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North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Staff Nurse Intensive Care Unit

The closing date is 04 December 2025

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Job summary

12 month secondment opportunity on ICU Band 5 Staff Nurse/ ITU, West Cumberland Hospital 37.5 hours per week. An exciting opportunity has arisen to develop your knowledge and experience in ICU nursing. We are seeking an enthusiastic/ motivated Band 5 Registered Nurse or to join our team on the Intensive Care Unit at the West Cumberland Hospital.

The Trust will provide a twelve month preceptorship period for all newly registered healthcare professionals.

Healthcare Professionals returning to practice, moving into new roles or changing clinical environments, may access an agreed preceptorship period.

Main duties of the job

Our busy 6 bedded general ICU unit provides adult intensive care/ high dependency care and post anaesthetic care for elective and emergency patients across a range of medical and surgical specialities including, Renal, Cardiology, Respiratory,Orthopaedic, Neurological and Obstetric patients. Within our ICU we are actively involved in stabilisation and transfer of adult patients requiring more specific intensive care e.g. neurological trauma, burns, spinal injuries, cardiac and hepatic disease. The ICU at WCH also specialises in the stabilisation and delivery of intensive care / high dependency care of paediatric patients, prior to transfer to a specialised Paediatric ICU. The ICU at WCH benefits from our own dedicated Clinical educator, who provides and facilities on the job training alongside co-ordinating further continued professional development for all the ICU nursing team . The unit will provide a 6 week preceptorship period with input and support form our Intensive Care Clinical Educator.

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

  • Being a clinically led organisation
  • Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
  • A positive patient experience every time
  • A great place to work
  • Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Details

Date posted

21 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year Per annum Pro Rata

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

262-A-25-7596573

Job locations

West Cumberland Hospital

Whitehaven

CA28 8JG


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Care Certificate document attached.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

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.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

NHS Discounts*

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*

Excellent opportunities for development*

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

*Subject to eligibility

Important Information

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Care Certificate document attached.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

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.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

NHS Discounts*

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*

Excellent opportunities for development*

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

*Subject to eligibility

Important Information

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered nurse with active registration

Desirable

  • Foundations in critical care or equivalent
  • NoECCN Step competences 1 & 2 completed or equivalent.
  • Further relevant post registration development to postgraduate diploma equivalent

Knowledge

Essential

  • Continuing professional development with portfolio.
  • NMC code of professional conduct.
  • Student nurse in the NHS
  • Equality legislation and best practice

Desirable

  • ITU nursing
  • Budgetary awareness
  • Mentor to pre-registration nursing students.
  • Critical care

Skills and Aptitudes

Essential

  • Able to work as a member of a team.
  • Effective communication and interpersonal skills
  • Project development skills.
  • Good organisational skills.
  • Ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care

Desirable

  • IT Skills
  • Immediate Life Support (ILS)
  • Paediatric Immediate Life Support (PILS)

Other requirements

Essential

  • Flexible approach to working patterns.
  • Willing to develop by expansion of the role.
  • Motivation.
  • Enthusiasm.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered nurse with active registration

Desirable

  • Foundations in critical care or equivalent
  • NoECCN Step competences 1 & 2 completed or equivalent.
  • Further relevant post registration development to postgraduate diploma equivalent

Knowledge

Essential

  • Continuing professional development with portfolio.
  • NMC code of professional conduct.
  • Student nurse in the NHS
  • Equality legislation and best practice

Desirable

  • ITU nursing
  • Budgetary awareness
  • Mentor to pre-registration nursing students.
  • Critical care

Skills and Aptitudes

Essential

  • Able to work as a member of a team.
  • Effective communication and interpersonal skills
  • Project development skills.
  • Good organisational skills.
  • Ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care

Desirable

  • IT Skills
  • Immediate Life Support (ILS)
  • Paediatric Immediate Life Support (PILS)

Other requirements

Essential

  • Flexible approach to working patterns.
  • Willing to develop by expansion of the role.
  • Motivation.
  • Enthusiasm.

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

West Cumberland Hospital

Whitehaven

CA28 8JG


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

West Cumberland Hospital

Whitehaven

CA28 8JG


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Sister

Rachel Dixon

rachel.dixon@ncic.nhs.uk

01946523443

Details

Date posted

21 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year Per annum Pro Rata

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

262-A-25-7596573

Job locations

West Cumberland Hospital

Whitehaven

CA28 8JG


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