Junior Sister/Charge Nurse/Team Leader Critical Care

5 months ago

Orpington, United Kingdom King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job overview

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (KHP AHSC), is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching hospitals with a turnover of nearly £1 billion, million patient contacts a year and more than 12,600 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London and Kent.

The Trust is recognised internationally for its work in liver disease and transplantation, neurosciences, cardiac, haemato-oncology, foetal medicine, stroke, major trauma, and Emergency Department.

STEP Pharmacists assist in the delivery of our comprehensive pharmacy service and provide operational support to the department as agreed in the rotational programme. 

STEP Pharmacists undertake the Postgraduate Diploma in General Practice Pharmacy at University College London (UCL) or equivalent Post Registration Foundation Pharmacist Development Programme, in order to meet the requirements of the NHS to be “fit for practice” and provide consistently high quality patient care. You will work towards completion of The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) Foundation Pharmacy Framework and meet all of our professional standards as set out by the GPhC.

This advert is open to trainee pharmacists who will be registered with the GPhC in August/November 2025, If you are currently applying as a trainee pharmacist please use your GPhC Trainee pharmacist number to apply.

Main duties of the job

A structured post-foundation workplace-based training programme in a hospital setting, fully integrated with a post-graduate pharmacy practice qualification. 

Due to promotions and evolution in our services, we are looking for post-foundation pharmacists to join our team of STEP Pharmacists based at our PRUH site. 

Successful candidates will be qualified pharmacists and registered with the GPhC. We are looking for pharmacists capable of adapting quickly to the demands of our rotational clinical commitments, 7-day working, non-residency on-call service and other operational duties including patient services and aseptics. 

STEP pharmacists are currently enrolled onto the UCL JPB PG Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice and can rotate to other acute trusts in South East London including Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. The programme has been successfully running for over twenty years.

Only online applications will be accepted in relation to this post.

Working for our organisation

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

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