Main area Critical Care Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours 37.5 hours per week (Full time/Part time opportunities available) Job ref 432-HR2437-24
Employer East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Colchester General Hospital Town Colchester Salary £29,970 - £36,483 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 07/04/2025 23:59
Registered Nurse - Critical Care Unit
NHS AfC: Band 5
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
Exciting opportunities have arisen for Registered Nurses to join our Critical Care team at East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust.
Do you possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work confidently and collaboratively across professional boundaries? If so, we are looking for highly motivated nurses who are passionate about the care of patients to join our well-established critical care team, in delivering a 24/7 service.
The post involves delivering excellent and individualised clinical care to our patients and their families, and you will be fully supported to achieve this through our comprehensive educational strategy.
Depending on your level of experience you will develop your competence and confidence through a programme of supervised practice, critical care specific competencies and a series of development days specifically for band 5 staff.
Full time and Part time hours are available for this post.
Main duties of the job
* You will work within a Clinical Specialist team and contribute to activities and projects with the goal of professional and practice development.
* The Critical Care Unit form part of the East of England Critical Care Delivery Network and utilise a paperless clinical information system.
You will be expected to undertake internal rotation and weekend duties and although you will be predominantly based on one site there may be the requirement to work across the Critical Care units on either site.
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse Level 1 or 2 or awaiting results.
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
* Willingness to work towards achievement of critical care qualification.
* Mentorship module or willing to work towards achievement.
* Willingness to undertake further education.
Experience
* Worked within the healthcare setting.
* Experience in critical care environment.
Knowledge
* Knowledge and understanding of evidence-based practice.
* Understanding and ability to apply clinical governance principles to practice.
* Knowledge of developments in specialty and current issues driving nursing in general.
* Nursing Care of Acutely unwell patients.
Skills
* Ability to work effectively in a team and lead as required.
* Excellent interpersonal skills.
* Ability to delegate.
* Ability to manage own workload.
* Ability to communicate at appropriate level both written and verbal.
* Motivated and enthusiastic.
Please make sure that you read the Job Description and Person Specification attached and that your statement in support reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria.
The Trust is committed to its staff and their development and to equal opportunities and diversity. Applications are welcomed from all sections of the community.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Leonie Lowe Job title Clinical Nurse Educator, Critical Care Email address leonie.lowe@esneft.nhs.uk Telephone number 07510 383798 Additional information
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