Job overview
We are seeking a passionate and experienced Band 7 Professional Development Nurse(PDN) to join our team in the Emergency Department at Charing Cross Hospital. This part time role (18.75 hours per week) is integral to maintaining high standards of clinical practice, supporting staff development, and enhancing patient safety within our busy and evolving department.
As a Professional Development Nurse, you will play a key role in ensuring safe, effective, and compassionate care by leading on clinical education, supporting adherence to national ED guidelines, and promoting continuous improvement.
You will provide mentorship, facilitate audits, support implementation of safety protocols, and contribute to operational flow during periods of high patient acuity and demand. Your expertise will help sustain staff morale, reduce clinical risk, and strengthen our commitment to excellent patient outcomes.
We welcome applicants with strong ED experience, a passion for education, and a commitment to supporting others to grow and thrive within emergency care. This post is a substantive job share alongside our existing PDN.
Join us and help shape the future of high quality care in one of London’s busiest Emergency Departments.
Main duties of the job
1. Act as a clinical expert within ones sphere of work.
2. Carry out planned care for a group of patients without direct supervision.
3. Ensure the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of evidence based, individualised patient care.
4. Assist and advice staff, both registered and unregistered in the delivery of patient care.
5. Ensure all staff maintain accurate clinical observations of the patient and act accordingly.
6. Undertake nursing procedures .
7. Have responsibility for the correct administration and custody of medicines according to Trust policy.
8. Ensure registered nurses monitor patient’s progress, work towards safe and timely discharge or transfers to inpatient area for overnight observation.
9. Deal with concerns raised by patients and visitors in a proactive manner and take remedial action as necessary .
10. Act as the patients advocate.
11. Liaise with Acute dialysis team to organise dialysis treatment plan for new patients.
12. Ensure patients are followed up in outpatient clinics as per medical team instructions.
13. Escort patients to and from clinical lines room, interventional radiology x-ray when required.
14. Look after patients requiring monoclonal antibody infusion treatment and cyclophosphamide therapy.
15. Prepare patients for day-case surgery, interventional radiology, biopsy and dialysis access procedures.
16. Give advice to patients and their relatives when they call the unit with renal problems.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential criteria
17. Registered Nurse
18. Practice Assessor or other teaching qualification
19. BSc degree or equivalent knowledge
20. Evidence of continuing professional development
21. Evidence of applying current research to practice
Desirable criteria
22. Management / leadership course
23. MSc degree or equivalent
24. NMC teacher qualification
Experience / Skills
Essential criteria
25. Up to date clinical nursing skills and experience gained in an acute environment
26. Recent experience of managing or supervising a clinical area and nursing team
27. Experience of teaching and delivering work-based learning
28. Experience of co-ordinating and managing either staff or patients
29. Skills required to undertake clinical activity related to speciality
30. Good written and verbal communication skills.
31. IT skills
32. Good IT skills, understanding of office Works suite including PowerPoint, CERNER
33. Excellent written communication skills.
34. Clear, concise report writing
Desirable criteria
35. Experience in change management
36. Experience of teaching in the classroom/lecture
Right to work
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