Experienced Staff Nurse - Surgical Oncology (Blundell Ward)

Experienced Staff Nurse - Surgical Oncology (Blundell Ward)

The closing date is 13 January 2026

Are you ready for a nursing opportunity that will truly set you apart? Blundell Ward is looking for an experienced, passionate and dedicated Band 5 Registered Nurse to join our expert team. A fast paced, specialised area, Blundell Ward is a 24 beded Head and Neck/ENT focused ward where no two days are the same, and every shift brings new challenges and opportunities for growth.

Blundell Ward offers an exceptional nursing experience that you won't find in most other ward areas. You'll have the chance to care for patients who have undergone complex head and neck surgeries and manage difficult airways-a skill set that will set you apart in the nursing world. You'll work across both elective and emergency admissions, providing vital care to a diverse group of patients from Oncology, Haematology, and ENT areas.

Teamwork is at the heart of all we do. We are looking for an exceptional team player who will be able to advocate for patients and their nursing colleagues.

You'll be working alongside some of the most skilled professionals in Surgical, ENT, and Head and Neck care. You will be supported in your professional development that will support career progression in the future.

If you're looking for a nursing role where you can develop expertise, leadership skills, make a real impact, and be exposed to some of the most interesting and complex cases, Blundell Ward is the place for you.

Experience within Head and Neck or tracheostomy care is desirable.

Main duties of the job

• Providing high quality care
• Assessing and monitoring
• Pre and post operative care
• Safe medication administration
• Multidisciplinary working
• Infection prevention

About us

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 a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

Job responsibilities

• Independently manage a group of patients within the specialty whilst working as part of the multidisciplinary team, delivering individualised and personalised direct patient care
• Be wholly accountable for practice in line with the NMC code of professional conduct and take every reasonable opportunity to sustain and improve knowledge and professional competence
• Communicate effectively with patients, carers and families regarding disease treatment and management
• Demonstrate appropriate practice and specialist advice in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care, including history taking, physical examination and the requesting of agreed diagnostic procedures/clinical investigations
• Undertake prescribed physical observations (blood pressure, temperature, respirations, blood sugars, urinalysis, weight and height, drain monitoring including measurement and reporting of exceptions appropriately)
• Responsible for the correct administration of prescribed medication via oral, enteral and IV routes including transfusion of blood and blood products
• Lead assessment of emergencies within the specialty and interpret information to take appropriate action and lead others to do the same
• Work alongside the multidisciplinary team to ascertain treatments and advise on nursing priorities
• Ensure safe and effective care for complex patients requiring advanced clinical skills and carry out specialist nursing procedures to area
• Complete evidence based interventions including enteral feeding line care, IV line care, complex dressings and wound management, pre and post operative care relevant to specialties

Please see attached Job Description for full details.

Person Specification Values and behaviour

• Values and behaviours in line with Trust values

Experience

• Experience of administering intravenous drug therapy
• Experience of working on own and in a team
• Surgical or oncology post registration experience
• Experience of coordinating a shift
• Previous experience in other nursing fields

Skills

• Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care
• Ability to administer prescribed medication including transfusion of blood and blood products
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Education / Qualifications

• RN1/RN2/RN12 on the NMC register. Hold the appropriate level for the area of speciality
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Relevant qualifications required or course to area

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust