3F surgical HDU Sister / Charge Nurse – Band 6

Job summary

The Royal London hospital is looking to recruit band 6 nurses to join our critical care and surgical teams on our Surgical High Dependency Unit.

This is a 12 bedded high dependency and enhanced care unit caring for complex elective surgical patients from multiple specialties. These include Neuro, Trauma, Hepatobiliary, Colorectal, Gynae-Oncology, Vascular, ENT, and Maxillo-Facial amongst others.

We are looking to appoint enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 Registered Nurses who are either at the start of developing their leadership skills post HDU/critical care course or have band 6 experience in HDU and Enhanced Care and are looking for an exciting new challenge.

We are committed to developing and supporting a modern and flexible career framework within this exciting and evolving service. You will have the opportunity to rotate to our level 3 critical care unit to expand your knowledge and experience across the whole critical care spectrum.

We are an organisation that is committed to delivering excellence in patient care and values its staff and patients. We are also signed up to the NHS People Promise and support flexible working through self-rostering.

Main duties of the job

Essential requirements

• Be NMC Registered
• Qualification in Specialism: HDU or Critical Care Course
• Minimum 2 year's HDU / Critical Care experience
• Teaching and mentoring skills
• Excellent communication skills.

We provide a structured supernumerary orientation programme to meet your individual needs. We run an in-house band 6 development course and offer opportunities to advance your interest in specialist areas.

About us

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. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

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 where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

Royal London Hospital

London

E1 1FR

Employer's website

https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

Royal London Hospital

London

E1 1FR

Employer's website

https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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