# Staff Nurse - Toni and Guy ward > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse-toni-and-guy-ward/9e5f629c-1ad9-4242-b01d-c8a5c674dd42 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse-toni-and-guy-ward/9e5f629c-1ad9-4242-b01d-c8a5c674dd42.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** King's College Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Staff nurse - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £38,487 - £46,851 Per Annum Including High Cost Area - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Early shifts, Late shifts, Long days, Weekends and Nights) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-24T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-17T08:40:35.841Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Kings_College_Hospital_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Child_Health/Child_Health-v8302155 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8302155?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.kch.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are looking to recruit qualified Band 5 Paediatric Staff Nurses for Toni & Guy Ward. Toni & Guy Ward is a 15 bedded general paediatric inpatient ward, it also is a shared care centre for oncology patients and a tertiary centre for Cystic Fibrosis and Haemoglobinopathies. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your paediatric nursing skills within a specialist tertiary centre, caring for children and young people with a diverse range of conditions while working as part of a supportive and experienced multidisciplinary team. ### Main duties of the job - Your main responsibility will be the clinical care of children and young people who are inpatients on Toni and Guy ward. - Assessing, planning, delivering and evaluating individualised nursing care. - Providing safe, effective and evidence-based care to children and young people with general paediatric, oncology, respiratory and haematology needs. - Working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to ensure excellent patient outcomes and experiences. - Supporting children, young people and their families throughout their inpatient journey, promoting family-centred care and shared decision-making. - Recognising and responding appropriately to changes in a patient's condition and escalating concerns when necessary. - Administering medications, treatments and therapies safely and in accordance with Trust policies and professional standards. - Supporting, supervising and acting as a role model for student nurses and junior staff. - Maintaining accurate and timely clinical documentation and records. - Participating in quality improvement initiatives, clinical governance activities and service development projects. - Demonstrating a commitment to continual learning, professional development and the delivery of high-quality care. ### 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 be flexible and adapt to changing situations - Ability to work collaboratively with other staff members - Ability to communicate effectively (written and verbal) - Proficiency in dispensing and administrating oral & IV medication **Desirable** - Proven record in teaching/mentoring/supervising others ### Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - Awareness and understanding of current acute health issues - Understanding of NMC Code of Professional Conduct **Desirable** - Acute experience within a paediatric setting ### Education and Qualifications **Essential** - Paediatric Registered Nurse with active UK NMC registration at time of starting appointment ## Documents - [band 5 - jd (pdf, 320.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10621578) - [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.