinical assessments, planning programmes of care, and evaluating interventions without direct supervision.
You will manage the administration of prescribed medications, undertake physical observations, and recognise and escalate clinical deterioration. You will act as a patient advocate, ensuring care respects individual customs and dignity while establishing safe discharge plans.
Additionally, you will support and develop learners and junior staff, act as a mentor or preceptor, and participate in clinical audits, quality improvement, and service development. Accountable for your own nursing practice in line with NMC standards and Trust policies, you will maintain exacting standards of clinical governance, effective MDT communication, and promote a compassionate, safe care environment.
About us
Join Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, one of the UK's busiest and most successful foundation trusts. We are a family of five renowned hospitals--Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton, and Harefield--with a long and proud history of high-quality care, clinical excellence, research, and innovation.
Our values are at the heart of our culture and guide how we work:
Caring:We put patients first. Ambitious:We innovate and strive for excellence. Inclusive: We respect each other and work collaboratively.
Job description Job responsibilities
Clinical Practice: Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate evidence-based care from admission through to discharge. Maintain clear, accurate documentation and carry out prescribed treatments, physical observations, and medication administration in accordance with Trust policies. Communication & Care: Provide sensitive, complex information to patients, relatives, and the MDT. Maintain a patient-orientated approach that respects dignity, human rights, and religious beliefs. Ward Management & Safety: Act as team leader/co-ordinator when required, take charge of the ward, and supervise junior staff. Adhere to Health & Safety, Infection Control, COSHH, Risk Management, and Safeguarding policies. Professional & Education: Work autonomously in line with the NMC Code. Act as a mentor, preceptor, and role model for students and inexperienced staff. Participate in ward teaching, clinical supervision, and continuous professional development.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications Essential
RN1/ RN2/ RN12 or RN Child Registered Nurse on the NMC register. To hold the appropriate level for the area of speciality.
Desirable
Relevant qualifications required or course to area
Previous Experience Essential
Experience of working on own and in a team
Desirable
Previous experience in other nursing fields
Skills/Knowledge/ Ability Essential
Able to assess, plan, implement & evaluate programmes of care Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues. IT skills Able to maintain clear and legible documentation Ability to demonstrate application of the NHS Plan to own sphere of practice
Desirable
Awareness of the structure and organisation of the NHS
Additional Information Essential
The ability to undertake reflective thinking on own practice Able and willing to work flexible shift patterns, internal rotation to day and night duty and unsocial hours,
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Address Harefield Hospital
Hillend road,
Uxbridge
UB9 6JH
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)