Senior Staff Nurse (ITU/Critical Care)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Senior Staff Nurse Nuffield Health at St Bartholomew's Hospital | Permanent | Full time | Salary: up to £48,000 - additional shift enhancements and overtime uplifts for nights and weekends above 15% of the equivalent hourly rate. Bank holidays uplifts will be double time. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team and you will be able to provide clinical leadership, act as a mentor and role model, manage complex patient care, and lead the unit in the absence of the Ward Manager. You will support individuals and teams to deliver safe, high quality and effective patient care that is responsive to the needs of our patients and their families. Along the way, you'll build strong relationships with consultants, hospital senior leaders, a wide range of healthcare professionals and, of course, patients. Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, your specialist training should include a Critical Care postgraduate qualification and a minimum of ILS, ideally ALS and/or CALS. You will have extensive experience of managing level 2 and 3 patients, in particular for post Cardiac surgery or Intervention. You will have senior experience working in a Critical Care setting and must have evidence of Critical Care competencies at level 3 and either achieved or working towards level 4. You should hold a post a graduate critical care qualification. You will have experience being the Nurse in Charge of shifts, together with some supervision experience. It is essential to have clinical assessment skills and a physical examination course would be desirable. Together with the Unit Manager you'll be accountable for leading, motivating, educating and supervising the nursing team. Offering full time, part time and bank positions, applicants will be willing to work flexibly across different shift patterns covering a seven-day service. Nuffield Health at St Bartholomew's Hospital: The City of London's only independent hospital, situated next to St Bartholomew's NHS hospital. This is our flagship centre for cardiac services and we also provide a full range of surgical and medical services, including: orthopaedics, oncology, general surgery, gynaecology and urology services. As this is a new establishment, there is more than one position available. The hospital consists of:

Person Specification

Qualifications

Desirable

• Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, your specialist training should include a Critical Care postgraduate qualification and a minimum of ILS, ideally ALS and/or CALS.

Experience

Desirable

• You will have extensive experience of managing level 2 and 3 patients, in particular for post Cardiac surgery or Intervention. You will have senior experience working in a Critical Care setting and must have evidence of Critical Care competencies at level 3 and either achieved or working towards level 4. You should hold a post a graduate critical care qualification. You will have experience being the Nurse in Charge of shifts, together with some supervision experience. It is essential to have clinical assessment skills and a physical examination course would be desirable.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Nuffield Health

Address

38 Giltspur St, London

City of London

EC1A 7BS

Employer's website

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