Cardiac Sister / Charge Nurse Nuffield Health at St Bartholomew's | Cardiac Sister/Charge Nurse | Full Time - 37.5 hours per week; Salary: Competitive (Equivalent to AFC band 7), additional shift enhancements and overtime uplifts if required As the UK's largest Healthcare Charity, we're offering you the chance to help shape the highest standards in patient care. Here, you'll have the time you need to role model good practice and develop your colleagues. We'll value your excellent communication skills and enthusiastic, forward-thinking approach. This is nursing as it should be. As a Sister / Charge Nurse at our Nuffield Health at St Bartholomew's Hospital, you're registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, your specialist training ideally should include a Cardiac Care postgraduate qualification (or equivalent clinical experience) and a minimum of ILS, ideally ALS and CALS. You will have extensive experience managing level 1 post Cardiac surgery and Cardiology procedure patients and have a qualification in teaching and assessment (mentorship course or SSSA), together with some mentoring experience. You'll also have a minimum of 2 years' senior staff nurse experience working in a Cardiac ward setting. You'll be accountable for leading, motivating, educating and supervising the nursing and multidisciplinary team. Professional management is essential, as you'll need to be equipped for business planning and development, audits and clinical governance, infection prevention, health and safety, and risk analysis. You will support the Clinical Head of Department/Ward Manager, you will be operationally responsible for the day-to-day management and successful running of the 15 bed cardiac ward and its staff. You will support individuals and teams to deliver high-quality, clinically effective patient centred care through assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation. Along the way, you'll build strong relationships with the UK's leading consultants, hospital senior leaders, a wide range of healthcare professionals and, of course, patients. Working collaboratively alongside our multidisciplinary team, you'll ensure patients benefit from the best possible treatment and care. As the charge nurse/sister, you will support the implementation of local strategy, role-modelling and championing clinical excellence and deputising for the Clinical Head of Department/Ward Manager in their absence. Nuffield Health at St Bartholomew's Hospital We've opened the doors to Nuffield Health at St Bartholomew's Hospital: The City of London's only independent hospital, situated next to St Bartholomew's NHS hospital. This is our flagship centre for cardiac services and we also provide a full range of surgical and medical services, including: orthopaedics, oncology, general surgery, gynaecology and urology services. The hospital consists of: 48 inpatient and day case bedrooms 28 consultation rooms Three digital operating theatres Cardiac catheterisation lab Specialist intensive care beds Oncology day unit Endoscopy and minor ops theatre Full diagnostic imaging suite including MRI, CT, ultrasound, mammography and general X-ray Helping you feel good. We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind. From free private healthcare and gym membership to our cycle to work scheme, expert financial advice and more. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what's important to you. Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today. If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it's a good idea to apply right away to ensure you're considered for this role. It starts with you. For more information, please contact Neha Chouhan - [email protected]