Job Description

Are you an experienced, proactive nurse with management & leadership skills? Are you motivated & enthusiastic with excellent communication and problem-solving abilities? Can you demonstrate an ability to lead on change and service improvements and to lead a varied nursing team?



A new and exciting opportunity has arisen within the Private Healthcare service to appoint to a Senior Staff Nurse position. The post holder will need to provide holistic and quality patient care to patients with a variety of neurology and neurosurgical conditions within the Private Consulting Rooms at Queen Square.



Following approval of a private patient strategy by the Trust Board in December 2018, UCLH has ambitious plans to develop its private patient services and improve processes to support patient care and significantly increase income. This post is an exciting opportunity to join the Private Healthcare team, working alongside clinicians and patients to provide high quality care.



Reporting clinically to the Ward Sister for Private Healthcare and operationally to the General Manager for Private Healthcare, the post holder will be responsible for providing outpatient nursing care to patients within the Private Consulting Rooms at Queen Square. The role will also lead the pre-operative assessment for all private patients undergoing procedures at NHNN, ensuring they work closely with consultant surgeons and anaesthetists to ensure patients are appropriately assessed and prepared ahead of surgical procedures. Other duties will involve assisting in clinics, providing wound care management/ advice and phlebotomy services to ensure a comprehensive and premium service is offered to all patients. This role also has line managing responsibilities. This role provides clinical cover on a shift basis from 8am to 8pm.



This is an exciting opportunity to join a newly developed team and have direct impact on patient care. For the right person this is a role that is both demanding and challenging, but also highly rewarding, with the chance to enhance your skills and career in a developing area of a high profile and successful NHS trust.



University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.



We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:



University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing) National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals University College Hospital Grafton Way Building Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre The Hospital for Tropical Diseases University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.



We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.



For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached .



Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*



UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England - for the third year in a row. UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff - To find out more, visit: Flexible working.

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?