Main area Critical Care/Intensive Care Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week (Internal rotation to include weekends, nights and bank holidays. Part time hours must be minimum 23hrs per week)
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Employer University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Derriford Hospital
Town Plymouth
Salary £37,338 - £44,962 Per Annum Pro Rata
Salary period Yearly
Closing 26/02/2025 23:59
Critical Care Band 6 Nurse
Job overview
We are looking for experienced and aspiring Critical Care Nurses, ideally with Band 6 experience.
Penrose Ward is an 18 bedded Critical care unit supporting a variety of specialties for both elective and emergency admissions, including Major Trauma.
You are primarily responsible for leading teams of nursing staff and co-ordinating care within the critical care setting.
You will have a professional and positive attitude and will be an exemplar role model whilst setting and maintaining high standards, and supporting continuing education for staff.
Act within the NMC code of conduct, scope of professional practice, and meeting revalidation criteria.
As a Senior Staff nurse you will be encouraged and supported to:
* Consolidate the Critical care course
* Complete a QI project
* Complete the Step 4 leadership competency book.
Following completion of the above, you will follow a pay progression pathway to Junior Sister/Charge Nurse and Team Leader. Candidates will be placed on the appropriate stage of the pathway.
***Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.***
Main duties of the job
* To take charge of Critical care area and leading team on a day to day basis.
* Ensure effective communication with the multi-disciplinary team.
* Provide clinical expertise and work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
* Ensure judicious use of resources and bed allocation to make sure that a high standard of care within critical care is provided in the most cost effective way.
* To be professionally accountable and responsible for the nursing care of a group of patients or patient, requiring critical care nursing, including those who are paediatrics.
* To be aware of the potential misuse of critical care specific equipment can cause harm up-to and including death of a patient.
* To provide support, evidence based clinical advice and expertise to junior colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary team on an ongoing basis. Supervise and direct junior staff, healthcare assistants and learners.
Working for our organisation
We are a people business – where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment.
If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process, please contact the recruitment team on 01752 432100.
We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss this prior to your application submission. We commit to giving this full consideration in each case. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams.
It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Ensure high standards of clinical practice in accordance with agreed policies, procedures and standards.
* Provide and deliver a high standard of nursing care by initiating and co-ordinating the comprehensive assessment, planning, and evaluating of individual patient needs based on evidence and use of relevant nursing models.
* Coordinate, report and document any relevant nursing/patient needs, communicating changes with other health care professionals with ongoing responsibility for patient care as they occur.
* Possess key skills in patient management to assist medical staff in the complex assessment, resuscitation and frequent review of critically ill patients. These skills will involve:
* Education regarding the setting up, calibration, troubleshooting and use of critical care specific equipment including:
o Advanced haemodynamic (invasive and non-invasive) monitoring
o Neurological monitoring
o Dialysis machines
o Intra-Aortic Balloon pumps
* Institute ventilation-weaning programmes following specific criteria.
* Co-ordinate patient transfer (level 1-3 patients) both within the trust and across divisions/organisational boundaries.
* Near patient testing e.g. blood and urine testing.
* Carrying the paediatric cardiac arrest bleep.
* Apply key aspects of critical care nursing to paediatric patients, and also be able to support colleagues caring for paediatric patients by way of recognisable expertise/experience.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Current RN registration with the NMC
* Post basic critical care course (60 credits or equivalent)
* Proven evidence of continued academic and clinical development.
* Assessing and supervision course or equivalent
* Leadership course/module
* Completed step 4 competencies (National Framework for RN in Critical Care)
Knowledge and Skills
* Demonstrable experience within a similar role
* Recognised as advanced in terms of nursing practice, in aspects of care such as haemodynamic monitoring, ventilation, CVVH
* Previous demonstrable experience in a leadership capacity
* Demonstrable Paediatric ICU experience
Aptitude and Abilities
* Good communication skills, written and verbal, with ability to demonstrate fluency, clarity and effectiveness at all levels.
* Effective influencing skills; in general and with senior health care professionals.
* Teaching and mentoring skills.
* Ability to prioritise workload, instruct and direct others.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY INCLUDING YOUR JUNK FOLDER.
If you need support with the online application process or require reasonable adjustments with the application and/or interview process please contact the Recruiting Manager for this post.
We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants about less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. We recommend contacting the manager of the role prior to applying and we commit to giving requests full consideration.
We welcome and encourage applicants who identify with all protected characteristics to apply for our roles. We believe that diversity strengthens our teams and improves our patients' experience. At UHP we aim to create an inclusive workplace and hospital where everyone feels they belong and included.
It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.
Providing false information is an offence & could result in the application being rejected or summary dismissal/police action if an applicant is successful.
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.
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