Job overview
The Thoracic Clinic nurses work at Guys Hospital to provide excellent care to our patients requiring a variety of thoracic surgery interventions. The successful candidate will be hard-working and keen to learn about Thoracic Surgery, their diagnosis and treatment.
You can enjoy working Monday to Friday with no nights and weekends, while still maintaining your clinical skills in a busy, fast-paced environment. We look forward to welcoming a new member to the team.
Closing date: 26th October 2025 at Midnight
Interview date: 7th November 2025
Main duties of the job
The Thoracic Clinic is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated nurse to work alongside the multidisciplinary team in our busy outpatient clinic. Staff will provide exceptional care to patients attending for pre-assessment appointments, or for diagnostic or therapeutic procedures.
You will be flexible, and keen to join a service that is constantly expanding and developing. This is a great opportunity to learn about Thoracic surgery and develop specialist Thoracic knowledge, including pre-assessment skills and chest drain management.
You will be well supported by the CNS/Thoracic Nurse Practitioner team and administrative staff to fulfil this role that may be the launch of your specialist thoracic career.
Working for our organisation
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Preparing patients to see a member of the multidisciplinary team, performing observations, bloods, ecgs and swabs
2. Ensuring smooth running of the clinics, by working logically and prioritizing workload
3. Working alongside CNS with wound care and chest drain management/removal
4. Assisting with procedures
5. Supervising junior staff, assisting with training and development, and delegation of tasks
6. Developing and maintaining clinical and managerial skills in an outpatient setting
7. Assisting the care coordinator in making sure patients are booked for correct follow up appointment
8. Managing post-procedure complications, the deteriorating patient, and ward admissions
Please see attached job description for full details.
Person specification
Education/Knowledge
Essential criteria
9. Registered Nurse with NMC registration
10. Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
11. Teaching and Assessing qualification
12. Knowledge of the Thoracic Surgery
Skills
Essential criteria
13. Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
14. Able to prioritise and meet deadlines
15. Able to work as an effective team member
16. Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care
17. Venepuncture and cannulation
Desirable criteria
18. Basic IT skills
Experience
Essential criteria
19. Experience of working on own and in a team
20. Supervision of junior staff
Desirable criteria
21. Experience in Thoracic Surgery
Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
22. Exemplifies the trust values
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.