Outpatients Staff Nurse

Overview

Job Summary

Please note:

We are unable to offer sponsorship for this post. The post holder will be a clinically credible practitioner who can provide effective patient care in a range of clinical settings, having regard for relevant policies and evidence-based nursing. The post holder will be working in the Outpatient department, covering clinics in dermatology, urology, nephrology, colorectal, rheumatology, endocrine, breast care vascular, wound dressing and assist with outpatient biopsy clinics.

The post holder is expected to have completed the preceptorship pathway, with a minimum of 1 year experience. Willing to work flexibly, with the ability to assist the organisation in other areas when required. The post holder will work as part of a team rotating within the same department daily.

Previous applicants need not apply.

• To provide unit cover in the absence of the unit manager
• Ability to work under pressure, using initiative
• Ability to manage conflict
• Ability to escalate safeguarding concerns for patients and colleagues
• Ability to assess and escalate to security and managers any safety concerns
• Manual handling of patients, using lifting aids
• Supervise Healthcare Support Workers, supervise student nurses and assist with training and development

Our people are our greatest asset. We strive to create a culture of engagement with Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives. We have staff networks and programmes to support our aspiration for representation, widen access, improve staff experience, and broaden EDI literacy and confidence.

• Date posted: 29 January 2026
• Pay scheme:
  Agenda for change
• Band:
  Band 5
• Salary: £31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum plus HCAS pro rata
• Contract:
  
  Permanent
• Working pattern:
  Full-time, Part-time
• Reference number: 197-AO7864
• Job locations:
  Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Stadium Road, London SE18 4QH

• Working with patients from a wide background with different clinical needs
• To work as part of a team
• Work in a minor operation room
• Able to assess and deliver wound care
• Phlebotomy skills
• Bladder scanning and escalation
• Assist doctors in colorectal clinics
• Able to supervise and support students in their development
• Clinically competent in assessing unwell patients and escalation

Essential

Qualifications & Training

• Diploma/Degree in Adult Nursing
• Current NMC registered
• Practice Supervisor

Desirable

• Degree level Practice Assessor

Experience

• Minimum of 1 year post-registration experience
• Completion of preceptorship
• Excellent interpersonal skills, both verbal and written
• Team working/delegating
• Able to anticipate and forward plan
• Able to work in a minor operating room in an OPD setting (dermatology)

Desirable

• Some knowledge of skin biopsy, and managing surgical equipment

Knowledge & Skills

• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work as part of a team, problem-solving day-to-day problems
• Ability to develop own clinical skills and widen theoretical knowledge, auditing, and research
• Ability to demonstrate the application of the NHS Plan to own sphere of practice
• Evidence-based knowledge of essential methods of care
• Understanding of the care needs of an individual
• Knowledge of Clinical Governance & a commitment to clinical supervision
• Knowledge of the individual's responsibility towards health and safety
• Able to identify Infection Control issues and escalate appropriately
• Computer literate

• Disclosures:
  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a Disclosure to the DBS may be required.
• UK Registration:
  Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer:

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Address:
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Stadium Road, London SE18 4QH

Employer's website: https://