Job overview
This post is intended as an opportunity for an experienced Emergency department nurse to consolidate their experience to date and provide an opportunity to gain experience in working alongside the matrons and the senior management team within ED and across the directorate and clinical group at a strategic level to enhance the patient experience and outcomes, staff management and support and to develop an understanding audit and how this contributed to quality improvement
This is an internal 6 months secondment
Closing Date: 19th April 2026 at midnight
Interview Date: 27th April 2026
Main duties of the job
Working alongside the Matron, and department sisters./charge nurses and deputies Ward to ensure that safe staffing is maintained at all times across the directorate, ensuring safe patient care. This will involve attending staffing review meetings and sit reps, responding to red flags, liaising with trust bank, and updating health roster.
The post holder will also support teams with quality improvement and patient safety across the ED including maintaining and reviewing standards in line with care quality commission (CQC), risk assessment attending weekly security meetings, and patient safety reviews. The post holder will respond to incidents and complaints, and if necessary lead on investigations in collaboration with clinical teams.
See Job description for full detail.
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
The post will provide operational support to ED, to ensure safe and effective staffing. This post will also ensure the patient pathway is met in a timely manner, responding to and addressing challenges of patient flow across the emergency floor.
The post holder will also support teams with quality improvement and patient safety across the ED including maintaining and reviewing standards in line with care quality commission (CQC), risk assessment attending weekly security meetings, and patient safety reviews. The post holder will respond to incidents and complaints, and if necessary lead on investigations in collaboration with clinical teams.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
1. registered nurse BSC/1st degree (health related) or equivalent
2. evidence of ongoing professional development in emergency care to include ED course
3. mentorship course/SSAP
4. management qualification or equivalent experience
5. completion of all relevant ED competencies including Xray PGD, pop
Desirable criteria
6. masters degree
7. peoples management course/ leadership training
strengths of clinical leadership
Essential criteria
8. Integrity: Has the courage to do the right thing, is very honest and makes a difference.
9. Ownership: has a lot of drive, and has very high standards.
10. Delivery: Enjoys being on top of things, likes to be ‘hands on’, thrives on having lots going on,
11. experience taking charge of an emergency department
12. excellent communication skills
13. experience of being a direct line manager managing sickness and PDR's
14. experience with QIPS/audits
competencies
Essential criteria
15. Is able to analyse data and identify data trends Is able to use basic Microsoft packages such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint
16. Is able to effectively present information to groups professional teams
values and behaviours
Essential criteria
17. values and behaviours
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.