Critical Care Staff Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Critical Care Staff Nurse | CCU | Band 5 depending on experience plus enhancements | Manchester | Full Time | Outstanding CQC rating

Spire Manchester are now recruiting a Critical Care Nurse to join our small but warm and friendly team. This is an exciting time to join a team as it expands its Cardiology services

This role is an excellent opportunity to expand your knowledge and develop your skills as lots of training and development opportunities are available

Spire Manchester Hospital is a £65m state-of-the-art healthcare facility offering you the opportunity to work across a wide variety of specialisms. You will be able to develop your clinical skills in a modern and progressive environment. The Manchester team currently consists of over 800 colleagues and we are rapidly expanding as we increase the scope of services we provide across our experienced and dynamic teams.

Duties and responsibilities

• Caring for Level 2/3 patients in ITU
• Assess patients' health and wellbeing across a complex and changing caseload
• Assist in the delivery of care to meet individuals' health and wellbeing needs
• Provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information.
• Receiving patients from theatre
• Assisting the Multi-Disciplinary Team in planning care

• NMC registered
• 1 years ICU experience
• ICU certificate (desirable)
• Cardiothoracic experience (desirable)
• Good communication skills

Benefits We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• 'Spire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Free Bupa wellness screening
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance

From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.

For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Sarah Whittaker on 07525887973 or e-mail For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC registered
• 2 years ICU experience
• ICU certificate (desirable)
• Cardiothoracic experience (desirable)
• Good communication skills

Desirable

• NMC registered
• 2 years ICU experience
• ICU certificate (desirable)
• Cardiothoracic experience
• Good communication skills

Experience

Essential

• NMC registered
• 2 years ICU experience
• ICU certificate (desirable)
• Cardiothoracic experience
• Good communication skills

Desirable

• NMC registered
• 2 years ICU experience
• ICU certificate (desirable)
• Cardiothoracic experience
• Good communication skills

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.

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

Spire Healthcare Ltd

Address

170 Barlow Moor Rd

Greater Manchester

M20 2AF

Employer's website

https://www.spirehealthcare.com/ (Opens in a new tab)