# Staff Nurse - Clinical Infection Unit - Fixed term

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** London
- **Region:** London
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children)
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £38,488 - £46,852 per annum inc  inner HCAS
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (to 23/03/27.)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Rotational shifts: Long days, nights, weekends, bank holidays.)
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-07T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-30T13:51:28.198Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/St_Georges_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Clinical_Infection_Unit/Clinical_Infection_Unit-v8121503
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8121503?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Fixed term to March 2027

Do you want to give outstanding care every time? Do you want to feel really proud of where you work?  If you want to gain experience of caring for patients with infectious diseases, then we want to work with you.

We have a full time opportunity for a Registered Nurse to join us in the Specialist Medicine Division on McEntee, an 18 bedded purpose built infectious diseases unit that specialises in the care of patients with transmissible diseases including the management of patients with HIV/AIDS, TB and imported infections such as Malaria. You will gain experience in caring for patients with complex needs who can be acutely unwell.

With a variety of career progression opportunities - from Clinical Ward Manager, Practice Educator, Matron, Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist roles; where do you see yourself?

### Main duties of the job

- Plan the delivery of patient care and take responsibility for implementing and evaluating the care provided.
- Use of available electronic systems to provide care and safety for our patients.
- To provide advice and education to patients, staff and learners within the directorate as required.
- Be able to prioritise their own workload and of those working with them such as learners and Healthcare Assistants.
- To develop communication networks across specialities and throughout the multidisciplinary team.
- Fostering a mentoring environment in line with our teaching hospital.
- Carry out nursing care to the highest possible standard according to Trust Policies and and Clinical Guidelines.
- To administer patient medication according to Trust Policy, this includes the administration  of intravenous medication.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.

## Job Details

Fixed term to March 2027

Do you want to give outstanding care every time? Do you want to feel really proud of where you work? If you want to gain experience of caring for patients with infectious diseases, then we want to work with you.

We have a full time opportunity for a Registered Nurse to join us in the Specialist Medicine Division on McEntee, an 18 bedded purpose built infectious diseases unit that specialises in the care of patients with transmissible diseases including the management of patients with HIV/AIDS, TB and imported infections such as Malaria. You will gain experience in caring for patients with complex needs who can be acutely unwell.

With a variety of career progression opportunities - from Clinical Ward Manager, Practice Educator, Matron, Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist roles; where do you see yourself?

## Job Description

Plan the delivery of patient care and take responsibility for implementing and evaluating the care provided.

Use of available electronic systems to provide care and safety for our patients.

To provide advice and education to patients, staff and learners within the directorate as required.

Be able to prioritise their own workload and of those working with them such as learners and Healthcare Assistants.

To develop communication networks across specialities and throughout the multidisciplinary team.

Fostering a mentoring environment in line with our teaching hospital.

Carry out nursing care to the highest possible standard according to Trust Policies and and Clinical Guidelines.

To administer patient medication according to Trust Policy, this includes the administration of intravenous medication.

## Responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Interest in the specialty
- Experience in caring for patients with infectious diseases

### Person specification

**Essential**

- Registered Nurse (Adult)
- \>6 months post registration experience

## Documents

- [mcentee b5 jd (pdf, 176.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10417765)
- [onboarding roadmap (pdf, 440.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3007)
- [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2411)
- [swl ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3045)

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