Charge Nurse

The Acute Medical Unit (Marjory Warren Ward) is an essential part of the acute medicines that provides initial management of adult patients with acute medical conditions. It’s a 37-bedded ward with 11 beds for cardiac monitoring, 10 isolation rooms and the rest for acute admission (of patients who do not require cardiac monitors). We see patients with a wide variety of complaints such as, respiratory, cardiology, frailty, infectious Diseases etc. Patients are usually sent to us from the emergency department, our sister ward (AAU), ITU and other wards in the hospital. Our role is to provide a timely and effective evaluation and to initiate patient’s treatments.

• To provide high quality, effective, individualised care to all patients by assessing care needs and developing, implementing and evaluating them without supervision
• To assist the Senior Sister or Charge Nurse in leading the nursing team and deputise in their absence
• Monitor standards of nursing care and take appropriate action to maintain and improve them
• To respond to patients, relatives and carers concerns as they arise and take remedial action as required
• To assist in achieving A&E waiting time targets ensuring timely review/transfer/discharge of patients.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values – expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities. We encourage staff to have the Covid vaccination to protect themselves, patients, other colleagues as well as the wider community. Please note it is an operational requirement to comply with infection prevention and control procedures within the Trust such as lateral flow testing, handwashing and the wearing of masks, according to the procedures in place at any time or location.

As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.