Job summary
Are you an experienced Critical Care Nurse?
Are you looking to work in a state of the art Intensive Care Unit that has a strong reputation for providing exceptional health care?
If the answer is yes then this is the position for you.
The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) is looking to recruit a Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse.
NBT is a progressive and ambitious provider of health care services, delivering care to a large local population, with specialist regional services for major trauma, neurosciences, vascular, urology, plastics and burns, orthopaedics and renal services. With a turnover of £550m and 9,000 staff, our clinical teams have built a strong reputation for exceptional healthcare. Our acute services moved into a brand new, state of the art, hospital building in May 2014. This new 850 bed facility at the Southmead site offers patients single rooms with en-suite facilities, greatly improving privacy and dignity and reducing the spread of infection.
The 48 bedded ICU is now one of the busiest units in the country with a team of over 300 staff treating more than 2000 critically ill patients each year. Southmead ICU cares for emergency and elective patients from all medical and surgical specialities except cardiac, ENT and paediatrics.
Main duties of the job
This is an opening for a dynamic, forward thinking individual to join our highly focused and talented team who pride themselves on delivering excellent, high quality and safe patient care which is reflected in our national profile. We are looking for an experienced, proactive and confident clinical practitioner who is keen to develop effective leadership skills, assume responsibility and demonstrate a commitment to consistently maintaining high clinical standards. We are fully committed to training and development. The unit has a dedicated education team and supports staff undertaking specialist courses such as Critical Care, Burns and Neurosciences. We offer a structured induction and run a Foundation Programme for new nurses to ICU, supporting them as they join the team. There are two simulation training suites located within the unit. The successful candidate will be expected to actively participate in teaching nursing staff, both pre and post registration.
In return we can give you the opportunity to develop the clinical and leadership skills required to progress your career. We can offer you a new challenge in a forward thinking environment with opportunities to continue your professional development.
About us
You will be working in Bristol, the largest city in the South West. A beautiful, historic place, as vibrant and lively now as it's ever been. Whether its culture, shopping, eating out, sport or any of life's other essentials, you'll find them here.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To be responsible for assessing, implementing and evaluating the care of the critically ill patient.
- Act as the Clinical Support Nurse on a regular basis, leading and co-ordinating the running of a Pod during a shift.
- Carry out designated management responsibilities.
- Support Band 7 senior nurses and the Matron in the supervision and professional development of a defined group of ICU staff.
- Act as a role model/mentor and assessor to both pre and post-registration learners and junior staff.
- Provide teaching and actively promote a learning environment for all staff.
- Contribute to practice development and the delivery of high quality evidence based care.
Act as unit co-ordinator in the absence of a senior nurse.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To be responsible for assessing, implementing and evaluating the care of the critically ill patient.
- Act as the Clinical Support Nurse on a regular basis, leading and co-ordinating the running of a Pod during a shift.
- Carry out designated management responsibilities.
- Support Band 7 senior nurses and the Matron in the supervision and professional development of a defined group of ICU staff.
- Act as a role model/mentor and assessor to both pre and post-registration learners and junior staff.
- Provide teaching and actively promote a learning environment for all staff.
- Contribute to practice development and the delivery of high quality evidence based care.
Act as unit co-ordinator in the absence of a senior nurse.
Person Specification
Points based interview
Essential
- NMC Registration Parts 1 (RGN) or Part 12 (RN Adult Branch)
- Post-registration critical care qualification.
- Appropriate teaching/assessing qualification.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Academic achievement at degree level or working towards
- Substantive experience in ICU setting.
- Evidence of improving patient experience.
- Evidence of change management.
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to lead a team
- Able to work well within a team.
- Able to work well within a team.
Person Specification
Points based interview
Essential
- NMC Registration Parts 1 (RGN) or Part 12 (RN Adult Branch)
- Post-registration critical care qualification.
- Appropriate teaching/assessing qualification.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Academic achievement at degree level or working towards
- Substantive experience in ICU setting.
- Evidence of improving patient experience.
- Evidence of change management.
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to lead a team
- Able to work well within a team.
- Able to work well within a team.
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.
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.
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).
