Band 6 Staff Nurse - Adult Critical Care

Job description

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

Job overview

We are pleased to be able to offer an exciting opportunity for Band 6 nurses with a passion for critical care nursing the opportunity to join us at Newham University Hospital on the Intensive Care Unit (1CU).

We are particularly interested to hear from applicants with critical care experience, however nurses with limited experience and from other clinical backgrounds will be supported to develop in the role.

Situated in one of the most diverse area within east London, Newham University Hospital has a reputation for caring for some of the most seriously ill patients within this region. In addition to the ICU also provides specialist care in acute general medical, general surgery, and obstetric services.

You will be working within a highly skilled, dynamic, multi-disciplinary team, in our 14 bedded 1CU. This is an excellent opportunity for energetic, enthusiastic staff nurses with experience within acute settings, to provide a high standard of care to patients within a challenging, yet supportive acute hospital setting.

In return we will provide exciting learning opportunities within both the clinical and educational setting to help you maximise your experience and learning.

Main duties of the job

To provide the highest standard of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised, holistic patient care in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team. The post holder provides care to critically ill patients with supervision and support of senior staff in this area of specialist practice.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered with NMC -Adult
• Critical Care Course
• Mentorship course
• ILS / ALS provider
• Specialist relevant clinical course

Desirable criteria

• Leadership programme or equivalent
• Degree or working towards first degree

Experience

Essential criteria

• Critical Care experience
• Experience post specialist course

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Up to date knowledge of clinical speciality and evidence based practice
• Knowledge of current NHS, professional and educational issues
• Understanding of current Educational practices relating to training

Skills

Essential criteria

• Demonstrated excellence in clinical care
• Able to care for level 3 patients critical care
• Productive and effective team member
• Demonstrate leadership
• Effective communicator
• Effective teacher
• Able to solve problems
• Uses initiative and prioritises workload effectively
• Compassionate and caring nurse
• Able to safeguard vulnerable
• Adults professional manner
• Ability to communicate with patients in an empathetic manner

Other

Essential criteria

• Role Model
• Mentors others as required
• Identifies own and others learning needs and addresses these appropriately
• Caring manner towards both patients, visitors and colleagues
• Able to form good inter-personal relationships with all members of the inter professional team
• Approachable and enthusiastic
• Professionally assertive
• Competent teacher of critical care skills and practices
• Competent mentor
• Evidence of continued personal learning

Desirable criteria

• Uses emotional intelligence
• Utilises critical thinking
• Acts as a patient/relative advocate as necessary
• Advanced oral and written communication skills
• Knowledge of professional and political issues in healthcare
• Working knowledge of change management

Visa Sponsorship Information

This role is subject to UK immigration requirements. Where sponsorship is required, applicants must meet the eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa in accordance with current UK Visas and Immigration rules, including any salary, qualification, and role-specific requirements applicable at the time of appointment. Candidates who require sponsorship will only be considered where the post is eligible and where all sponsorship criteria can be met. Evidence of the right to work in the UK will be required before appointment. Please note that for roles employed under Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions, the High-Cost Area Supplement (HCAS) is not included when calculating the basic salary for the purposes of sponsorship.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals' who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Health NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

Barts Health promotes active travel as part of its goal to reach Net Zero. Each site is accessible by public transport and the Trust has a cycle to work scheme and some sites have Brompton Hire Pods.

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