Charge Nurse - Katherine Monk Ward

Job summary

We are looking for an experienced nurse with an interest in Trauma and General Surgery nursing who is keen to contribute to a thriving team in a Major Trauma hospital.

Katherine Monk Ward is a dedicated 26 bed Trauma Ward. The ward caters for patients with significant multi-system injuries that need coordinated multi-disciplinary care. The ward provides specialist trauma care to the patients of South-East London and beyond.

We are seeking highly motivated, compassionate and enthusiastic senior nurses to join the team as a Band 6 Junior Sister/Charge Nurse. You must demonstrate experience in a trauma or surgery setting; have a positive attitude, show professionalism, integrity, determination and dedication. Leadership experience or training, as well as experience in developing others is desirable, but further training opportunities will be available to successful applicants.

The success of the nursing team on Kathrine Monk stems from our strong multi-disciplinary team work; supporting and empowering each other to achieve positive patient outcomes. You must have the ability to promote patient centred care and establish good relationships with staff, patients and carers. Suitable candidates will be expected to communicate effectively at all levels within the multi-disciplinary team and be able to support both the Ward Leader and the nursing team in the delivery of high quality care and general daily running of the ward.

You will be providing a high standard of nursing care to emergency admissions, pre- and post-operative patients, ICU step downs and patients requiring rehabilitation. These patients require close monitoring and may require escalation to the team. It is essential that you are able to communicate effectively to provide a safe and effective handover, ensuring that our patients receive good continuity in their care.

Great interpersonal skills are imperative as you support both our patients and their relatives.

You should be able to maintain your own personal development with support and guidance from our Practice Development team. Alongside this, we would expect that you are able to supervise and teach junior members of the team and students in this environment, encouraging them to seek out their own learning opportunities and helping them to achieve these.

You must have a pro‑active approach to managing a demanding workload, champion patient safety and dignity, and strive for continuous improvement within our service. You will be responsible for safe medication administration, ensuring compliance with our clinical governance framework and maintaining confidentiality when providing patient care.

You will be supporting the Ward Leader with the daily running of the ward. Charge Nurses help to oversee the management and development of a designated cohort of staff on the ward and assist the Ward Leader with risk management, quality assurance and service improvement on the ward.

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. Transforming Healthcare is the vision at the heart of the King’s Strategy — 2026 to 2031. Together, we are pursuing six strategic ambitions: delivering high‑quality patient care; being a great place to work; leading pioneering research, innovation and education; building strong and successful partnerships; providing timely and efficient care;

and ensuring long‑term financial sustainability.

Achieving these ambitions will require all of us to work as one Team King’s, united by a shared commitment to our values of being caring, collaborative, inclusive and innovative. By living these values every day, we will transform healthcare for our patients, our communities and each other.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon…