Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse who wants to join our dynamic diverse team within the Acute Medical Unit at St Mary's Hospital. The successful candidates must have good decision-making skills, enhance clinical experience with good managerial skills in managing and leading a busy Acute Assessment Area in delivering patient centered care within the framework of the multi-disciplinary team. If you are looking for a career in Acute Medicine and you're enthusiastic with the ability to lead and work in a fast-paced clinical environment, this is a fantastic opportunity. This is an excellent opportunity to develop and consolidate your skills with the support of an experienced senior team. We're committed to developing and supporting a modern career framework for our nurses and you will be supported every step of your career pathway. Our focus is on developing the nursing leaders of the future. We offer strong support networks for leadership and professional development to ensure you get the very best from your career with us. It's a chance to develop your skills as part of a highly capable team where you're guaranteed opportunities to learn and develop.

Main duties of the job

• Leading the nursing team during the shift and allocating staff according to patient needs and acuity.
• Coordinating patient flow: admissions, transfers, discharges and escalation of delays.
• Assessing and prioritising patients, ensuring deteriorating or high-risk patients receive prompt attention.
• Overseeing safe patient care, including medication administration, observations, care plans, infection prevention and clinical documentation.
• Escalating concerns to the nurse in charge, medical team, outreach/critical care or other services when appropriate.
• Supporting and supervising staff, including newly qualified nurses, students and healthcare assistants.
• Managing staffing issues, including breaks, sickness, workload and redeployment where necessary.
• Communicating with the multidisciplinary team, patients and relatives to maintain continuity of care.
• Maintaining clinical standards, policies and patient-safety procedures, including incident reporting.
• Responding to emergencies and deterioration, and ensuring appropriate emergency procedures are followed.
• Supporting discharge planning, working with doctors, therapists, social care and community services.
• Acting as the senior nurse on the unit when required, making decisions about priorities and escalating operational or clinical problems.
• Contributing to audits, quality improvement, teaching and staff development.

About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values: expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Environmental sustainability
Climate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people's health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.

Details
Date posted: 19 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £47,951 to £56,863 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 290-MIC-2283
Job locations: St Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London, W2 1NY, United Kingdom

Essential and desirable criteria
Professional Registration

• Essential: Current NMC registration as a Registered Nurse.
• Desirable: Evidence of relevant specialist or advanced clinical development.

Clinical experience

• Essential: Significant post-registration nursing experience in an acute clinical environment.
• Desirable: Experience specifically within an Acute Medical Unit (AMU), acute medicine, emergency department or similar high-acuity setting.

Clinical Skills

• Essential: Ability to assess, prioritise and manage patients with a range of acute and complex clinical needs.
• Desirable: Experience managing patients with complex medical conditions and clinical deterioration within an AMU setting.

Staff development

• Essential: Ability to support, supervise, mentor and develop junior staff and students.
• Desirable: Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor or equivalent qualification.

Communication

• Essential: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives and members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Desirable: Experience managing complex or challenging conversations with patients, relatives or staff.

Organization and prioritization

• Essential: Ability to prioritise workload, manage competing demands and maintain safe standards of care in a fast-paced environment.
• Desirable: Experience coordinating patient flow, admissions, transfers and discharges within an acute setting.

Quality Improvement

• Essential: Commitment to maintaining and improving standards of patient care.
• Desirable: Experience leading or participating in service improvement or change-management projects.

Education and Development

• Essential: Evidence of continuing professional development and commitment to maintaining clinical competence.
• Desirable: Relevant leadership, management, teaching or specialist nursing qualification.

IT and Documentation

• Essential: Ability to use electronic patient records and other relevant clinical information systems effectively.
• Desirable: Experience with specific electronic patient record systems used within acute hospital settings.

Professional values

• Essential: Demonstrates compassion, integrity, professionalism and commitment to equality, dignity and person-centred care.
• Desirable: Evidence of involvement in initiatives promoting patient experience or staff wellbeing.

Leadership experience

• Essential: Demonstrable experience of providing clinical leadership and coordinating nursing care within a busy clinical environment.
• Desirable: Previous experience as a Charge Nurse, Sister or equivalent senior nursing role.

Patient safety

• Essential: Good understanding of patient safety, risk management, safeguarding, infection prevention and clinical governance.
• Desirable: Experience leading or contributing to clinical audits, quality improvement or patient safety initiatives.

Patient deterioration

• Essential: Ability to recognise and respond appropriately to the deteriorating patient and escalate concerns in a timely manner.
• Desirable: Relevant training or experience in advanced assessment, acute care or enhanced clinical skills.

Team management

• Essential: Ability to coordinate and support nursing and multidisciplinary teams and allocate staff according to patient needs.
• Desirable: Experience with workforce planning, staff rostering and managing staffing challenges.

Flexibility

• Essential: Willingness to work flexibly according to service requirements, including shifts, weekends and bank holidays where required.
• Desirable: Experience working across different acute clinical areas or supporting service changes.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Ward Manager and AMU Matron, Josephine Tapit and Matthew Colbert, josephine.tapit@nhs.net, 02033125667

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