Job summary
Job Summary
Salary: £56,661 - £63,706 (Depending upon experience)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Location: 33 Grosvenor Place, SW1X 7HY
Contract: Full time, permanent position
What are we looking for?
Cleveland Clinic London are looking to recruit a Charge Nurse to join our ICU team, with a competitive salary range on offer up to £63,000 depending upon experience.
This is a Monday-Sunday, Days, Nights and Weekends role with the following shift patterns:
- 6 week rota of 19 shifts
- 08:00 20:30 and 20:00 08:30
The Intensive Care Charge Nurse will be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care of patients requiring level 2 and 3 care and are expected to be able to provide general and specialised direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organisation.
Main duties of the job
What will your duties include?
Suitable experience as an ICU Charge Nurse
Provides direct nursing care to patients requiring level 2&3 care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of CCL.
Prioritises nursing care, recognizes deterioration in patients condition and escalates to the senior nursing team /clinicians immediately.
Serves as a primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care.
Assesses and coordinates patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team.
About us
What makes us different?
Cleveland Clinic London offers a brand-new high-acuity environment with the very latest equipment, where caregivers are encouraged to grow their expertise across multiple specialties, and in collaboration with expert clinicians. Our Mission, Caring for life, researching for health, and educating those who serve, assures our unwavering commitment to professional development.
Our expert Critical Care nursing team is a dynamic group of decision-makers who work collaboratively to make a lasting positive impact on the lives of our patients. Safe patient care is always our goal, and we leverage innovation and technology in order to achieve world class outcomes in our state of the art 29 bed ICU department.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Profile Summary:
The Intensive Care Sister/Charge Nurse will support the Intensive Care Nurse Manager in delivering key performance targets including assurance that the professional nursing practice and delivery of care is aligned to the Cleveland Clinic London mission and values.
Responsible for leading an effective and proactive team, the post-holder will drive the delivery of high quality and innovative nursing practice consistent with regulatory and professional requirements. Acting as a visible credible role model, the Intensive Care Sister/Charge Nurse will create a patient-centered environment recognized for its compassion, evidence based practice and superior service.
This level of service will be achieved by utilizing the resources available cost effectively, managing the recruitment process and developing and retaining staff, this role is key to consultant engagement and the development of new services as the need arises.
The post holder will build and maintain excellent working relationships with other departments to ensure a seamless service for our patients.
Key Responsibilities
Operational
- Manages the intensive Care Unit when on duty with overall continuing clinical responsibility, in order to carry out safe delivery of care to a complex group of patients.
- Organises the day to day running of the Intensive care allocating nursing staff according to their level of competence, reviews daily the units working patterns, skill mix and workload to ensure they meet the needs of the service.
- Keep the Nurse Manager informed of all the relevant issues affecting patient care e.g. risk, staffing levels, skills and equipment needs.
- Contribute to the outreach and resus team rotas.
Leadership & Team Management
- Creates a climate of support and cooperation, a culture of shared accountability across the organisation whilst holding individuals to account where there is non-compliance.
- Acts as a clinical leader and role model whilst providing direct quality patient care, sharing expertise with colleagues.
- Ensures adherence and timely management of units and CCL KPIs on recruitment and retention, staff development, appraisal, sickness management, disciplinary and grievance.
- Contribute to the development and delivery of department teaching and mentorship programs
- Ensures personal and team adherence to all CCL policies and procedures.
- Liaises with the Clinical Nurse Educator regarding the developmental needs of the staff.
- Supports team engagement through application of Shared Governance principles
- Implements and monitors competency assessments for all nursing staff.
- Identifies own training needs and maintains professional development in accordance with Revalidation requirements.
Quality & Safety
- Ensures the Intensive Care Unit meets the requirements of our professional and healthcare regulators, managing non-compliance.
- Adheres to the NMC code of conduct and acts as the patient advocate at all times.
- Has implemented quality systems and improved patient outcomes as a result.
- Ensures a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors following the guidelines of risk management. Proactively reporting incidents, risks and/or failings taking responsibility to minimise these.
- Evaluates, develops and coordinates implementation and revision of core standards of care, policies and SOPs. Manages non-conformance to policy, procedure and standards of care.
- Take responsibility for ratification off-duty, anticipating problems where they exist and ensuring timely and effective actions are implemented.
- Ensure adherence to the CCL Complaints Management Policy by fully investigating all concerns and verbal/written complaints.
- Ensure the management of these are undertaken appropriately and within the CCL timescales.
- Ensures that nursing and clinical practice is in accordance with the mission and strategic plan
- Demonstrates Infection control principles and participate in the development of unit infection control related reports and take appropriate action where there is variance to the agreed KPIs.
- Ensure duty of candour at all times.
- Communicates with patients, families, visitors and external providers in a calm, courteous, helpful manner, endeavoring to resolve difficult issues at the /department level.
- Communicates patient clinical information clearly and accurately, documenting pertinent information in nursing record and ensuring complete documentation of patient care.
- Participates in research and innovation and the dissemination of EBP in care delivery.
Education & Certifications:
- Current nursing registration (First Level) through the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) required, with no restrictions to practice
- Completed Adult Critical Care/Intensive Care Course or equivalent
- ILS/ALS provider course completed and qualification in date
Languages:
- Ability to speak and write in English is required.
- Equivalent to a level of 7 of the International English Language Testing System or the Occupational English Test (OET) at level B is required
Complexities of Work (Skills):
- Ability to prioritise workload in a complex environment and supervise members of the team, ensuring high quality, safe and effective patient care.
- Can effectively manage conflict within the workplace and able to demonstrate high emotional intelligence when dealing with team and patients.
- Experience of leading and managing change.
- Demonstrates initiative to proactively problem solve with a solution focus.
- Supports the Intensive Care Unit Nurse Manager in contributing to CCLs nursing operational and strategic goals.
- Communicates succinctly to differing levels across the organisation in order to achieve best practice - both verbally and written.
- Is proactive in seeking out different styles methods of communication to achieve the best outcome.
- Has demonstrable critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work autonomously.
- Is competent at managing nursing budgets.
- Working in an international, multi-cultural environment, being respectful of others culture and beliefs.
Work Experience:
Essential
- Demonstrable broad clinical and managerial experience, within a Band 7 role, in the field of high acuity critically-ill adults with invasive lines, mechanical ventilation, continuous and intermittent hemodialysis, and vasoactive intravenous medications in a hospital setting.
- Wide range of experience working in critical care specialties including cardiac and cardiothoracic, neurosurgery, renal, and GI surgery.
- Track record of achievement of objectives in present and past posts, in both clinical and leadership fields.
Desirable
- Experience in an acute private hospital with Level III patients
- Desirable to be competent in/ have had exposure to the use of electronic clinical systems (EPIC, similar modern clinical systems)
Additional/Physical Requirements
- Regular use of display screen equipment (DSE).
- Increased physical activity, i.e. walking, standing, running (in an emergency), pushing, pulling, helping to move and transfer patients.
- Working within a busy and pressurised job.
- Frequent hand washing using soap, hand cleaners and the use of protective gloves.
- Working shift patterns which may impact on dietary patterns or quality of sleep.
- Calculation of drug dosages, reading complex information under pressure.
Personal Protective Equipment:
- Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.
Safeguarding:
All caregivers have a personal and a professional responsibility to identify and report abuse. A patient or fellow caregiver may disclose information of being abused or suspected abuse. A caregiver may also witness abuse or simply have concerns of abuse taking place. Should any caregiver suspect abuse then it is vital that the CCL safeguarding policy and procedure is immediately implemented. It is the caregivers responsibility to ensure they are fully compliant with CCLs safeguarding and training and read, understood and adhere to the CCLs Safeguarding Policy and Procedure.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Profile Summary:
The Intensive Care Sister/Charge Nurse will support the Intensive Care Nurse Manager in delivering key performance targets including assurance that the professional nursing practice and delivery of care is aligned to the Cleveland Clinic London mission and values.
Responsible for leading an effective and proactive team, the post-holder will drive the delivery of high quality and innovative nursing practice consistent with regulatory and professional requirements. Acting as a visible credible role model, the Intensive Care Sister/Charge Nurse will create a patient-centered environment recognized for its compassion, evidence based practice and superior service.
This level of service will be achieved by utilizing the resources available cost effectively, managing the recruitment process and developing and retaining staff, this role is key to consultant engagement and the development of new services as the need arises.
The post holder will build and maintain excellent working relationships with other departments to ensure a seamless service for our patients.
Key Responsibilities
Operational
- Manages the intensive Care Unit when on duty with overall continuing clinical responsibility, in order to carry out safe delivery of care to a complex group of patients.
- Organises the day to day running of the Intensive care allocating nursing staff according to their level of competence, reviews daily the units working patterns, skill mix and workload to ensure they meet the needs of the service.
- Keep the Nurse Manager informed of all the relevant issues affecting patient care e.g. risk, staffing levels, skills and equipment needs.
- Contribute to the outreach and resus team rotas.
Leadership & Team Management
- Creates a climate of support and cooperation, a culture of shared accountability across the organisation whilst holding individuals to account where there is non-compliance.
- Acts as a clinical leader and role model whilst providing direct quality patient care, sharing expertise with colleagues.
- Ensures adherence and timely management of units and CCL KPIs on recruitment and retention, staff development, appraisal, sickness management, disciplinary and grievance.
- Contribute to the development and delivery of department teaching and mentorship programs
- Ensures personal and team adherence to all CCL policies and procedures.
- Liaises with the Clinical Nurse Educator regarding the developmental needs of the staff.
- Supports team engagement through application of Shared Governance principles
- Implements and monitors competency assessments for all nursing staff.
- Identifies own training needs and maintains professional development in accordance with Revalidation requirements.
Quality & Safety
- Ensures the Intensive Care Unit meets the requirements of our professional and healthcare regulators, managing non-compliance.
- Adheres to the NMC code of conduct and acts as the patient advocate at all times.
- Has implemented quality systems and improved patient outcomes as a result.
- Ensures a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors following the guidelines of risk management. Proactively reporting incidents, risks and/or failings taking responsibility to minimise these.
- Evaluates, develops and coordinates implementation and revision of core standards of care, policies and SOPs. Manages non-conformance to policy, procedure and standards of care.
- Take responsibility for ratification off-duty, anticipating problems where they exist and ensuring timely and effective actions are implemented.
- Ensure adherence to the CCL Complaints Management Policy by fully investigating all concerns and verbal/written complaints.
- Ensure the management of these are undertaken appropriately and within the CCL timescales.
- Ensures that nursing and clinical practice is in accordance with the mission and strategic plan
- Demonstrates Infection control principles and participate in the development of unit infection control related reports and take appropriate action where there is variance to the agreed KPIs.
- Ensure duty of candour at all times.
- Communicates with patients, families, visitors and external providers in a calm, courteous, helpful manner, endeavoring to resolve difficult issues at the /department level.
- Communicates patient clinical information clearly and accurately, documenting pertinent information in nursing record and ensuring complete documentation of patient care.
- Participates in research and innovation and the dissemination of EBP in care delivery.
Education & Certifications:
- Current nursing registration (First Level) through the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) required, with no restrictions to practice
- Completed Adult Critical Care/Intensive Care Course or equivalent
- ILS/ALS provider course completed and qualification in date
Languages:
- Ability to speak and write in English is required.
- Equivalent to a level of 7 of the International English Language Testing System or the Occupational English Test (OET) at level B is required
Complexities of Work (Skills):
- Ability to prioritise workload in a complex environment and supervise members of the team, ensuring high quality, safe and effective patient care.
- Can effectively manage conflict within the workplace and able to demonstrate high emotional intelligence when dealing with team and patients.
- Experience of leading and managing change.
- Demonstrates initiative to proactively problem solve with a solution focus.
- Supports the Intensive Care Unit Nurse Manager in contributing to CCLs nursing operational and strategic goals.
- Communicates succinctly to differing levels across the organisation in order to achieve best practice - both verbally and written.
- Is proactive in seeking out different styles methods of communication to achieve the best outcome.
- Has demonstrable critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work autonomously.
- Is competent at managing nursing budgets.
- Working in an international, multi-cultural environment, being respectful of others culture and beliefs.
Work Experience:
Essential
- Demonstrable broad clinical and managerial experience, within a Band 7 role, in the field of high acuity critically-ill adults with invasive lines, mechanical ventilation, continuous and intermittent hemodialysis, and vasoactive intravenous medications in a hospital setting.
- Wide range of experience working in critical care specialties including cardiac and cardiothoracic, neurosurgery, renal, and GI surgery.
- Track record of achievement of objectives in present and past posts, in both clinical and leadership fields.
Desirable
- Experience in an acute private hospital with Level III patients
- Desirable to be competent in/ have had exposure to the use of electronic clinical systems (EPIC, similar modern clinical systems)
Additional/Physical Requirements
- Regular use of display screen equipment (DSE).
- Increased physical activity, i.e. walking, standing, running (in an emergency), pushing, pulling, helping to move and transfer patients.
- Working within a busy and pressurised job.
- Frequent hand washing using soap, hand cleaners and the use of protective gloves.
- Working shift patterns which may impact on dietary patterns or quality of sleep.
- Calculation of drug dosages, reading complex information under pressure.
Personal Protective Equipment:
- Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.
Safeguarding:
All caregivers have a personal and a professional responsibility to identify and report abuse. A patient or fellow caregiver may disclose information of being abused or suspected abuse. A caregiver may also witness abuse or simply have concerns of abuse taking place. Should any caregiver suspect abuse then it is vital that the CCL safeguarding policy and procedure is immediately implemented. It is the caregivers responsibility to ensure they are fully compliant with CCLs safeguarding and training and read, understood and adhere to the CCLs Safeguarding Policy and Procedure.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable broad clinical and managerial experience, within a Band 7 role, in the field of high acuity critically-ill adults with invasive lines, mechanical ventilation, continuous and intermittent hemodialysis, and vasoactive intravenous medications in a hospital setting.
- Wide range of experience working in critical care specialties including cardiac and cardiothoracic, neurosurgery, renal, and GI surgery.
- Track record of achievement of objectives in present and past posts, in both clinical and leadership fields.
Desirable
- Experience in an acute private hospital with Level III patients
- Desirable to be competent in/ have had exposure to the use of electronic clinical systems (EPIC, similar modern clinical systems)
Qualifications
Essential
- Current nursing registration (First Level) through the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) required, with no restrictions to practice
- Completed Adult Critical Care/Intensive Care Course or equivalent
- ILS/ALS provider course completed and qualification in date
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable broad clinical and managerial experience, within a Band 7 role, in the field of high acuity critically-ill adults with invasive lines, mechanical ventilation, continuous and intermittent hemodialysis, and vasoactive intravenous medications in a hospital setting.
- Wide range of experience working in critical care specialties including cardiac and cardiothoracic, neurosurgery, renal, and GI surgery.
- Track record of achievement of objectives in present and past posts, in both clinical and leadership fields.
Desirable
- Experience in an acute private hospital with Level III patients
- Desirable to be competent in/ have had exposure to the use of electronic clinical systems (EPIC, similar modern clinical systems)
Qualifications
Essential
- Current nursing registration (First Level) through the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) required, with no restrictions to practice
- Completed Adult Critical Care/Intensive Care Course or equivalent
- ILS/ALS provider course completed and qualification in date
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).
Additional information
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).
