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Job overview

***Band 5    Adult  Airway experienced  Staff Nurses opportunities – join St George's Hospital - ***

This will be  an excellent opportunity to develop airway management skills , Competency's with tracheostomy and Laryngectomy care .  We are the designated unit  for H&N , ENT & Maxillofacial oncology care for St Georges. 

Job overview

***Band 5    Adult  Airway experienced  Staff Nurses opportunities – join St George's Hospital - ***

This will be  an excellent opportunity to develop airway management skills , Competency's with tracheostomy and Laryngectomy care .  We are the designated unit  for H&N , ENT & Maxillofacial oncology care for St Georges.

• Flexible start date to suit your needs
• Unrivalled learning and development – support from day one with dedicated preceptors, mentors, clear Band 5  career and skills pathways and comprehensive clinical and leadership training opportunities
• Choice of great locations, from vibrant, diverse London boroughs to green outer London and Surrey – all within easy public transport reach of the city centre
• Unique opportunities to gain the experience you want - choose from national and world-leading specialist services, every ward and specialty you can imagine, even  community roles – with flexibility to move between Trusts and services via rotation and future roles

Main duties of the job

• Caring our  Head and neck cancer patients  and  supporting their families.
• Post surgical management of Tracheostomy , Laryngectomy and Head and neck Flap.
• End of life care and  post chemo radiotherapy symptom control  management and care. 
• To manage the Complex discharge  pathway  and maintain patient flow.
• Admission  ,  discharge  and ongoing daily  holistic care to our H&N cancer patients with tracheostomy ,  Laryngectomy  and  Major flap. 
• Prioritise the needs and emergency  and management. 
• Facilitate effective and safe complex H&N discharges   by communicating  with MDT.
• Work in collaborate with Trachy & H&N CNS .
• Take charge of the shift  to develop  the leadership skills.
• Excellent communication and documentation  skills.
• Supervise the junior team and students  on placement.

Working for our organisation

The unique environment of busy, dynamic London NHS Trusts – working with world-leading clinicians, supportive nursing teams, benefiting from the best teaching hospitals and universities, adopting the latest digital clinical technology - and serving uniquely diverse communities.

With major nine hospital sites, more than 22,000 staff, and serving around four million people with our core and specialist services, the four South West London Acute NHS Trusts offer a quick, ‘one stop shop’ route to a huge range of opportunities.

Enjoy living in great locations across London and its outskirts - all within short journeys of your work. Whether it’s support finding accommodation, the friendliest of welcomes from committed nursing teams, and even the chance to move between roles and departments  if your  Band 5 role isn’t quite what you want – we’re flexible and dedicated to giving you the best  to develop in your nursing career.