Total 44 job vacancies by Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust

Band 6 Senior Staff Nurses - Doulton High Dependency Unit

Our Units are looking for you! Want to work in a fast paced, dynamic clinical environment?

Would you like to develop specialist surgical intensive care and pathway-based high dependency nursing skills and knowledge? Do you like to be challenged and think autonomously? If so, we have vacancies for Band 6 nurses on our Doulton High Dependency (DHDU)

Doulton HDU is a 10 bedded Surgical HDU that cares for level 2 patients following the elective Cardiovascular pathway, surgeries requiring complex support such as non-invasive ventilation, high-flow oxygen therapy, thrombolysis, inotropes and pathway-based recovery from a variety of surgical procedures.

What our staff say about us….

“We are a friendly team and strive to provide a high standard of care for all our patients”

‘’Lots of opportunities for professional development have been provided”

“HDU offers a great opportunity to learn and the team work is amazing”

Please note to be considered for this vacancy you must have completed a critical care course and either have your results or be waiting for your results to be processed.

Should you be successful at interview and you are unable to provide the recruiting manger with confirmation of a successfully competed critical care course within 2 months of being interviewed then your offer will be withdrawn

Closing date: 17th November 2024

Interview date: 26th November 2024

We offer a personalised induction programme with supervision and support from our dedicated practice development team and one-to-one support from the senior nursing team. You will have practical and academic support to advance your knowledge and skills in caring for complex patients. You will also be offered additional courses to advance your leadership and clinical skills to enable you to be the best you can be.

We are looking for nurses with a willingness to learn, that thrive under pressure and have the ability to adapt and refine their skills according to the demands of the unit.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
• Independently manage a group of patients within the specialty whilst working as part of the multidisciplinary team, delivering individualised and personalised direct patient care.
• Demonstrate appropriate practice and specialist advice in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care. This includes history taking, physical examination and the requesting of agreed diagnostic procedures/clinical investigations.
• Responsible for the correct administration of prescribed medication including transfusion of blood and blood products.
• Be responsible for assessing and recognising emergencies in the speciality. To interpret information and take appropriate action and to lead others to do the same.
• Ensure that patients’ receive high quality clinical care and a good patient experience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs and doctrines.
• To provide leadership, support and guidance to staff in monitoring the planning delivery and evaluation of individualised care.
• Is wholly accountable for his / her practice in line with the NMC code of professional conduct and takes every reasonable opportunity to sustain and improve his / her knowledge and professional competence.
• Ensure safe and effective care for complex patients requiring advance clinical skills and responsible for carrying out specialist nursing procedures to area.
• Ensure that sensitive patient records are stored appropriately.
• Ensure staff take precautions to minimise the risk of cross infection in relation to the safe disposal of body fluids (including blood).
• To be an effective communicator with patients/carers/families regarding disease treatment and management.
• Facilitate a high quality, cost effective specialist service through monitoring and audit and other quality initiatives agreed by the Trust.
• Identify and intervene where circumstances contribute to an unsafe environment for patients and staff. To bring instances to the attention of the Sister/Charge Nurse for the area.
• Ensure that the learning environment and specialist training is appropriate for both pre and post registration learners and participate in the development of appropriate programmes.
• Contribute in the Trust’s clinical supervision programme for staff.
• To assist the Sister/Charge Nurse in developing a culture that is challenging, stimulating, rewarding and supportive.
• To act as mentor/assessor to unqualified staff and to provide education, advice and support to a team of nurses.
• Utilise research findings in the delivery of specialist patient care, developing new ways of working and to disseminate relevant information to staff.
• Provide a leadership role model and demonstrate specialist knowledge and high standards of clinical practice and provide support or advice when necessary.
• Maintain accurate records of the clinical service and ensuring that confidentiality of information is adhered to.
• Organise own work and manage own caseload and practice, identifying and maintaining supportive networks for self and other staff members.
• Take an active role in risk assessment, supporting implementation of strategies to minimise risk. Ensuring incidents and near misses are reported, through promoting a no blame culture.
• To create an environment that fosters good communication between patient and health care professionals, that meets individual’s needs.


This advert closes on Sunday 17 Nov 2024

We have an exciting opportunity available in our Grand Central/ HIM Team for x2 Senior Analysts. We have an exciting and ambitious programme of work planned and invite you to apply if you are passionate about digital transformation in healthcare. The Senior Analyst (GSTT/KCH) role is a new position that will unify policies, procedures, practices and skilled teams initially across Guy's and St Thomas' and King's College Hospital NHS Trusts. As a senior member of the Clinical Systems Team the post holder is responsible for delivering and developing a share of the Epic and other software systems' configuration build. This role operates on a hybrid model with a time split between on-site and remote working, with the main base at the Education Centre in Waterloo. Additionally, it will require travel between Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital, and Royal Brompton and Harefield sites.

This role is advertised on both GSTT Jobs and KCH Jobs, with two positions available—one funded by GSTT and one by KCH. Please do not apply on both platforms, as all applications will be assessed together in a single selection pool. Duplicate applications will not be considered.
• Managing, co-ordinating and leading the configuration requirements and ensure build is delivered in a timely way.
• Being a member of the multi-disciplinary configuration team, ensuring a consistent approach to the configuration and integration between the Epic modules and across the wider team.
• Being a key member of a designated Configuration and Application team ensuring design integrity.
• Analysing and suggest ways to improve current workflows and working practices.
• Working with the appropriate stakeholders to analyse, negotiate and facilitate agreement for change to high-impact or critical workflows and current working practices, whilst managing expectations and resolving conflicts when necessary.
• Assisting with preparation for the testing and upgrading of the system to ensure it is safe, usable, secure and robust.
• Work with the clinical systems teams to support complex Epic, and other, software demonstrations and present information on the teams' progress to the appropriate forums, adapted in a way in which makes it easy for the audience to understand.
• To assist in the delivery of the Trust's EHR system

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (KCH) are two of London’s largest and busiest teaching hospitals, with a long and proud history, international reputations for their speciality services, teaching and research excellence, and a strong profile of local services to local residents in south east London.
The two Trusts share a Chief Digital Information Officer (CDIO) and a vision for digital services that are lean and agile, that maximise the benefits of a shared service operating model, and deliver the digital ambition for both Trusts. This ambition is supported by a forward-looking and strategic approach, and significant investment in a new Electronic Health Record (EHR) which will catalyse a programme of work across both Trusts to transform the way technology and data is used across our services. We will increase the care that can be provided at home, build our focus on wellness and prevention, and engage patients as partners in their care.



As a senior member of the IT Clinical Systems Team the post holder is responsible for delivering and developing a share of the Epic and other software systems’ configuration build and; for supporting non-Epic systems within their team, working with Medical Device Integration (MDI), GSTT, KCH and ITCS technology colleagues and; overseeing the work of the Band 6 Analyst. In particular it will involve:


• Being a link person between the ITCS team, system users and other stakeholders and to help manage and prioritise calls and requests to the team;
• Helping to direct careful planning for systems implementation and the roll-out process, taking into account all dependent variables and liaise with all affected teams, staff and departments;
• Being a member of the multi-disciplinary configuration team, ensuring a consistent approach to the configuration and integration between the Epic modules and across the wider team;
• Managing, co-ordinating and leading the configuration requirements and ensure build is delivered in a timely way.
• Being a key member of a designated Configuration and Application team ensuring design integrity
• Analysing and suggest ways to improve current workflows and working practices;
• Working with the appropriate stakeholders to analyse, negotiate and facilitate agreement for change to high-impact or critical workflows and current working practices, whilst managing expectations and resolving conflicts when necessary;
• Assisting with preparation for the testing and upgrading of the system to ensure it is safe, usable, secure and robust;
• Work with the clinical systems teams to support complex Epic, and other, software demonstrations and present information on the teams’ progress to the appropriate forums, adapted in a way in which makes it easy for the audience to understand;

• Recording and responding to comments and complaints on the proposed system, resolving complex problems and dealing with unanticipated issues, referring only where necessary;
• Actively monitoring the systems on a regular basis for user or system errors or problems, working with the Band 6 Support Analyst;
• Participating in regular process review, feedback and system development meetings both within the ITCS team and with external stakeholders;

• To assist in the delivery of the Trust’s EHR system.

Please refer to the attached JD for further details


This advert closes on Wednesday 13 Nov 2024

We are one of the largest cardiac MRI scanning centres in the UK. Our Imaging Clinical Research Facility is based in our St Thomas Hospital campus with strong research collaboration focusing on the development of novel acquisition, reconstruction and motion correction using different field strength MRI scanners. The facility is run by King’s College London, the University partner in close partnership with Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. Clinical services are delivered to approximately 13,000 patients a year (Cardiac MRI, Perinatal MRI and the PET Centre), and were recently re-accredited in accordance with the Quality Standard for Imaging (QSI) 2021

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Cardiac MRI Radiographer to join our nationally accredited clinical research imaging team. The department supports and mentors Radiographers in their personal and professional development including actively encouraging staff to attend high profile national and international seminars, conferences, presenting posters, abstracts and presentations.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities and a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre.

The main purpose of this post is to participate as a member of a multidisciplinary team within our Cardiovascular Imaging Department to deliver an efficient, effective and timely Cardiac MRI service, supporting a strong portfolio Clinical Research Imaging programmes run by the Imaging Clinical Research Facility.

The successful candidate will work with clinicians, researchers and biomedical engineers whilst performing excellent quality imaging studies in accordance with the departmental protocols.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

The job description attached provides the detail summary of main duties and responsibilities of the job.


This advert closes on Sunday 3 Nov 2024

A Vacancy at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.


A clinical fellow post at Guy’s and St Thomas offers an exciting opportunity to gain experience in a wide range of complex infection cases expected in a large acute and tertiary referral teaching hospital.

This post may also involve acquiring laboratory skills in Microbiology and Virology and applying these to a ward-based consult service on the Guy’s, St. Thomas’, Royal Brompton or Harefield site, or to looking after infectious diseases in-patients on the St. Thomas’ site.

The post is suitable for clinicians experienced in Infectious Diseases / Microbiology / Virology (equivalent to ST3+ level), available to start asap.

The post involves opportunities to contribute to the wide-ranging clinical infection service run at Guy’s, St Thomas’, The Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals which compromises an inpatient ward, on site laboratories and specialist services focussing on delivering consults.

As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.



Clinical consultation/microbiology & virology laboratory service:

The clinical and diagnostic services are fully integrated. Most clinical work involves liaison with the diverse clinical specialities in the Trust. This may be via clinical consults or telephone advice.

There is a specialised inpatient ward with facilities to manage HCID cases.

The Dept supports a wide range of specialist services via MDTs.There is a very large ITU service including a regional severe respiratory failure service.

On-call

The on call commitment is at a 1 in 9 frequency weekday nights (Monday-Friday) If on call, the postholder would also be expected to cover the High Consequence Infectious Diseases (HCID) service, if activated, and after appropriate training.
Teaching responsibilities

On occasion the postholder will be expected to contribute to the teaching of medical students.
Clinical audit

The postholder is expected to lead audit projects through the 'audit cycle'.
Management training

Experience should be gained, under supervision, in planning departmental policies and developing leadership qualities to implement them.



Dr Nicholas Price is the Clinical Director and joint-Director of IPC (DIPC) and Ms Avey Bhatia, Chief Nurse, has Executive IPC responsibility. Dr Sam Douthwaite (Infectious Diseases) and Dr Simon Goldenberg (Laboratories) are the medical Service Leads.

IPC staff are led by joint-DIPC, Dr Jon Otter, plus a dedicated ID pharmacy team. Every DoI consultant works in partnership with IPC colleagues.

The Royal Brompton and Harefield (RB&HH) hospitals, which make up the UK's largest postgraduate specialist heart and lung centre, were merged with Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS foundation Trust (GSTT) in February 2021.

The Directorate also works closely with 7 Paediatric ID Consultants based at the Evelina London Children’s Hospital on the St Thomas’ site.

In addition, the DoI hosts one of the national high-level infection units for High Consequence Infectious Diseases-airborne pathogens (HCID-a).

The DoI is fully integrated with, and provides clinical leadership to, the Microbiology and Virology laboratories, which are part of a 15-year Joint Venture (JV) between GSTT, Kings College Hospital and a private sector partner.

1.Job Summary

A clinical fellow post at Guy’s and St Thomas offers an exciting opportunity to gain experience in a wide range of complex infection cases expected in a large acute and tertiary referral teaching hospital.

he post may also involve acquiring laboratory skills in Microbiology and Virology and applying these to a ward-based consult service on the Guy’s, St. Thomas’, Royal Brompton or Harefield site, or to looking after infectious diseases in-patients on the St. Thomas’ site. It may be possible to tailor the location in discussion with the service lead and local training faculty lead.
2. Liaison with major clinical units

Specimens are received from a wide range of departments including:Intensive Care Unit, HIV & Genitourinary Medicine, Renal Dialysis and Transplantation, Oncology, Haematology, Orthopaedics, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Haematology, cardiac and lung transplantation, specialist respiratory medicine (including cystic fibrosis), Evelina London Children’s Hospital (including the Neonatal Unit), Obstetrics, and Occupational Health.The Department also provides a comprehensive service for local Primary Care Trusts.

3. Direct clinical responsibilities

Clinical consultation/microbiology & virology laboratory service: The clinical and diagnostic services are fully integrated. Most clinical work involves liaison with the diverse clinical specialities in the Trust. This may be via clinical consults comprising bedside assessment of referred patients or patients with significant microbiological or virological results, or telephone advice.

The Dept supports a wide range of specialist services via MDTs including vascular graft infections, endocarditis, diabetic foot and TB.

There is a specialised inpatient ward with facilities to manage HCID cases and predominantly single room mix for general infection cases.

There is a very large ITU service including a regional severe respiratory failure service.

The trainees work one to one with the infection consultant but are also expected to review referrals on the wards.

4. Clinical service routine
The hours of work will be 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday, plus any agreed on-call duties. Work outside these times may be required as necessary professional duties; nevertheless, the hours of work accord to the requirements of the ‘New Deal’ on Doctor’s hours, the European Working Time Directive and the New Junior Doctors’ Contract. It is a condition of employment that the appointee be prepared to work at any site where work relating to the appointment is carried out.

The post holder may be required to undertake other duties in line with the grading of the post as may be required by the head of department. Staff should recognise that job descriptions reflect the core activities of a post at a particular time and that as the Institution and the individual develops there will inevitably be changes in the emphasis and duties of the post. The Trust expects that all staff will recognise this and adopt a flexible approach to work and be willing to participate in training. If changes to a job description become significant the job description should be reviewed formally by the Head of Department and the post holder. At all times staff must conduct themselves and carry out their duties in a manner which supports the Trust’s equal opportunities policy and ensues that the working and learning environment provided within the Trust is free from bias or harassment.

The junior doctor accepts that he/she will also perform duties in occasional emergencies in unforeseen circumstances at the request of the appropriate Consultant, in consultation where practicable with his colleagues both junior and senior. It has been arranged between the Professions and the Department of Health that while they will perform such duties, the Secretary of State stresses that additional commitments arising out of this sub-section are exceptional; in particular, the junior should not be required to undertake work of this kind for long periods of time.

5. On-call

The postholder will be on the pay scale commensurate with their grade/experience. Rotations that involve the Guy’s or St Thomas’ sites would include an on call commitment at a 1 in 9 frequency weekday nights (Monday-Friday) as first on call for Infection (Microbiology and Virology) advice to the Trust. If on call, the postholder would also be expected to cover the High Consequence Infectious Diseases (HCID) service, if activated, and after appropriate training. This will include being contactable via mobile telephone. The StR on call will be covered at all times by a Consultant Virologist and Consultant Microbiologist from the department. The oncall commitment of this post will be timetabled with other junior medical staff in the Department to accord with the requirements of the ‘New Deal’ and European Working Time Directive.

This can be discussed further to provide detail on the arrangements which will apply in varying circumstances.
6. Teaching responsibilities

The Departments provide training and teaching for a wide range of professional groups, including postgraduate doctors in training, medical students, nurses, allied health professionals and laboratory staff. On occasion the postholder will be expected to contribute to the teaching of medical students. Especially when they become more senior, they are encouraged to get more involved in postgraduate teaching and teaching of nursing staff and allied health professionals. Attendance at relevant teaching courses run by the Trust is encouraged.

7. Research possibilities

The post holder can be supported to develop R&D skills through participation in ongoing research projects. There are extensive research projects ongoing within the department and a well resource research infrastructure. The CIDR has particular interests in the pathogenesis and epidemiology of hospital-associated infection (especiallyC. difficileand MDR-Gram negative bacteria),S. aureusbacteraemia, and novel diagnostics, as well as an interest in Covid-19.


8. Clinical audit

There is an active clinical audit programme within the Department. The postholder is expected to lead audit projects through the 'audit cycle'. The Trust Clinical Audit Department provides advice and support in all aspects of clinical audit.

9. Management training

Experience should be gained, under supervision, in planning departmental policies and developing leadership qualities to implement them. Post-holders routinely take on responsibilities such as management of the on call rota and organisation of the Tuesday morning educational Seminars. Once post-holders have achieved a certain seniority, they will be expected to attend meetings such as diagnostic service meetings, Infection Control meetings and senior staff meetings. Attendance at appropriate management meetings and training courses is encouraged towards the end of the training programme.

10. University links

Guy’s, King’s College & St Thomas’ School of Medicine (GKT) is a School of King’s College London. GKT is the largest free-standing medical and dental school in the UK with a projected annual intake of approximately 360 medical and 150 dental undergraduate and over 400 full time and part time postgraduate students. The GKT Department of Infectious Diseases comprises the Microbiology and Virology staff on the Guy’s, St Thomas’ and Denmark Hill campuses and their work is closely integrated with the GSTT Directorate of Infection. Members of the Departments of Infectious Diseases, Immunobiology, Rheumatology, Renal Medicine, Transplantation, the Neuroinflammation group and some members of the current Immunology Department at Denmark Hill, formtheDivision of Infection, Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases (DIIID).




This advert closes on Tuesday 22 Oct 2024

The post holder will manage staff in the paediatric non-invasive ventilation (NIV) service and the paediatric chronic respiratory team. They will act as the clinical lead for the service, and also as an advanced practitioner. They will take a lead role in the assessment and treatment of patients with highly complex conditions who either already use NIV or are new to using it. They will advise the Therapy Lead with regards to service planning and business cases related to that area and play a major part in the governance and quality of service delivery in conjunction with the Paediatric Respiratory Leads and the Clinical Lead Physiotherapist.

The post holder will undertake a team lead role in planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating the paediatric LTV and chronic respiratory physiotherapy service on a day-to-day basis. The post holder’s caseload will consist of patients on PICU, PHDU, PCCU, ward patients throughout ELCH, out-patient day cases and patients attending respiratory clinics (face to face and virtually). The post-holder will practice clinically, undertaking work commensurate with their professional knowledge and expertise, as an advanced practitioner, this clinical work will be alongside the respiratory CNSs, the respiratory consultant group and medical team. They will work in partnership with the other clinical physiotherapy leads and all members of the physiotherapy and paediatric teams, mainly the respiratory team to ensure continued development of the Trust through research and evidence-based practise. The post holder will be expected to provide expert clinical advice and support both within hospital and to partner organisations. They will also represent the service externally, developing external links will be integral to this role.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best-known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high-quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

§ To undertake the specialist respiratory assessment as an autonomous practitioner, carry out diagnostic procedures and interpret the results for paediatric patients with multifaceted respiratory problems on the LTV unit, ELCH wards, NICU, SCBU, PICU, PCCU and PHDU as appropriate including those patients with a complex presentation, using investigative and analytical skills.

§ To interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts to form accurate diagnoses and prognoses in a wide range of highly complex conditions, to recommend the best course of intervention particularly LTV and long-term respiratory conditions and to develop comprehensive discharge plans.

§ To formulate, evaluate and reassess individualised physiotherapy management and / or treatment plans, using clinical reasoning skills and utilising a wide range of treatment skills and options in order to formulate a specialised programme of care.

§ To be involved in the ongoing development of the Paediatric non-invasive ventilation and LTV Service, jointly leading with medical colleagues in the assessment, implementation and monitoring of its use, as well as setting standards/guidelines and auditing their use.

§ To provide advice on specialised physiotherapy care and treatment for paediatric patients with respiratory problems based on theoretical knowledge and relevant practical experience, and to be consulted frequently for specialist advice and guidance by junior team members and other health care professionals both within and outside the trust

§ To demonstrate a sound understanding of clinical governance, clinical risk and to demonstrate the use of treatment plans with an evidence-based link.

§ To regularly participate in working parties developing policy changes within paediatric and respiratory care and LTV which impact on all service users.

§ To ensure, as team leader, that designated staff implement policy and service developmental changes

§ To propose policy changes concerning the physiotherapy management of paediatric respiratory and LTV patients and to guide the paediatric physiotherapy team to provide an efficient and effective service in this clinical area.

§ To work with the Respiratory Consultants, Clinical Specialist Resp PT/Clinical Lead, Specialist Respiratory Nursing Staff, Lead Paediatric Physiotherapist and Head of Physiotherapy in developing the strategic and operational management of the physiotherapy service.


This advert closes on Thursday 31 Oct 2024

Critical Care at Guy’s and St Thomas’ is one of the largest, most specialised and comprehensive critical care services in the NHS and is located in the centre of London. With over 100 critical care beds within the division we can offer an innovative, challenging and inspirational career experience. It is also one of five ECMO centres in the UK, with a 24/7 consultant-led retrieval service and engage closely with referring centres to inform of best clinical practice. The critical care service is recognised internationally for supporting patients beyond the walls of intensive care and taking a holistic view of their recovery back to health. The department runs a well-established recovery clinic and peer support group, led by a multi-disciplinary team of critical care professionals.

We don’t just want to stop at recruiting the best nurses. We want you to stay with us for the long-term too. That’s why we’ll do everything we can to support you - and help you make your professional ambitions a reality.

Please note to be considered for this vacancy you must have completed a critical care course and either have your results or be waiting for your results to be processed.

Should you be successful at interview and you are unable to provide the recruiting manger with confirmation of a successfully competed critical care course within 2 months of being interviewed then your offer will be withdrawn

Closing date: 27th October 2024

Interview date: 11th November 2024

We are looking for nurses with a willingness to learn, that thrive under pressure and have the ability to adapt and refine their skills according to the demands of the unit.

Would you like to work as a Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse in one of the largest Critical Care departments in the UK? We are currently recruiting experienced and motivated Nurses to work in Critical Care (High Dependency or Intensive Care) who are looking for an innovative, challenging and inspirational career experience.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.


• Independently manage a group of patients within the specialty whilst working as part of the multidisciplinary team, delivering individualised and personalised direct patient care.
• Demonstrate appropriate practice and specialist advice in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care. This includes history taking, physical examination and the requesting of agreed diagnostic procedures/clinical investigations.
• Responsible for the correct administration of prescribed medication including transfusion of blood and blood products.
• Be responsible for assessing and recognising emergencies in the speciality. To interpret information and take appropriate action and to lead others to do the same.
• Ensure that patients’ receive high quality clinical care and a good patient experience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs and doctrines.
• To provide leadership, support and guidance to staff in monitoring the planning delivery and evaluation of individualised care.
• Is wholly accountable for his / her practice in line with the NMC code of professional conduct and takes every reasonable opportunity to sustain and improve his / her knowledge and professional competence.
• Ensure safe and effective care for complex patients requiring advance clinical skills and responsible for carrying out specialist nursing procedures to area.
• Ensure that sensitive patient records are stored appropriately.
• Ensure staff take precautions to minimise the risk of cross infection in relation to the safe disposal of body fluids (including blood).
• To be an effective communicator with patients/carers/families regarding disease treatment and management.
• Facilitate a high quality, cost effective specialist service through monitoring and audit and other quality initiatives agreed by the Trust.
• Identify and intervene where circumstances contribute to an unsafe environment for patients and staff. To bring instances to the attention of the Sister/Charge Nurse for the area.
• Ensure that the learning environment and specialist training is appropriate for both pre and post registration learners and participate in the development of appropriate programmes.
• Contribute in the Trust’s clinical supervision programme for staff.
• To assist the Sister/Charge Nurse in developing a culture that is challenging, stimulating, rewarding and supportive.
• To act as mentor/assessor to unqualified staff and to provide education, advice and support to a team of nurses.
• Utilise research findings in the delivery of specialist patient care, developing new ways of working and to disseminate relevant information to staff.
• Provide a leadership role model and demonstrate specialist knowledge and high standards of clinical practice and provide support or advice when necessary.
• Maintain accurate records of the clinical service and ensuring that confidentiality of information is adhered to.
• Organise own work and manage own caseload and practice, identifying and maintaining supportive networks for self and other staff members.
• Take an active role in risk assessment, supporting implementation of strategies to minimise risk. Ensuring incidents and near misses are reported, through promoting a no blame culture.
• To create an environment that fosters good communication between patient and health care professionals, that meets individual’s needs.


This advert closes on Sunday 27 Oct 2024

East Wing 10 HDU is a state-of-the-art, new and improved 15 bedded unit and we are looking for you!

We are looking for enthusiastic, experienced critical care nurses to join our friendly, welcoming team on this new venture to deliver high quality level 2 patient care. East Wing 10 HDU is an integral part of the large and dynamic Critical Care department at Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT), caring for both surgical and medical patients. These are patients who have either been stepped down from Intensive Care, or those requiring a step up in care from ward level and the Emergency Department. These patients often require support of one or more organs, such as with non-invasive ventilation, renal replacement therapy and advanced cardiovascular support, all of which require close monitoring and observation.

The upgraded facilities and enhanced infection control measures will improve our ability to cater for the complex needs of critically ill patients. GSTT is committed to investing in our hospital environments so we can continue to improve care and patient experience. This is one of several capital projects undertaken at GSTT that will improve facilities for patients.

If you enjoy using your initiative and working autonomously but as part of an effective multidisciplinary team, then this job really is for you!

Closing date: 27th October 2024

Interview date: 11th November 2024

We can offer you a personalised induction programme with supervision and support from our dedicated practice development team and one to one support from the senior nursing team. You will have the opportunity to develop shift leadership skills as well as have other opportunities to help you to advance your knowledge through ongoing professional development. You will be given the opportunity to develop management skills including team leadership and clinical governance development.

Working for us would give you the opportunity to develop your career further by caring for a wide variety of complex critical care patients including:
• A wide variety of medical patients including type 2 respiratory patients, diabetes management and renal patients with both acute and chronic needs for renal replacement therapy.
• General Surgical patients including laparotomies, formation of stomas and oesophagostomies

Please note to be considered for this vacancy you must have completed a critical care course and either have your results or be waiting for your results to be processed. Should you be successful at interview and you are unable to provide the recruiting manger with confirmation of a successfully competed critical care course within 2 months of being interviewed then your offer will be withdrawn

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
• Independently manage a group of patients within the specialty whilst working as part of the multidisciplinary team, delivering individualised and personalised direct patient care.
• Demonstrate appropriate practice and specialist advice in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care. This includes history taking, physical examination and the requesting of agreed diagnostic procedures/clinical investigations.
• Responsible for the correct administration of prescribed medication including transfusion of blood and blood products.
• Be responsible for assessing and recognising emergencies in the speciality. To interpret information and take appropriate action and to lead others to do the same.
• Ensure that patients’ receive high quality clinical care and a good patient experience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs and doctrines.
• To provide leadership, support and guidance to staff in monitoring the planning delivery and evaluation of individualised care.
• Is wholly accountable for his / her practice in line with the NMC code of professional conduct and takes every reasonable opportunity to sustain and improve his / her knowledge and professional competence.
• Ensure safe and effective care for complex patients requiring advance clinical skills and responsible for carrying out specialist nursing procedures to area.
• Ensure that sensitive patient records are stored appropriately.
• Ensure staff take precautions to minimise the risk of cross infection in relation to the safe disposal of body fluids (including blood).
• To be an effective communicator with patients/carers/families regarding disease treatment and management.
• Facilitate a high quality, cost effective specialist service through monitoring and audit and other quality initiatives agreed by the Trust.
• Identify and intervene where circumstances contribute to an unsafe environment for patients and staff. To bring instances to the attention of the Sister/Charge Nurse for the area.
• Ensure that the learning environment and specialist training is appropriate for both pre and post registration learners and participate in the development of appropriate programmes.
• Contribute in the Trust’s clinical supervision programme for staff.
• To assist the Sister/Charge Nurse in developing a culture that is challenging, stimulating, rewarding and supportive.
• To act as mentor/assessor to unqualified staff and to provide education, advice and support to a team of nurses.
• Utilise research findings in the delivery of specialist patient care, developing new ways of working and to disseminate relevant information to staff.
• Provide a leadership role model and demonstrate specialist knowledge and high standards of clinical practice and provide support or advice when necessary.
• Maintain accurate records of the clinical service and ensuring that confidentiality of information is adhered to.
• Organise own work and manage own caseload and practice, identifying and maintaining supportive networks for self and other staff members.
• Take an active role in risk assessment, supporting implementation of strategies to minimise risk. Ensuring incidents and near misses are reported, through promoting a no blame culture.
• To create an environment that fosters good communication between patient and health care professionals, that meets individual’s needs.


This advert closes on Sunday 27 Oct 2024

Are you passionate about driving forward changes in the NHS by obtaining hard numeric facts about the impact of innovations in healthcare? The Health Innovation Network is looking for a highly numerate,experiencedand dynamic data analyst to work within the HIN’s small informatics team. The team supports a range of projects underway to trial innovations in health and social care and obtain and use data toevidenceif innovations have led to the desired changes/impactsthey set out to make.

Hosted by Guy’s and St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust, we enjoy the benefits of being NHS members of staff while focusing on innovation to improve the lives of patients and staff in the health and care sector. While this was important before, it has an even greater focus now with innovation being looked to help reduce elective care backlogs and health inequalities.The main purpose of this post is to provide high quality analysis and reporting to support the delivery of the Health Innovation Network’s priority projects. Innovation is at the heart of everything we do, from delivering transformationalprogrammesto improving patient pathways, or internally with our wide range of health and mental health wellbeing initiatives.Working at the HIN you couldbenefitfromgreat health and wellbeing support which currently includesyoga,book club,lunchtime walks, and regular social events alongside our HIN Academy providingfantastictraining.


Working closely with clinical themes and HIN members, the post-holder willprovide support with data collection, datamanagement andanalysis to support a range of evaluations within the HIN and for wider membership and commissioners/ clients. As part of the Informatics Team, the post holder willbe responsible for:
• Checking and reporting on Data Quality issues for data provided by technology companies orNHS partnersorpubliclyavailable data sets.


• Implementing automated or manual checks on data toascertainquality and providetimelyand meaningful inputs so that the quality issues can be corrected.

• Extracting relevant data andprovidinganalysis and meaningful insightsfromdatathrough the production of reports etc.  
Supportingadditionalinitiativesincludingtrainingstaff on how to use data analysis tools and how to interpret data.  
• Supportingthe development, implementation and updating of data modelling tools and approaches.

• Creating reports, makingpresentationsand undertakingprojects aimed at improving information provision and analysis for the Health Innovation Networkand their members.






What is the Health Innovation Network?

The HIN is the Health Innovation Network for south London, one of 15 across England. We work across a range of health and care services through each of our clinical and innovation themes, to transform care in diabetes, patient safety, mental health, cardiovascular and healthy ageing and to accelerate innovations into the NHS. HINs help mobilize the value that the NHS can add as an economic asset to the UK economy. We work with a range of expert support and services across the health and care sectors that support NHS innovators and companies to realise the commercial and economic potential of their innovations.

As part of the HIN adaptable working principles, which allows our ability to adapt to anticipated changes in project portfolios and gives staff the opportunity to enhance their skills and expertise, the successful candidate may be asked to operate across other themes and projects.

Our Values

Brave- We encourage our teams and others to be brace with their ideas and support them to try new things.

Kind- We care about each other, the people we work with and about the health and wellbeing of south Londoners.

Open- We're open about what we do, and we share what we learn.

Different- We think differently, and we are strong because of our diverse background, talents, and experiences.

Together- We build communities and networks, we collaborate, and we connect.

Information Support
• Ensures that data collected from innovation sites is aggregated and To provide demonstrable assurance that the Health Innovation Network work stream data quality meets necessary standards and communicate issues and good practice with clinical teams and managers. To provide assurance that the necessary data are collected, analysed, presented and interpreted with regard to performance management within the Health Innovation Network clinical work streams, along with complying with all necessary statutory requirements.
• Ensuring the timely collection, analysis and reporting of quantitative data in relation to evaluations to HIN stakeholders and commissioners/ clients. To provide assurance that any sensitive data is extracted and processed in accordance to the Data Protection Act, General Data Protection Regulation and Caldicott principles.
• Participate or lead special information projects ensuring they are aligned to the key objectives of the project/ evaluation, providing options and recommendations to support these objectives.
• To work with clinicians and Health Innovation Network Project Managers to undertake analysis of business/care delivery processes, advising on how these might be changed or refined to improve their efficiency, and how such changes would be enabled by the appropriate use of information systems and communications technology. To review the information requirements of clinicians, establishing any shortfalls and making recommendations on priorities in the light of business or service priorities.





Management


• To support the training and development of Health Innovation Network Information and Evaluation Service staff in the appropriate use of information collection, management and visualisation techniques (including statistical analysis) to support service improvement.
• To act as a resource to Health Innovation Network staff on health and social care information, providing information searches, data analyses and training.
• To assist in the design and implementation of audit and evaluation projects.
• To provide cover as required to the Lead Analyst



Development
• To be responsible for new systems testing when any amendments are made to national datasets that are then reflected in local databases. (i.e. field changes, facilitate changes with external provider and then test in context before going live).
• To identify new data collection, validation and presentation requirements.
• To develop and maintain databases as required for data collection and analysis.
• To maintain and develop data visualisation, impact tools and dashboards
• To research and develop appropriate evaluation methods, including data collection methods and the use of appropriate statistical methods to obtain and analyse data

Education
• Responsible for developing and sustaining own knowledge, skills and professional awareness.
• Be a source of support for evaluation team staff when dealing with issues around data.
• Attend courses as deemed relevant, including mandatory training, and to attend meetings and conferences as appropriate
• Train staff as appropriate in the responsible use of data and its collection

Other responsibilities
• Becomes competent in fulfilling the network’s regular reporting responsibilities, providing cover to other members of the team
• Supports reporting requirements to external bodies as required, including the handling of queries arising from such reports
• Supports clinical work streams, representing the department on working groups and project teams



Communication and Working Relationships
• Health Innovation Networks clinical themes
• Informatics teams in other AHSNs and BI teams at local ICBs
• Key staff from NHSE, PHE, SWL ICB and SEL ICB
• External members commissioning the HIN to provide analytical capability projects




This advert closes on Tuesday 8 Oct 2024

A Vacancy at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.


We are looking for a forward-thinking and motivated nurse to join the Neighbourhood Nursing teams across Lambeth and Southwark areas.

We are the first Trust in the UK to trial the Buurtzorg District Nursing Model: an entirely Nurse-led approach to patient care in the community with self-managed nursing teams. You will find yourself working in a completely different way.

You must demonstrate excellent communication and team working skills. Through clinical case management you will care for patients with long-term conditions, those at risk, end of life care needs, and those with supported self-care programmes.

There will be training and opportunities in addition to clinical supervisions and appraisals. The post holder must be able to undertake a prescribing course and advanced assessment courses once in post.

Working on a 7-day shift service (hours between 8.00 – 20.00), this post also includes rotational weekend work (maximum two per month).

We are currently trialling a new way on interviewing called transparent interviews, whereby we will provide the 60% of the non-clinical questions to the candidates 24 hours in advance – for further details on this please contact Emily.Jones4@gstt.nhs.uk – Matron for Recruitment & Retention.

Closing Date: 29th September 2024 at Midnight

Proposed Interview Date: 15th October 2024

The Neighbourhood Nurse participates in the clinical case management of patients who have a wide variety of complex, high-risk and supported/self-care conditions.

As a team leader, you will ensure the provision of a high standard of nursing care and health promotion.

Duties include:
• Holistic assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care. For example, Chronic Disease Management, Tissue viability, Palliative Care, Nurse Prescribing, Extended and Supplementary Prescribing.
• First contact assessment, care and referral.
• Continuing care, rehabilitation and delivering the National Service Frameworks.
• Providing public health, health promotional programmes to improve health and reduce inequalities.
• Maintaining contemporaneous written and computerised records.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

You will have the opportunity to further develop and enhance your skills with the support and training available by working alongside experienced nurses and specialists. We have a supportive culture to encourage each other to strive to be the best within our daily practice. Our feedback as a team reflects this.

Working with us you will have access to numerous benefits:
• Mobile devices for personal protection whilst in practice, allowing you to work more flexibly.
• Opportunity to apply for training and mentorship programs on all grades of nursing staff.
• Access to our partners e.g. Kings College London for Masters level education opportunities.
• Financial, health and wellbeing support.

You will be responsible for contributing to joint decision making with colleagues to manage your patients and the good functioning of the team. As there is no hierarchy within the team, you will self-organise to ensure that patient care is delivered effectively and efficiently and to a high standard.

Clinical

- To undertake the first assessment and review, including planning of care, implementation, evaluation, using a solution driven and goal setting process.

- Reviewing complex patients and care plans.

- Source of clinical expertise and advice to the team.

- Take responsibility for ensuring that a named nurse is allocated to each patient.

- To actively manage patients with long term conditions and work towards preventing complications to reduce the need for hospital admissions.

- To participate in multidisciplinary working, involving other agencies as appropriate

- To maintain good working relationships with other health care professionals, statutory and voluntary organisations.

- To utilise links with other agencies and service to facilitate appropriate care packages and provide information for clients that focus on promoting independence, self-care and wellness and keep people out of hospital.

- To work in collaboration with own team and others to ensure all patients that require care are supported appropriately.

- To undertake planned and opportunistic health promotion and education activities with patients, carers, family and neighbours.

- Maintains close communication with GP’s and other members of the Primary health care team to promote effective coordination of care.

- To take responsibility for evaluating and reflecting on his/her own practice.

- To perform and maintain competence in a wide variety of clinical skills to meet the needs of the service.

- Undertake Practice Assessor responsibilities signing off other staff members competencies and supporting and mentoring junior staff and students.

- To actively participate in Nurse-Led clinics within locality e.g. Continence Clinic, Leg Ulcer Clinic, etc.

- Prescribing from the Nurses formulary.

- To work collaboratively with allied agencies in meeting the needs of clients with long term illnesses.

- To participate in intervision (peer to peer clinical supervision).

Education and Development

- To participate in the learning programmes for students on community placements.

- To facilitate the learning of other members of the team and sign off competencies.

- To champion and actively participate in organisational learning and organisational change.

- To take responsibility for your own professional development.

- To participate in clinical supervision in accordance with community services within GSTT.

- Act as Practice Assessor and Supervisor to students and junior staff.

- To undertake performance appraisal of team members.

- Ensure that own mandatory training and PDR are up to date.

Service Development

- To work across the organisation to support and promote Neighbourhood Nursing, including support to other teams on the journey to self-management
- To support continuous improvement and research through clinical and management activity.

Professional

To adhere to the Nursing and Midwifery Council [NMC] Code of Professional Conduct and be conversant with other relevant advisory papers

Team Responsibilities

- Responsible for providing day-to-day co-ordination of workload in your own team and network.

- Review and agree staffing levels, Inc. Bank and Agency requirements ensuring that rostering is efficient and effective and meets the needs of the service.

- Participate in recruitment.

- Informal performance management and management of behaviours and conduct as a team.

- Undertake as a team the process of continuous performance review.

- Give and receive feedback in relation to practice, skills, competence and team-working.

- Respond to complaints and incidences as required and undertake any relevant investigations.

- To actively implement learning from complaints / incidents in your team and the wider network.

- To ensure Health and Safety and Risk requirements are met.

- To assist in monitoring the quality of the Neighbourhood Nursing Service.

- Contribute to the development of quality measures.

- To maintain statistical and written records as required by the GSTT.

- Attend and participate in locality meetings with other teams as well as wider meetings across Health and Social Care.

- To be aware of and work with GSTTs’ Policies and Procedures.

Rotational duties

The below duties will rotate every three months or as required by the teams. Band 5’s will undertake these subject to appropriate support from more experienced members of the team

Mentor: Guide the new starters to the team. Correspond with new starters and back office for preparations to work within the team i.e. phone; email. Ensure local inductions are organised for new staff, training sessions arranged and explore competencies and skills assessment performed.

Reporter: To monitor productivity of the team. Monitor annual leave; patient facing time, extra hours over-time; sickness. To feedback the information gathered every month. How many discharges/referrals every month. Minute taker. Datix investigator, mandatory training, quality dashboard, liaise with back office.

Developer: To monitor and promote team learning and development. Identify team skill needs and look for information/advice and training opportunities, ensure all mandatory training is complete and aware of relevant study days and training to send staff on.

PR: To promote the team. Design and deliver team ethos, delivering training outside team, meeting chair, attends steering group meetings. Represent the team in trust meetings.

Planner: Plan staff and patient needs. Produce four monthly rota; allocate scheduled visits, main liaison with E Roster/Back Office. Meeting timer, outcome team meetings on carenotes.

Housekeeper: Monitor stock. In charge of "kitty" for office essentials and buying office.

Please see attached job description for full details.


This advert closes on Sunday 29 Sep 2024

This is an exciting opportunity to work as a Senior Data Analyst within the AI, Data & Digital Innovation function of the Chief Medical Officer’s Office (CMO). The role is part of a team of data science, technology, and digital transformation experts within the King Health Partners (KHP) group.

The team works on externally funded programmes that develop data platforms and AI to enhance patient diagnosis and treatment, improve workflows, and drive healthcare research. This includes the London Artificial Intelligence Centre for Value-Based Healthcare, a consortium led by Guy’s & St Thomas’, King’s College London, and King’s College Hospital, in partnership with multiple NHS Trusts and universities.

You will have the opportunity to apply NLP technology to real-world healthcare research, developing advanced skills in data science. Using CogStack and the OMOP data model, you will surface clinical data from electronic health records, optimising analytics workflows to support both research and administrative use cases.

The role involves collaborating with clinicians and researchers, conducting statistical analyses, preparing research protocols, and contributing to the development of innovative data science solutions for healthcare research challenges. You will play a key role in unlocking the potential of electronic health records to advance medical research and improve patient care.

This post is fixed term until October 2026.
• Manage all aspects of data collection, analysis, insights, and visualisations to support project and programme delivery.
• Collaborate with clinicians and researchers to develop research protocols and inform decision-making processes.
• Use data analysis to identify patient cohorts, support service evaluations, and enhance research projects.
• Query and analyse data using the OMOP data model within the CogStack platform, executing research queries and generating reports.
• Prepare and maintain high-quality datasets, ensuring consistency and accuracy for research and operational use.
• Conduct statistical analyses on extracted data and create visualisations for presentations and reports.
• Become an expert in the Trust’s Electronic Patient Record (EPR) and other clinical records systems to provide insights, analysis, and data visualisation.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams across clinical and academic settings to optimise existing analytics workflows.
• Apply NLP techniques to extract information from unstructured clinical text, supporting research and administrative needs.
• Assist in preparing research protocols, ethics applications, and maintaining documentation of data extraction and analysis processes.
• Demonstrate our team's analytical capabilities to stakeholders and contribute to the development of innovative data science solutions for healthcare research challenges.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research.

As part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Evelina London is there for children, young people and women from London to South East England and provides specialist care for families around the UK and across the world.

Every year, the number of children and young people Evelina London cares for, in our hospitals and throughout our local community, continues to grow. We support families from pre-conception, before birth, throughout childhood and into adult life.

Right in the heart of vibrant London, we benefit from excellent transport links, we have staff working here from the local areas, spanning across London, and further afield into the home counties.

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification documentation for information.


This advert closes on Monday 30 Sep 2024

Senior Assistant Psychologist (Obesity) - Band 5 Full Time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an ambitious person to join our weight management team at Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. The Our Healthier South East London ICS commissions us to provide a Tier 3 Weight Management Service in Lambeth, Bromley, Bexley, Lewisham and Southwark.

The successful candidate will join our valued and growing Tier 3 Obesity team to support in the development and delivery of psychologically informed care for people living with obesity. In addition to working with a highly specialist clinical psychologist, psychotherapist and team of assistant psychologists, the successful candidate will also work alongside our wider multidisciplinary team.

As per the job description and person specification, we are seeking a passionate and enthusiastic candidate who has experience of delivering behaviour change interventions to groups of patients with complex obesity, and who can take a key role in the leadership of the Tier 3 assistant psychology team. The successful candidate should have experience of delivering interventions to people from the Black African and Black Caribbean communities, and must have a developed understanding of weight bias and stigma in both healthcare and everyday life.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion within our team, and very much welcome applications from those from Asian, Black and minority ethnic backgrounds, and those living with disability.

The role offers an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to enhance the care of patients within the Tier 3 Obesity Service. The post holder will take a key role in leading the Tier 3 Obesity Service assistant psychology team; will contribute to the delivery and development of Tier 3 Obesity Service psychoeducation group and individual sessions; will own key service development and research tasks; and will provide administrative and clinical support to the Tier 3 Obesity Psychology and Psychotherapy Team.

The post will involve working remotely from home for some of the time and from the hospital, delivering the online interventions, as well as delivering face-to-face groups at community sites across South East London. While exact working hours will be established upon starting with the service, the post will include some evening and/or weekend working.

We are the largest Dietetics Department in the UK, employing over 150 dietitians, dietetic assistants, psychologists, nutrition nurses, administrators, pathway coordinators, project managers and operational leads.

We actively encourage and support learning and development. We have an active health and wellbeing team, and a working group developing sustainability across our range of functions and services.

See attached documents for full details of main responsibilities, job description, person specification and functional requirements


This advert closes on Sunday 29 Sep 2024

Band 6 Senior Staff Nurses - Doulton High Dependency Unit

Our Units are looking for you! Want to work in a fast paced, dynamic clinical environment?

Would you like to develop specialist surgical intensive care and pathway-based high dependency nursing skills and knowledge? Do you like to be challenged and think autonomously? If so, we have vacancies for Band 6 nurses on our Doulton High Dependency (DHDU)

Doulton HDU is a 10 bedded Surgical HDU that cares for level 2 patients following the elective Cardiovascular pathway, surgeries requiring complex support such as non-invasive ventilation, high-flow oxygen therapy, thrombolysis, inotropes and pathway-based recovery from a variety of surgical procedures.

What our staff say about us….

“We are a friendly team and strive to provide a high standard of care for all our patients”

‘’Lots of opportunities for professional development have been provided”

“HDU offers a great opportunity to learn and the team work is amazing”

Please note to be considered for this vacancy you must have completed a critical care course and either have your results or be waiting for your results to be processed.

Should you be successful at interview and you are unable to provide the recruiting manger with confirmation of a successfully competed critical care course within 2 months of being interviewed then your offer will be withdrawn

Closing date: 29th September 2024 at Midnight

Interview date: 7th October 2024

We offer a personalised induction programme with supervision and support from our dedicated practice development team and one-to-one support from the senior nursing team. You will have practical and academic support to advance your knowledge and skills in caring for complex patients. You will also be offered additional courses to advance your leadership and clinical skills to enable you to be the best you can be.

We are looking for nurses with a willingness to learn, that thrive under pressure and have the ability to adapt and refine their skills according to the demands of the unit.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
• Independently manage a group of patients within the specialty whilst working as part of the multidisciplinary team, delivering individualised and personalised direct patient care.
• Demonstrate appropriate practice and specialist advice in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care. This includes history taking, physical examination and the requesting of agreed diagnostic procedures/clinical investigations.
• Responsible for the correct administration of prescribed medication including transfusion of blood and blood products.
• Be responsible for assessing and recognising emergencies in the speciality. To interpret information and take appropriate action and to lead others to do the same.
• Ensure that patients’ receive high quality clinical care and a good patient experience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs and doctrines.
• To provide leadership, support and guidance to staff in monitoring the planning delivery and evaluation of individualised care.
• Is wholly accountable for his / her practice in line with the NMC code of professional conduct and takes every reasonable opportunity to sustain and improve his / her knowledge and professional competence.
• Ensure safe and effective care for complex patients requiring advance clinical skills and responsible for carrying out specialist nursing procedures to area.
• Ensure that sensitive patient records are stored appropriately.
• Ensure staff take precautions to minimise the risk of cross infection in relation to the safe disposal of body fluids (including blood).
• To be an effective communicator with patients/carers/families regarding disease treatment and management.
• Facilitate a high quality, cost effective specialist service through monitoring and audit and other quality initiatives agreed by the Trust.
• Identify and intervene where circumstances contribute to an unsafe environment for patients and staff. To bring instances to the attention of the Sister/Charge Nurse for the area.
• Ensure that the learning environment and specialist training is appropriate for both pre and post registration learners and participate in the development of appropriate programmes.
• Contribute in the Trust’s clinical supervision programme for staff.
• To assist the Sister/Charge Nurse in developing a culture that is challenging, stimulating, rewarding and supportive.
• To act as mentor/assessor to unqualified staff and to provide education, advice and support to a team of nurses.
• Utilise research findings in the delivery of specialist patient care, developing new ways of working and to disseminate relevant information to staff.
• Provide a leadership role model and demonstrate specialist knowledge and high standards of clinical practice and provide support or advice when necessary.
• Maintain accurate records of the clinical service and ensuring that confidentiality of information is adhered to.
• Organise own work and manage own caseload and practice, identifying and maintaining supportive networks for self and other staff members.
• Take an active role in risk assessment, supporting implementation of strategies to minimise risk. Ensuring incidents and near misses are reported, through promoting a no blame culture.
• To create an environment that fosters good communication between patient and health care professionals, that meets individual’s needs.


This advert closes on Sunday 29 Sep 2024

Scope of the role:

We welcome applications from registrars from a range of backgrounds with a range of experience and can discuss individual training needs. Applicants should have completed a minimum of two years of training at the equivalent of specialist registrar level in a parent speciality and have experience in a critical care field. This equates to at least six months experience in a level three neonatal unit for paediatricians or six months anaesthesia or adult ICU for other specialities. Appointment will be at the equivalent of specialist registrar year six and above.

Job Summary:

• To provide a high quality and responsive delivery of patient care to the patients in PICU.
• To participate fully in all aspects of the service appropriate to the grade and experience of the potholder.


Key Relationships
• Patients and their parents/families/carers on PICU
• Clinical Staff on PICU
• Other Consultant staff in ECH and GSTT
• Senior management team in ECH
• Clinical teams in DGH’s in the South Thames region when on retrievals
• To participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care
• To participate in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training

Job Summary:

• To provide a high quality and responsive delivery of patient care to the patients in PICU.
• To participate fully in all aspects of the service appropriate to the grade and experience of the potholder.

ELCH PICU is the lead centre PICU for South Thames and home base for the integrated paediatric emergency transport service-South Thames Retrieval Service (STRS). PICU is a mixed intake unit, admitting cardiac and general intensive care. Over 1200 children are admitted per annum through 30 physical beds. 10 beds are predominantly for level 2 care. Approximately 35% of admissions are cardiac or cardiac surgical admissions. 50% admissions are as emergencies through STRS. STRS takes over 1750 calls per annum and transfers about 950 children. The paediatric critical care airway service and Evelina ECMO service (respiratory and cardiac) are also based within the PICU.
The unit is accredited to undertake both Year 1 and Year 2 PICM training.

Main place of employment:

The post will be based at the Evelina Children’s Hospital. However, it is a requirement of your employment that you be prepared to work at any additional or different location owned or served by the trust, either on an on-going or temporary basis according to the demands of the service.

• To manage PICU patients under the supervision of the Chief PICU Fellow and Consultant on Duty.
• To take part in a full-shift rota which will include being resident when on the night shift.
• To undertake teaching and guideline development within the fixed rota.
• To participate in the Paediatric Retrieval rota, initially in a Supernumerary role, the length of which will depend on previous Retrieval experience.
• To have the opportunity to gain airway and access skills experience in theatres.
• To participate in the training of the Retrieval Nurse Practitioners.
• To undertake a P.A.L.S or A.P.L.S Course if have not already done so.


This advert closes on Tuesday 24 Sep 2024

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Staff Nurse for Daycase on Rose Ward at Royal Brompton Hospital. Daycase is fast paced unit, which provides a high standard of care for patients with a cardiac and respiratory conditions. The Royal Brompton is part of the Guys and St Thomas Clinical Group and is known throughout the world for its expertise and, research and high standard of care.

The post holder will be responsible for the assessment, planning and provision of specialist nursing advice and carrying out specialist nursing procedures. You will be working with the wider MDT in supporting urgent clinical reviews for children along with specialist procedures.

As a band 6 paediatric nurse you will have the opportunity to develop all your leadership and clinical skills in a busy, positive, and supportive day case environment, as well as focusing on your career options with the support of your ward managers, clinical educators, and Matron. We would also consider a senior Band 5 nurse with appropriate experience for this post with the aim to support through a Band 5 - Band 6 development pathway.

Closing date: 22/09/2024

Interview date: 03/10/2024

As part of this role, you will be a clinical role model and advocate for your patients. You will work closely with the senior nursing team to continue to move the service forward and implement improvements in practice to ensure the best experience and outcomes for our patients and their families.

The post holder will provide clinical supervision to other staff, students and may undertake research, and lead clinical audits in their own specialist area.

You will have the opportunity to encourage and empower other team members to develop both personally and professionally to achieve their maximum potential whilst also using your experience to provide clinical leadership. So come and join our fantastic team!

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best-known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organizations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organization and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.

-Ensure that patients’ receive high quality clinical care and a good patient experience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs and doctrines.

-Independently manage the day case unit within the ward area whilst working as part of the multidisciplinary team, delivering individualised and personalised direct patient care

-To be responsible, for maintaining a safe environment for patients, visitors and other staff within the clinical environment.

-Assess educational and information needs for patients and families, and devise plans to ensure need are met.

-Promote high quality clinical care, and assist in the development of the specialist service, through the use of evidence based practice and clinical standards

-Identify and intervene where circumstances contribute to an unsafe environment for patients and staff. To bring instances to the attention of the Sister/Charge Nurse for the area.

-Facilitate a high quality, cost effective specialist service through monitoring and audit and other quality initiatives agreed by the Trust

-Identify and raise awareness of the educational needs of patients and carers and implement appropriate education programmes

-To assist the Sister/Charge Nurse in developing a culture that is challenging, stimulating, rewarding and supportive.

-Assist the Sister/Charge nurse to ensure that all students and newly appointed staff have identified mentors/preceptors.

-Contribute and assist the Sister/Charge Nurse to foster a learning environment within the clinical area.

-Promote and undertake nursing research updating own knowledge to promote excellence in clinical practice.

-Provide a leadership role model and demonstrate specialist knowledge and high standards of clinical practice and provide support or advice when necessary.

-In co-ordinating the day-to-day management of the day case area, delegates duties and care appropriately whilst maintaining overall responsibility.

-Ensures that staffing and skill mix is maintained, at all times, to a level that does not compromise patient safety.

-To be involved in the development, assessment and implementation of guidelines, protocols and pathways.

-To deputise for the inpatient ward are Nurse in Charge in their absence

Please see attached job description for full details.


This advert closes on Sunday 22 Sep 2024

Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Hospital is the largest heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe. In February 2021 Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease.

We have an exciting opportunity for someone who is highly motivated and enthusiastic and who is interested in beginning their career in Sleep and Ventilation. This is an exciting role within our dynamic and well-respected Sleep and Ventilation service that will provide the successful candidate with a wonderful opportunity to develop skills with further training in the management of patients with sleep related respiratory conditions by carrying out basic diagnostic tests and assisting in initiating respiratory support treatment.

The successful candidate will be required to work closely with the medical team, our Admin team, other clinical physiologists in the department and members of the multi-disciplinary team. It is essential that you are self-motivated and have good communication skills. You should have clinical experience, preferably within the NHS.

Note that this role is not exclusive to physiologists. Allied Health Professionals, registered nurses and Healthcare Assistants with a suitable background are encouraged to apply.

To work as part of the multi-disciplinary team.

To have excellent communication and reporting skills.

To be able to perform and analyse respiratory sleep studies, as well as virtual set up of sleep study equipment when required.

To be able to set up and carry calibration, testing and system checks in relation to diagnostic and therapeutic equipment.

To be able to assist the senior sleep and NIV physiologists in the CPAP clinics for initiation, troubleshooting and follow up appointments. This will also include basic clerking of the patient by taking the patients height, weight, blood pressure and providing them with relevant questionnaires.

To perform and interpret blood gas results, spirometry and SNIP tests.

To provide reports and documentation.

To download and store patient data in accordance with departmental policies.

To maintain the stock levels.

To support equipment troubleshooting.

To maintain self development with CPD and appropriate training.

To be able to handle direct patient care and contact in the ward and outpatient setting with appropriate respect, dignity and privacy.

To be able to escalate any concerns relating to standards of patient care appropriately.

To complete all mandatory training.

To perform administrative, IT and housekeeping duties.

To abide by all Trust policies.

This job description is intended as a basic guide to the scope and responsibilities of the post and is not exhaustive.

All staff will:
• Act with honesty and integrity at all times
• Demonstrate respect for others and value diversity
• Focus on the patient and internal and external customer at all times
• Make an active contribution to developing the service
• Learn from and share experience and knowledge
• Keep others informed of issues of importance and relevance
• Consciously review mistakes and successes to improve performance
• Act as ambassadors for their directorate and the Trust
• Be aware of the impact of their own behaviour on others
• Be discreet and aware of issues requiring confidentiality
• Act as a role model and champion for the highest standards of all aspects of infection prevention and control and implementation of all Infection Prevention and Control Trust policies and guidelines.
• Demonstrate respect for the roles and endeavours of others, in implementing good standards of hand hygiene.

Trust mission

To be the leading national and international centre for the diagnosis, treatment and care of patients with heart and lung disease, creating and disseminating knowledge through research and education

Confidentiality

During your employment, you may have access to, see or hear information of a confidential nature and you are required not to disclose such information, particularly that relating to patients and staff.

Information Governance

All staff must comply with information governance requirements. These include statutory responsibilities (such as compliance with the Data Protection Act), following national guidance (such as the NHS Confidentiality Code of Practice) and compliance with local policies and procedures (such as the Trust's Confidentiality policy). Staff are responsible for any personal information (belonging to staff or patients) that they access and must ensure it is stored, processed and forwarded in a secure and appropriate manner.

Health & Safety

It is the policy of Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust that all people who work for the Trust or, while on its premises, obtain treatment or visit the Trust in any capacity, do so without exposure to tobacco smoke, and so smoking of cigarettes and E-cigarettes is not allowed anywhere on any Trust premises.

Diversity

You are at all times required to carry out your responsibilities with due regard to the Trust’s Diversity policy and to ensure that colleagues, yourself and staff that you manage receive equal treatment throughout their employment with the Trust.

Risk management

All staff have a responsibility to report all clinical and non-clinical accidents or incidents promptly and, when requested, to co-operate with any investigation undertaken.

Infection Control

All post holders have a personal obligation to act to reduce healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs). They must attend mandatory training in Infection Control and be compliant with all measures required by the Trust to reduce HCAIs. All post holders must comply with Trust infection screening and immunisation policiesas well as be familiar with the Trust’s Infection Control Policies, including those that apply to their duties, such as Hand Decontamination Policy, Personal Protective Equipment Policy, safe procedures for using aseptic techniques and safe disposal of sharps.

Conflict of interests

You may not without the consent of the Trust engage in any outside employment. In accordance with the Trust’s Conflict of Interest policy, you must declare to your manager all private interests which could potentially result in personal gain as a consequence of your employment in the Trust. Interests that might appear to be in conflict should also be declared to your manager.

In addition, the NHS Code of Conduct and Standards of Business Conduct for NHS Staff (HSG 93/5) requires you to declare all situations where you or a close relative or associate has a controlling interest in a business (such as a private company, public organisation or other NHS voluntary organisation) or in any activity which may compete for any NHS contracts to supply goods or services to the Trust. You must therefore register such interests with the Trust, either on appointment or subsequently whenever such interests are gained. You should not engage in such interests without the written consent of the Trust, which will not be unreasonably withheld. It is your responsibility to ensure that you are not placed in a position that may give rise to a conflict between your private interest and your NHS duties.

Disclosure & Barring Service checks

Where a DBS check is indicated above applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment will need to complete a satisfactory DBS check prior to the appointment being confirmed.

A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from appointment - that will depend on the nature of the position for which you are applying and the particular circumstances of the incident(s). You are obliged to inform the Trust if at any time in the course of your employment you arethe subject of a police investigation, or are convicted of a criminal offence. You must also inform the Trust immediately if at any time during your employment you are the subject of an investigation by the Independent Safeguarding Authority or are Barred from either its Children’s Barred List or Adults’ Barred List. Failure to comply with these requirements may result in disciplinary action.


This advert closes on Monday 16 Sep 2024