Take your career to the next level! Become a Critical Care Nurse!
Our Critical Care Services is offering a great opportunity to ambitious and motivated Band 5 Staff Nurses to explore a career in critical care and to transform patient care.
You will be based in the Critical Care Department at Hinchingbrooke Hospital, which is a 10 bed combined intensive and high dependency care unit treating around 650 patients a year. Cross-site work at Peterborough City Hospital may be required.
You will be joining a friendly and supportive team in delivering high quality patient-centred care in a busy, challenging and complex environment.
You should have NMC registration and 6 months post-qualification experience within an acute clinical setting.
In exchange for your services, our excellent clinical educators’ team will provide you with a comprehensive induction and training programme where theoretical knowledge will be combined with practical skills required for you to perform at the best of your capabilities.
Join the Critical Care services and help us deliver outstanding patient care and experience!
Your practice will be evidence-based and supported by critical care guidelines, policies, and competencies. You will ensure critically ill patients receive safe and individualised care by assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating their care. You will maintain accurate records and documentation appropriate to care delivery in accordance with information governance requirements.
You will communicate clearly and accurately with colleagues and shift leaders about the clinical condition of patients while making clinical judgements involving complex information, within limitations of skills and knowledge.
You will maintain professional relationships and excellent communication with patients and relatives, ensuring their needs are met with sensitivity and empathy. You will conduct yourself in a professional manner at all times, acting as a positive role model to peers and junior staff.
You will ensure your own personal and professional development as well as supervise and teach junior members of staff.
We are dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusivity within our workforce and warmly welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, with a particular emphasis on encouraging those from disabled, Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities, as well as candidates from our local area.
As part of our commitment to supporting our employees, we offer a range of benefits including:
1. Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 27 days and increasing to 29 days after five years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service, in addition to the national Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part-time staff);
2. Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme;
3. Flexible working opportunities;
4. Enhanced hourly rates for unsociable hours e.g. night shifts, weekends, bank holidays;
5. Opportunities for career development and training to help you progress in your role;
6. Wellbeing support and activities to promote a healthy work environment;
7. Access to our in-house physiotherapy service;
8. On-site canteens offering subsidised meals;
9. Subsidised staff parking (currently free);
10. Free Stagecoach Bus Travel to and from work within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
We strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace where employees feel valued and empowered to excel in their roles. Join us and become part of a team dedicated to making a positive difference in our community.
Your responsibilities will include:
1. Practice in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Code of Conduct for nurses, midwives, and health visitors.
2. Ensure that the rights, dignity, and confidentiality of the patient are protected at all times.
3. Act as the patient’s advocate, communicate, and actively contribute to multidisciplinary decision making regarding patient care.
4. Communicate openly with all staff and disciplines, promoting and ensuring principles of good teamwork and harmonious working relationships within the department.
5. Prioritise patient care and workload effectively whilst providing support for both junior and senior staff.
6. Work effectively as a multidisciplinary team to ensure standards of care are maintained.
7. Take responsibility for unit development projects, link nurse activities, or rolling out of Trust initiatives to colleagues.
8. Be proactive in identifying personal developmental and learning needs. Seek out and use resources to meet such needs.
9. Contribute to the development and maintenance of a working environment conducive to learning, peer support, and team development.
10. Facilitate others within a learning experience and act as mentor/assessor to junior staff, pre and post-registration students.
11. Provide health information to patients and significant others based on an assessment of need for information and in context of the current situation.
12. Contribute to evidence-based practice through own learning and professional updating. Contribute to the dissemination and implementation of research findings.
13. Take charge of a cohort of patients within the department if required following completion of the internal development programme, supervising other staff and ensuring patient safety in the absence of Sister or deputy.
14. Ensure compliance with the Trust’s Health and Safety and Risk Management Policies and procedures. Maintain the health, safety, and welfare of staff, patients, or other third parties visiting the department or general areas of the Trust.
This advert closes on Sunday 29 Dec 2024.
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