Senior Sister/Charge Nurse ICU/HDU Band 7

Job summary

Senior Sister/Charge Nurse ICU/HDU Band 7

Are you an experienced senior critical care nurse looking for a Band 7 Senior Sister/Charge Nurse position?

The Critical Care (ICU/HDU) footprint is split across 2 hospital sites:

We are recruiting for our Critical Care Unit based at Epsom Hospital site.

Epsom ICU/HDU is an 8 bedded unit providing level 2 high dependency care for surgical patients following elective surgery & medical patients. We treat & transfer level 3 patients requiring Intensive care; working jointly with St. Helier Hospital Intensive Care Unit. Our HDU provides an Enhanced Recovery Pathway for patients following colorectal, urology, & gynaecological surgery.

St.Helier ICU is a 13 bedded unit providing care for patients requiring emergency/scheduled general surgery, acute medical patients & those requiring renal support.

There is a requirement to work cross-site according to service needs. This includes planned rotations & at short notice to support service needs & staff development to ensure staff are competent to look after patients on both sites.

There is a requirement to work long-days, nights, weekends & bank holidays.

We can offer:

• Local induction and orientation programmes
• Mentoring and coaching
• Flu vaccines and staff well-being support
• Flexible working * dependant on service needs

Are you enthusiastic, innovative & committed to maintaining the highest standards of care for the critically ill? If so we would like to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a highly motivated individual with excellent communication & leadership skills to join our team. As a Senior Nurse you will be expected to undertake clinical care, standard setting & audit & be proactive in Critical Care Clinical Governance. You will be expected to support, teach, manage & lead junior members of the nursing & multidisciplinary team, & co-ordinate the unit on a day to day basis.

You should be able to evidence excellence in clinical practice & demonstrate the ability to facilitate & manage change in the clinical environment.

About us

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.

We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surreyand NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.

The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and issupported by over 500 volunteers.