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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

About
Contact
- Address
- Trust Offices
- St Thomas' Street
- London
- SE1 9RT
- Contact Number
- 020 7188 7188
Bank Senior Nursing Assistant Band 3
Closed for applications on: 15-May-2025 00:01
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 15-May-2025 00:01
Key details
Location
- Site
- St Thomas' Hospital
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- SE1 7EH
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Flexible working - 37.5 hours per week (to include days, nights and weekends)
Salary
- Salary
- £15 £15.6898 inc WTD
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Grade
- (Band 3)
Specialty
- Main area
- Trust wide
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.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
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. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
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 including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
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. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
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.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
Bank Staff rate us the best Trust to work at in London
- Health Service Journal 2025
We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic individuals who are caring and kind to join our fantastic teams as a senior nursing assistant
You will be expected to work with the wider multi-disciplinary team and support junior colleagues such as nursing assistants and student nurses.
We will offer flexible working opportunities across our services and support from our nurse bank team.
Closing date:
Interview date: 20th June - Face to face at St Thomas' hospital, Westminster: we will not be able to offer an alternative date.
We will be offering transparent interview questions where some of the questions will be sent to you in advance if you are shortlisted. If you do not receive these please contact recruitment.
Please read the following: In your supporting statement you must answer the following questions rather than submitting a general statement of why you are interested. You will be shortlisted against this.
- What do you enjoy about being a healthcare support worker or nursing assistant?
- How do you manage conflict in your current role? Please give a personal example
- How do you promote inclusivity in your role? Please give a personal example
- Which of our Trust values do you think is the most important and why?
Advert
We take pride in setting good standard of care and ensuring our nursing workforce has the necessary skills to deliver the best care possible.
We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated, experienced nursing assistants. You will need to have excellent communication and time management skills.
Team work is very important to us - you will be joining a committed teams across the trust so being a team player is essential.
We really value our Nursing Assistants' role in our ability to provide holistic care to our patients. You will need a flexible approach, be dedicated and able to role model an excellent level of patient care and experience.
In order to be part of our Senior Nursing Assistant (Band 3) team, we would like you to have the following qualifications:
- Experience in a hospital setting
- GSCE Maths and English Desirable
- Good standard of literacy and numerical skills is essential
- NVQ III in Healthcare and or a completed Care Certificate Programme which is an essential criterion for this role
- A calm and kind approach
- Willingness to learn and develop knowledge and skills in caring for complex patients with medical conditions.
If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you!
Working for our organisation
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 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To assist under supervision in the delivery of fundamental nursing care and a range of clinical duties in liaison with the multidisciplinary team, to ensure the effective and efficient running of the ward/ service.
- To contribute to the implementation and progression of a range of patient treatment and care packages as delegated by a registered healthcare professional; reporting back on progress
- To provide day to day supervision and /or support co-ordination of learners and junior staff acting both as a leader and role model for Nursing Assistants/Healthcare Support Worker (band 2)
- To maintain own personal development with support from ward/departmental manager and provide support and guidance to others to help their development
- To demonstrate a broad skill base, planning own duties and organising own day to day work activities
- To ensure the safety and wellbeing of service users, and always working in a manner that promotes dignity and human rights through the adoption of high quality person centred care and principles.
Please see Job description for full details.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
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.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
Your e-mail address is important to us - We communicate to all job applicants via the e-mail address which has been provided on the application form. Please ensure that you check your e-mail on a regular basis.
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Please note that the references will be approached prior to interview.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Clear and accurate written communication.
- Good standard of literacy and numerical skills
Desirable criteria
- GCSE English and Maths at Grade 4 or C or Functions skills level 2
- EPIC
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to work effectively as a team member
- Evidence of good IT skills
- Able to accurately complete, understand and record clinical observations
Desirable criteria
- Phlebotamy
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous NHS experience of working as a healthcare assistant in a hospital or other acute setting
Value and behaviour
Essential criteria
- Inclusive and compassionate
- Understanding of dignity and respect
- Communication skills - able to listen effectively and demonstrate a sympathetic/sensitive approach, and be able to speak effectively to colleagues, staff and patients.
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA
Essential criteria
- Full Care Certificate both Theory and Practice or NVQ 3 equivalent (You must check you have both elements. Online only Care certificates will not be accepted and you will be required to evidence this before being shortlisted)
Accurate completion of supporting information
Essential criteria
- Candidate answers the specific questions given in the advert within the supporting information
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Laura Hemmings
- Job title
- Recruitment and Retention senior Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
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