Band 5 Staff Nurse York Ward Royal Brompton Hospital
The closing date is 22 May 2026
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Staff Nurse to join our team on York ward at the Royal Brompton Hospital. York ward is a specialist 28‑beded cardiology ward. Here, we care for a diverse range of patients with complex heart conditions, working collaboratively with multiple world‑class medical teams.
Our caseload is uniquely varied, including patients with:
- Congenital heart conditions (ACHD) and Heart Failure.
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Inherited cardiovascular disease and infective endocarditis.
- Pre‑op cardiac and lung surgery.
- Pre & post‑structural procedures such as TAVI and TEER.
As part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, we are a leading and innovative nursing and AHP centre providing exceptional care and patient experience. We are a dedicated, supportive, and ambitious team offering excellent training and development opportunities. This role offers unique opportunities to develop specialist skills in cardiothoracic and cardiology care within the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work across the multidisciplinary team (MDT) to provide the highest standard of individualised and holistic patient care. You will gain extensive experience in managing a varied range of specialist patients, from pre‑birth to old age, within a high‑quality clinical environment.
Key responsibilities include:
- Clinical Excellence: Assessing, planning, and implementing evidence‑based care programmes to meet the physiological and psychological needs of our patients.
- Leadership & Supervision: Acting as a role model by supervising and teaching junior staff, learners, and healthcare support workers.
- Advocacy: Acting as a patient advocate to ensure the best possible outcomes and patient experience.
- Professional Development: Maintaining your own personal and professional development with active support from the senior nursing team.
- Safety & Standards: Ensuring nursing documentation and clinical standards meet Trust and NMC protocols while maintaining a safe environment for all.
About us
Join Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, one of the UK's busiest and most successful foundation trusts. We are a family of five renowned hospitals—Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton, and Harefield— with a long and proud history of high‑quality care, clinical excellence, research, and innovation.
Our values are at the heart of our culture and guide how we work:
Caring: We put patients first. Ambitious: We innovate and strive for excellence. Inclusive: We respect each other and work collaboratively.
Job responsibilities
Clinical Practice and Patient Care
- Deliver high‑quality nursing care for assigned patient groups, including assessment, re‑assessment, and discharge planning.
- Prioritise workloads according to changing clinical needs and take charge of the clinical area when required with appropriate support.
- Promote a healthy lifestyle for patients and staff in line with national strategy.
- Contribute to setting goals and benchmarking standards of care under the supervision of the Ward Manager.
Communication and Collaboration
- Demonstrate kindness, respect, and sensitivity in all interactions with patients, relatives, and colleagues.
- Adapt communication styles to overcome barriers such as language or complex clinical needs.
- Work cohesively with the MDT to ensure the absolute best services are provided at all times.
Management and Development
- Actively participate in the Trusts annual appraisal process and preceptorship programmes.
- Contribute to service development by identifying clinical risks and participating in clinical governance and audits.
- Support resource management by ensuring effective use of equipment and assisting with duty rotas to meet service needs.
- Maintain strict confidentiality and adhere to Information Governance and Data Protection policies.
Professional Values
- Abide by the 6Cs (Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage, and Commitment) and the Trusts values: Caring, Ambitious and Inclusive.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Registered Nurse
- Evidence of recent and ongoing professional development
- Experience of EPIC Patient record system
- Working towards or has attained an MSc in nursing
Experience
- Post‑registration experience working in an acute hospital setting.
- Awareness of current professional nursing issues.
- Current working knowledge and skills within a Level 1 ward area.
- Current experience of cardiac monitoring.
- Ability to practice within the scope of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
- Awareness of the structure and organisation of the wider NHS.
Skills & Abilities
- Ability to plan and organise workload.
- Proven communication skills and ability to negotiate.
- Ability to supervise registered and unregistered staff.
- Knowledge of clinical governance issues e.g., handling complaints, clinical risk management.
- Awareness of quality & safety standards and ward audit requirements.
- Ability to maintain a safe clinical environment conducive to patient care.
- Experience in venipuncture and cannulation.
- Ability to demonstrate initiative and solve problems.
- Be a positive role model with the ability to demonstrate a credible & professional approach.
- Ability to work as a team and form professional relationships with colleagues.
- Kind & calm manner.
- Adaptable to change.
- Flexibility in shift and working patterns to meet the needs of the service.
- Able to demonstrate active use of the four P's related to the NMC Code of Conduct.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
£38,488 to £46,852 a year per annum inc HCA.
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The closing date is 22 May 2026
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Staff Nurse to join our team on York ward at the Royal Brompton Hospital. York ward is a specialist 28‑beded cardiology ward. Here, we care for a diverse range of patients with complex heart conditions, working collaboratively with multiple world‑class medical teams.
Our caseload is uniquely varied, including patients with:
- Congenital heart conditions (ACHD) and Heart Failure.
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Inherited cardiovascular disease and infective endocarditis.
- Pre‑op cardiac and lung surgery.
- Pre & post‑structural procedures such as TAVI and TEER.
As part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, we are a leading and innovative nursing and AHP centre providing exceptional care and patient experience. We are a dedicated, supportive, and ambitious team offering excellent training and development opportunities. This role offers unique opportunities to develop specialist skills in cardiothoracic and cardiology care within the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work across the multidisciplinary team (MDT) to provide the highest standard of individualised and holistic patient care. You will gain extensive experience in managing a varied range of specialist patients, from pre‑birth to old age, within a high‑quality clinical environment.
Key responsibilities include:
- Clinical Excellence: Assessing, planning, and implementing evidence‑based care programmes to meet the physiological and psychological needs of our patients.
- Leadership & Supervision: Acting as a role model by supervising and teaching junior staff, learners, and healthcare support workers.
- Advocacy: Acting as a patient advocate to ensure the best possible outcomes and patient experience.
- Professional Development: Maintaining your own personal and professional development with active support from the senior nursing team.
- Safety & Standards: Ensuring nursing documentation and clinical standards meet Trust and NMC protocols while maintaining a safe environment for all.
About us
Join Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, one of the UK’s busiest and most successful foundation trusts. We are a family of five renowned hospitals—Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton, and Harefield— with a long and proud history of high‑quality care, clinical excellence, research, and innovation.
Our values are at the heart of our culture and guide how we work:
Caring: We put patients first. Ambitious: We innovate and strive for excellence. Inclusive: We respect each other and work collaboratively.
Job responsibilities
Clinical Practice and Patient Care
- Deliver high‑quality nursing care for assigned patient groups, including assessment, re‑assessment, and discharge planning.
- Prioritise workloads according to changing clinical needs and take charge of the clinical area when required with appropriate support.
- Promote a healthy lifestyle for patients and staff in line with national strategy.
- Contribute to setting goals and benchmarking standards of care under the supervision of the Ward Manager.
Communication and Collaboration
- Demonstrate kindness, respect, and sensitivity in all interactions with patients, relatives, and colleagues.
- Adapt communication styles to overcome barriers such as language or complex clinical needs.
- Work cohesively with the MDT to ensure the absolute best services are provided at all times.
Management and Development
- Actively participate in the Trusts annual appraisal process and preceptorship programmes.
- Contribute to service development by identifying clinical risks and participating in clinical governance and audits.
- Support resource management by ensuring effective use of equipment and assisting with duty rotas to meet service needs.
- Maintain strict confidentiality and adhere to Information Governance and Data Protection policies.
Professional Values
- Abide by the 6Cs (Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage, and Commitment) and the Trusts values: Caring, Ambitious and Inclusive.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Registered Nurse
- Evidence of recent and ongoing professional development
- Experience of EPIC Patient record system
- Working towards or has attained an MSc in nursing
Experience
- Post‑registration experience working in an acute hospital setting.
- Awareness of current professional nursing issues.
- Current working knowledge and skills within a Level 1 ward area.
- Current experience of cardiac monitoring.
- Ability to practice within the scope of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
- Awareness of the structure and organisation of the wider NHS.
Skills & Abilities
- Ability to plan and organise workload.
- Proven communication skills and ability to negotiate.
- Ability to supervise registered and unregistered staff.
- Knowledge of clinical governance issues e.g., handling complaints, clinical risk management.
- Awareness of quality & safety standards and ward audit requirements.
- Ability to maintain a safe clinical environment conducive to patient care.
- Experience in venipuncture and cannulation.
- Ability to demonstrate initiative and solve problems.
- Be a positive role model with the ability to demonstrate a credible & professional approach.
- Ability to work as a team and form professional relationships with colleagues.
- Kind & calm manner.
- Adaptable to change.
- Flexibility in shift and working patterns to meet the needs of the service.
- Able to demonstrate active use of the four P’s related to the NMC Code of Conduct.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
£38,488 to £46,852 a year per annum inc HCA.
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