Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and personal specification which contains more information about the role.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse (general)

Desirable criteria

• A minimum of 12 months post registration experience.

Organisational Management

Essential criteria

• Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care according to individual needs.
• Ability to effectively prioritise workload and patient care needs.
• Demonstrates an understanding of managing resources
• Demonstrates an understanding of clinical risk

Desirable criteria

• Computer literate
• Ability to take charge of the ward in the absence of the Ward Manager on a regular basis.

Education & Research

Essential criteria

• Demonstrates an understanding of the importance of research and evidence based practice
• Able to explain the principles of mentoring and assessing junior staff
• Understands the importance of developing self and others

Desirable criteria

• Demonstrates an understanding of audit
• Ability to take on small research or audit project.

General & Personal

Essential criteria

• Motivated.
• Demonstrates an enthusiasm for the speciality i.e. CCU and demonstrates the reason why.
• Demonstrates a caring and sensitive approach to patient care
• Sound verbal and written communication.
• Adaptable and responsive to changing needs
• Ability to use own initiative
• Ability to identify stress in self and others and to take effective action to manage the situation

Desirable criteria

• Ability to motivate and lead staff for a shift.

We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust - being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful - and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.

Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email.

If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:

- The machine readable zone
- An ultra violet image
- An infra red image

As part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.