Discharge Nurse (Cardiothoracic surgery)

Job overview

We are excited to be recruiting a nurse to work in the Discharge Lounge for our Cardiothoracic surgical wards in a world-leading cardiac centre in the heart of the City of London, who will be working alongside our team of dedicated staff, caring for patients pre and post cardiothoracic surgery. The patients being discharged via the Discharge Lounge will be those who have undergone both Cardiac and Thoracic procedures.

Are you an enthusiastic and motivated registered nurse? This role has an element of autonomy so allows for forward thinking and where the successful candidate will be encouraged to develop on ideas that will benefit patient flow for all the cardiothoracic surgical wards. But allow for the Discharge Lounge to work to continue develop and grow.

Main duties of the job

As a teaching hospital, personal development is highly valued and we will work with you to ensure you have access to all of the Trust’s education resources including our education programmes and leadership opportunities. We will actively encourage your career and professional development by supporting courses that are relevant to your clinical speciality. Successful candidates will be supported by Junior Sisters/Charge Nurse, the Ward Manager, Practice Development Nurse and Advanced Clinical Practitioners.

We are proud of the fact that our nurses gain invaluable experience here at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, through which they are ideally placed to move into more senior roles, or acquire new skills.

We welcome interest from Nurses who have more than one years experience and who are looking for a change of environment.

Ready to take on a new challenge? We look forward to having you join us.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.