Charge Nurse

Our vision is to be the best place for healthcare anywhere and the best place to work in healthcare.

We believe that every life deserves world class healthcare.

Job Summary

Salary: £57, £64, depending upon experience)

Hours: 37.5 per week

Location: 33 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7HY 

Contract: Permanent and Full Time

What are we looking for?

Cleveland Clinic London are looking to recruit a Charge Nurse to join our PACU team with a competitive salary range on offer, up to £64,890.00, depending upon experience.

This full-time, permanent position would require the postholder to work 3x 11.5-hour shifts per week and 2x 9-hour shifts within a 6 week period.

This is a Monday-Saturday, Days and Weekends role with shifts within the following hours:

• 07:00 – 22:00

You will be expected to work past 22:00 as overtime if elective cases are not completed before then.

What makes us different?

Cleveland Clinic London offers a brand-new high-acuity environment with the very latest equipment, where caregivers are encouraged to grow their expertise across multiple specialties, and in collaboration with expert clinicians. Our Mission, 'Caring for life, researching for health, and educating those who serve', assures our unwavering commitment to professional development.  

The 20-bay Post Anaesthetic Care Unit provides enhanced care of patients throughout the immediate postoperative period. We provide expert anaesthesia recovery nursing in the care of post-surgical Neuro/Spine, Vascular, Orthopaedics, Upper/Lower GI, Urology, Head & Neck, ENT, Gynaecology, Plastics and Bariatric Surgery. They also support Interventional Cardiology/Radiology and Endoscopy for their post-procedural/anaesthesia care needs. 

What will your duties include?

• Manage the PACU when on duty with overall continuing clinical responsibility, in order to carry out safe delivery of care to all patients.

• Managing safe and cost-efficient daily staffing requirement in relation to the unit's skill mix and theatre activity

• Act as a clinical leader and role model whilst providing direct quality patient care

• Undertake individual performance reviews for your team. Set key objectives for all qualified staff following discussion with them and review as agreed with the Charge Nurse.

• Ensure that delivery of care within the PACU meets the required standards set by CCL in accordance to CQC, NMC and NICE guidance.

What we need from you?

• Current adult nursing registration (First Level) through the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) required with no practice restrictions.

• Comprehensive knowledge of PACU/Recovery nursing and will be able to care for a patient from admission to discharge.

• Prior Charge Nurse experience in PACU/Recovery

• Ability to work autonomously and also within a team environment where appropriate.

• Demonstrates initiative to proactively problem solve with a solution focus, escalating more complex issues as required.

• Good oral and written communication skills and computer literacy.

What We Offer:

As a private hospital with no shareholders, we reinvest all profits back into our organisation. This allows us to provide meaningful, tailored support and development opportunities for our caregivers - alongside a range of benefits, including:

• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays

• Double-matched salary exchange pension – contribute 5% and we'll contribute 10%

• Private Medical & Dental Insurance

• Life Assurance

• Season Ticket Loan & Cycle to Work schemes

• Workplace Nursery Scheme

• Wellbeing Hub with mental health, coaching and EAP support

• Earned Wage Access - get early access to part of your pay when needed

• Access to discounts on food, retail, and more

Who we are?

Cleveland Clinic is one of the leading providers of specialised medical care in the world, providing clinical excellence and superior patient outcomes for almost 6 million patient visits per year across more than 200 locations. We employ over 80,000 caregivers worldwide and continue to drive innovation in healthcare.

With over 100 years of history, our "Patients First" philosophy is at the heart of everything that we do.

If you would like to know more, please email

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Applicant shortlisting and interviews may take place whilst the advert is live, so it may close sooner than expected - please submit your application as soon as possible. Due to the volume of applications, we are not always able to provide individual feedback.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check

This role may be subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order (as amended) and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

"Let's deliver World Class care together"

As an equal opportunities employer, we aspire to work together to promote a more inclusive work environment, which represents our commitment to celebrate diversity.

CCL is committed to applying its Equal Employment Opportunity/Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Policy  at all stages of recruitment and privileging. Shortlisting, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to any Protected Characteristics. When aware of the need to do so and when required, CCL will make reasonable adjustments to its arrangements for interviews and to conditions of employment/engagement for disabled applicants to ensure, so far as practicable, that they do not place such applicants at a substantial disadvantage in comparison to non-disabled applicants.

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