# Staff Nurse - Interventional Radiology > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse-interventional-radiology/c58bc777-8029-4f8b-9a89-fc312b20fca9 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse-interventional-radiology/c58bc777-8029-4f8b-9a89-fc312b20fca9.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** King's College Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Staff nurse - **Salary:** £38488.00 to £46852.00 - **Contract type:** 9 months (Secondment) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (with on-call commitment) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-12T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-05T08:53:01.471Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8341769 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8341769?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.kch.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Band 5 Interventional Radiology Nurse is responsible for delivering safe, effective, and compassionate nursing care to patients undergoing diagnostic and therapeutic interventional radiology procedures. Working within the multidisciplinary team, the post holder provides high-quality care before, during, and after procedures while ensuring patient safety, dignity, and comfort. The nurse is accountable for practising in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code, Trust policies, and current evidence-based practice. The post holder undertakes comprehensive patient assessments, prepares patients physically and psychologically for procedures, and ensures all necessary documentation, investigations, and pre-procedure checks are completed. ### Main duties of the job - To deliver high quality, evidence-based and patient focused clinical care. - To work within both the nursing and multi-disciplinary team to provide evidence based, holistic care to a group of patients from admission to discharge within the interventional suite and other areas within the radiology department. - To uphold a duty of care and clinical governance. - To maintain own and others’ knowledge of clinical excellence. - With training and support, take responsibility for managing and coordinating the interventional suite on a daily basis ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Delivering high quality, evidence-based and patient focused clinical care through: - Delivering a high standard of evidence-based care to patients. - Ensuring good standards of care for the patient are maintained at all times. - Adhering to NMC Code of Professional conduct at all times. - Involving and supporting patients, relatives, carers and friends in the care process. - Promoting well-being and involving patients and relatives in health education. - Ensuring clear and accurate written and verbal information is given at all times. - Ensuring contemporaneous record keeping at all times. - Seeking advice from more senior/experienced members of staff where appropriate. Working effectively as part of the immediate team and wider multidisciplinary team (MDT) through: - Liaising effectively with all members of the MDT to ensure patients’ needs are met. - Exercising leadership and taking the initiative where appropriate. - Providing support and advice to ward/unit staff (especially junior staff) on clinical and administrative issues. - Liaising with discharge coordinator / bed manager to ensure effective admission/discharge of patients. - Keeping the ward/unit sister / charge nurse informed of significant changes and/or anticipated problems. Upholding a duty of care and clinical governance through: - Observing a general duty of care for the health, safety and well-being of yourself, work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital. - Ensuring the rules, policies, procedures and standards of Kings College Hospital NHS Trust Foundation together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations are adhered to at all times. - Maintaining patient confidentiality, dignity and privacy at all times. - Adhering to the Trust’s policy on valuing equality and diversity and showing due regard for each patient’s cultural and religious beliefs, gender, ethnicity, age and sexuality. - Strictly adhering to the National Code of Practice on Infection Control. Staff Nurse (Band 5) Job Description Date of Origin: June 2009 3 - Taking responsibility for your own personal development and keeping up to date with nursing and medical knowledge. - Being aware of current research and the implications for the ward/unit speciality. - Acting as a role model at all times and for all staff. - Acting as practice supervisor and/or preceptor/mentor for junior and newly qualified staff. - Working with appropriate members of the teaching staff to ensure effective staff development (own and others). - Participating in Trust and Divisional initiatives to develop nursing practice and support change. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills and Competencies **Essential** - Ability to communicate effectively (written and verbal) - Ability to work collaboratively with other staff members - Able to manage patients emotional needs and demonstrate empathy and caring ### Knowledge and Experience **Desirable** - Clinical expertise relevant to the area ### Education and Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse (RN1) with active UK NMC registration at time of starting appointment ## Documents - [band 5 - jd (pdf, 320.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10665990) - [denmark hill site map (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=606) - [visa and sponsorship information (pdf, 344.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2817) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.