Experienced Staff Nurse - GI Unit | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Exciting opportunities have arisen within the GI Unit for enthusiastic, motivated and dynamic Registered Nurses who are able to deliver seamless care to our patients throughout their care pathway. The successful candidate will work alongside our nursing teams, with the support of the ward managers in ensuring the highest standard of care is delivered to all our specialist patients. The successful candidates will enable the ward to deliver excellence in nursing, ensure patient experience is of the highest quality and aim to reduce length of stay.

If you are a highly motivated nurse, interested in our ward and would like to work within a supportive and innovative team we would love to hear from you. Previous Applicants need not apply. Closing date: 04/03/2026.

• You will have a thorough induction with our in‑house professional development nursing team. This will involve a personalised approach, centred on you, to develop the skills needed.
• We have a staff psychologist – all staff have the right to access support when they need it. We encourage time for reflective practice and set out allocated study days for this.
• Most of all, we treat everyone with kindness, welcoming all staff from all cultures with different experiences, or from an existing organisation we recognise that it takes different skills to make an effective team.

• Carry out clinical practice within designated clinical areas, ensuring that high quality, current evidence‑based nursing assessment, care planning, implementation, interventions and evaluations for patients is provided from admission through to discharge.
• Apply knowledge across the range of work procedures and practices, underpinned by theoretical knowledge and practical experience.
• Act as an advocate for patients within the area, ensuring a patient‑orientated approach to the delivery of care and meeting standards within the NHS Plan and other relevant guidelines.
• Ensure patients receive high quality clinical care and a good patient experience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs and doctrines.
• Recognise and avoid situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of the individuals.
• Advise on the promotion of health and the prevention of illness.
• Use observations to develop and initiate nursing assessments and devise a plan of care; carry out those activities necessary to conduct a comprehensive assessment of a person's nursing requirements.
• Ensure that all patients have a discharge plan that is safe and appropriate for their needs.
• Carry out nursing procedures and treatments, checking on and maintaining the highest possible standards.
• Work alongside the multi‑disciplinary team to ascertain treatments and advise on nursing priorities.
• Take a clear and concise history from patients by assessing their health and wellbeing, complete documentation ensuring all entries are accurate, legible and that all information systems are maintained.
• Undertake prescribed physical observations (blood pressure, temperature, respirations, blood sugars, urinalysis, weight and height) and report exceptions appropriately.
• Correctly administer prescribed medication, including transfusion of blood and blood products.

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 science 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. 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.