Job Overview Are you a dynamic and passionate ICU Sister/Charge Nurse dedicated to contribute to our high standards of nursing care who is looking for a new challenge? Are you also looking for flexible shifts to suit your lifestyle. Our Temporary Staffing service is looking to recruit bank ICU Sister/Charges Nurses to join the multi-disciplinary teams at both Frimley and Wexham Park Hospital in the ICU Department. Main duties of the job Main duties for this role include but are not limited to: Taking leadership of the responsibility for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care within the nursing team, responding in an advisory capacity to acute changes in patient condition. To act as a credible clinical role model promoting a patient-cantered approach to care, demonstrating advanced clinical practice skills and theoretical knowledge in caring for the complex needs of the critically ill patient. To develop standards of patient care based on sound research findings. To make a specialist contribution to teaching of nurses and other health care professionals, demonstrating collaborative working and understanding of the practice development strategy. Demonstrate a sound knowledge of infection control standards and promote these within the unit environment. Provide legible and comprehensive patient records to agreed Trust and NMC standards and guidelines. To deal with, in conjunction with the Senior Nursing Team, untoward incidents, complaints and team/staff issues. Actioning plans to prevent reoccurrence. To take on the role of Critical care Nurse in Charge, co-coordinating admissions, transfers and workload within the unit. Working for our organisation Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too. We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users. Frimley Health Trust benefits on Vimeo Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy. Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria RGN level 1 ENB100/equivalent critical care module Current NMC registration ENB 998 Teaching and assessing course or equivalent Mentorship preparation course. Previous ICU experience at Band 6 Desirable criteria Diploma or degree level registration. ILS & ALS Experience Essential criteria experience as a Band 6 or in a leadership role Skills Essential criteria Self motivated with the ability to motivate others Innovative and enthusiastic Able to work as an effective team member. Be able to problem solve and demonstrate leadership qualities Awareness of current professional nursing issues Ability to adapt to change within the working environment Desirable criteria Effective time management commitment and flexibility to service delivery Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire. We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities. We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park. We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment. Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future. Apply online now