ICU Senior Sister

Job summary

Are you an experienced Intensive Care nurse with a passion for advanced clinical care and an innovative approach to leadership?

Do you thrive in dynamic environments and have the ambition to shape the future of critical care?

As we enter an exciting new chapter following the opening of our modern 16-bed Intensive Care Unit, we are looking for a forward-thinking, motivated Senior Sister/Charge Nurse to join our leadership team. This is a pivotal role where you will help drive excellence, inspire our teams, and influence the development of our service at a transformative moment.

Our State-of-the-Art Intensive Care Unit is a modern 16-bed ITU, equipped with the latest technology and designed to enhance patient care, staff wellbeing and family experience. While the facilities are exceptional, it's the people who truly make this unit special - creating a high-performance, compassionate and supportive environment.

The new Intensive Care Unit offers:

• Negative and positive pressure rooms
• Improved visitor facilities: lounge, kitchen, quiet space and better access to information
• Enhanced accessibility, including a disabled toilet
• Tailored wall displays explaining ICU equipment
• Separate staff and visitor entrances
• Better staff spaces: meeting room, changing areas and break facilities

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an Intensive Care Unit that is not only clinically advanced but purpose-designed to support staff, patients and families.

About You - we are seeking someone with:

• Strong clinical Intensive Care Unit experience
• An innovative, proactive leadership style
• A passion for developing others and driving high standards of care
• The confidence to lead through change and support a high-performing team

Join us at an exciting time as we shape the future of critical care at RUH Bath.

You'll be supported by a collaborative senior nursing team and have access to excellent leadership and professional development opportunities.

If you would like an informal chat about the role or to arrange a visit, please contact the hiring manager, whose contact details are below:

Main duties of the job

In this supervisory role, you will provide visible, effective leadership to support team performance and high-quality patient care. You will lead by example, acting as a clinically credible practitioner and role model, ensuring care and compassion are at the forefront of everything we do.

You will contribute to key organisational priorities, including:

• Enhancing the patient experience and improving outcomes
• Supporting improved patient flow
• Reducing sickness levels
• Ensuring safe and effective staffing and workforce deployment

Your responsibilities will also include:

• Supporting and developing the ICU nursing team
• Championing high-quality, patient-centred care
• Leading quality improvement initiatives and service development
• Fostering a positive culture, teamwork and professional practice
• Playing a key part in embedding ways of working within our new ICU environment.

About us

At the RUH we're proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.