Band 6 Critical Care Nurse

Job summary

The Critical Care team at Barnet Hospital is passionate about getting it right for patients, their families and staff. To achieve this, we are looking to appoint passionate, enthusiastic, motivated and dynamic Band 6 Registered Nurses who hold a UK accredited critical care qualification, have experience mentoring junior staff and are ready to take on a more senior role within our 18-bed capacity critical care department.

This exciting Band 6 opportunity will develop your leadership and management skills within our proactive multi-disciplinary team. We will place you on the Band 6 development programme which is over a period of 9 months.

Areas included in this programme are:

• Enrolment on our in-house leadership programme which is accredited by Middlesex University and support you to attend NHS Leadership Academy Courses in the future
• We will support your attendance on a assessor's course if you haven't already obtained you qualification
• Book you to attend Recruitment and selection Training and perform interviews with a more senior member of staff once completed.
• Enrolled onto ILS training.
• Appraisal Training
• Allocated band 7 and senior band 6 to support you whilst on the programme.

You will need to demonstrate a strong desire to be part of our team and have true passion to strive for excellent patient care and excel in your communication skills. We value our staff and will be committed to help you achieve your full potential.

Main duties of the job

The main duties for this role are described in detail in the job description and person specification document, that is attached to this vacancy. Please ensure to read through to further your understanding of the role.

Main duties of the job:

• Providing high quality, effective and individualised nursing care to a variety of patients in a compassionate and caring way.
• Assessing care needs and developing, implementing and evaluating care without supervision whilst teaching more junior members of staff.
• Helping to lead and monitor the performance of the nursing team by completion of appraisals.
• Deputising for the Senior Nurse as required.

About us

Working in Barnet Intensive Care Unit you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities. We encourage staff to have the Covid vaccination to protect themselves, patients, other colleagues as well as the wider community. We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly and part-time.