Staff Nurse - Toni and Guy ward

Main area Child Health Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Early shifts, Late shifts, Long days, Weekends and Nights) Job
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Employer King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site King's College Hospital Town London Salary £38,487 - £46,851 Per Annum Including High Cost Area Salary period Yearly Closing 27/10/2026 23:59

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c £2.1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.

We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are looking to recruit qualified Band 5 Paediatric Staff Nurses for Toni & Guy Ward.

Toni & Guy Ward is a 15 bedded general paediatric inpatient ward, it also is a shared care centre for oncology patients and a tertiary centre for Cystic Fibrosis and Haemoglobinopathies.

This is an exciting opportunity to develop your paediatric nursing skills within a specialist tertiary centre, caring for children and young people with a diverse range of conditions while working as part of a supportive and experienced multidisciplinary team.

• Your main responsibility will be the clinical care of children and young people who are inpatients on Toni and Guy ward.
• Assessing, planning, delivering and evaluating individualised nursing care.
• Providing safe, effective and evidence-based care to children and young people with general paediatric, oncology, respiratory and haematology needs.
• Working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to ensure excellent patient outcomes and experiences.
• Supporting children, young people and their families throughout their inpatient journey, promoting family-centred care and shared decision-making.
• Recognising and responding appropriately to changes in a patient's condition and escalating concerns when necessary.
• Administering medications, treatments and therapies safely and in accordance with Trust policies and professional standards.
• Supporting, supervising and acting as a role model for student nurses and junior staff.
• Maintaining accurate and timely clinical documentation and records.
• Participating in quality improvement initiatives, clinical governance activities and service development projects.
• Demonstrating a commitment to continual learning, professional development and the delivery of high-quality care.

In June 2026, we launched our new strategy for 2026-31. Our vision is to transform healthcare, and we have agreed six strategic ambitions to help us improve care for patients, and the working lives of our staff.

Our six strategic ambitions are delivering high-quality patient care; creating 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.

We have also agreed four new organisational values – Caring, Collaborative, Inclusive, Innovative – and these underpin everything we do, and how our teams interact with the patients under our care.

We are at a pivotal…