Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Charge Nurse - Surgical Assessment Unit
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Are you an experienced surgical nurse looking to step into a pivotal leadership role?
We are incredibly excited to announce the opening of our brand-new, state-of-the-art Surgical Assessment Unit (SAU) at Charing Cross Hospital. This purpose-built unit will streamline the emergency surgical pathway, integrating closely with our Emergency Department and Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) pathways to deliver rapid assessments, diagnostics, and treatment without unnecessary admissions.
Role Overview
As a Band 6 Charge Nurse, you will be at the forefront of this new service launch. Working as a deputy to the Unit Matron, you will provide strong clinical leadership, supervise junior staff, and drive efficient patient flow through a fast-paced environment. This is a rare opportunity to shape a newly formed multidisciplinary team, build a collaborative culture from the ground up, and establish clinical excellence in acute surgical care.
We are currently recruiting for 5 full-time positions and 1 part-time position.
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Key Responsibilities
- Clinical Excellence: Oversee the safe triage, assessment, stabilization, and care planning of acute surgical patients presenting with varied conditions (Colorectal, general Surgery, Urology, Plastics and ENT).
- Shift Leadership: Act as the regular shift coordinator ("taking charge"), ensuring safe staffing levels, coordinating admissions/discharges, and managing real-time patient flow.
- Team Development: Facilitate in mentoring, preceptoring, and auditing the practice of Band 5 staff nurses, healthcare assistants, and student nurses.
- Interdisciplinary Work: Act as the core liaison between emergency doctors, surgical registrars, consultants, and diagnostic teams to maintain swift turnaround times.
- Quality & Safety: Ensure nursing practices strictly comply with Trust and NMC guidelines, maintaining very high standards of infection control, documentation, and patient safety.
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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.
Equal Opportunities
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. Please talk to us at interview.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Simon Mackie
- Job title: Lead nurse for specialist surgery
- Email address: simon.mackie3@nhs.net
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