Senior Staff Nurse Ward
Listed on 2026-10-18
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Nursing
RN Nurse, Healthcare Nursing, Nursing Home, General Nursing
Senior Staff Nurse – Ward
Nuffield Health, Highgate Hospital | London N6 4DJ
| Ward | Permanent | Full time | Includes nights and weekend work
Ward Shifts are:
Long days 07:30am-20:00pm and nights are 20:00pm-07:30am On average 4 night a month. 14 shifts per month
We’re Britain’s largest Healthcare Charity and we’re serious about shaping the nation’s health. Join us and we’ll give you the greatest opportunities to fulfil your passion for nursing. You’ll have the chance to grow your career while inspiring others to deliver the highest standards of patient care.
As a Senior Staff Nurse at our Nuffield Health Highgate Hospital you will be NMC registered and have significant post‑registration experience in an acute or relevant clinical setting. You will have strong clinical decision‑making, problem‑solving, and time management skills. You will have the proven ability to lead, mentor, and support a nursing team of multi‑specialty surgical procedure sand you will bring knowledge of mentoring and multi‑specialty surgical procedures.
Ideally, you hold qualifications in teaching,, assessment and management.
As a Senior Staff Nurse, you will:
- Lead by example and be an ambassador for the Nuffield Health way of caring
- Recognise talent and nurture junior colleagues, mentoring them to be the best they can be
- Use your excellent clinical skills and empathetic approach to meet each patient’s needs
- Enjoy autonomy to make decisions that ensure excellent patient care
- Provide day‑to‑day supervision, including clinical supervision of junior nursing staff and students
- Contribute to scheduling and rotas, recruitment, induction, performance reviews and training
Nuffield Health Highgate Hospital
Highgate Hospital opened in 1980 and provides first class independent healthcare for the local community. Located in leafy North London near Hampstead Heath, our hospital is easily accessible from Central London and the sorrounding areas.
For nearly 40 years, we have provided first‑class independent healthcare for the local community.
Helping you feel good.
We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Feel your best with emotional wellbeing support, gym membership, private healthcare, expert financial advice and more. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.
Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.
It starts with you.
Rewards & Benefits Helping you be and feel your best. Annual Leave Nuffield Health Healthcare PlanMembership is free for employees and you can add partner and dependants at your own cost.
* eligibility criteria applies.
Free membership to any Nuffield Health gym, plus discounted memberships for family members.
Online GP Emotional Wellbeing SupportAccess to our Emotional Wellbeing services and discounted virtual, telephone, and face‑to‑face treatment.
Healthcare SchemeProvides you with access to treatment in our own hospitals (or other Nuffield Health approved facilities).
OvertimeFor clinical roles grade 9 and below, the overtime is at a standard rate of pay. For unsocial hours, you’ll be paid an additional enhancement to your salary at the following rates:
Nights Hours worked between 7pm and 7am on any day of the week, 30% of basic hourly rate. Weekends Hours worked between 7am and 7pm on a Saturday or Sunday, 20% of basic hourly rate. Bank Holidays Hours worked between midnight and midnight of a bank holiday, 100% of basic hourly rate.
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