Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
As a pivotal part of our team, you will be responsible for the daily management and coordination of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure critically ill patients and their families receive an optimum level of safe, effective care.
You will also be responsible for supervising, leading, and developing Nurses and Nursing practice within our Critical Care Units. You will undertake a rotation programme across Critical Care, developing your transferable Critical Care skills and providing a comprehensive portfolio of experience. In return for your dedication and hard work, we offer excellent opportunities for all staff, which include local education and leadership and development programmes.
The interview process will consist of both panel and group interviews taking place on the same day.
Main Duties of the Job
As a proficient Critical Care Nurse, you will act to ensure the highest standard of patient care is delivered either individually at the bedside, as a pod coordinator supporting more junior members of the team, or as the Nurse in Charge of the shift.
You will be an expert practitioner, role model, and mentor, and will participate in the education and development of Nursing and Healthcare staff.
You will work closely with the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse, Matron, and senior members of the Critical Care team.
About Us
Come Nurse with us...
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It's a great place to nurse, work, and live.
You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practice your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety, and clinical outcomes.
Why Choose Cambridge University Hospitals?
* Our values and reputation for outstanding care
* Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
* Career and development opportunities
* Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
* Research experience and opportunities
* Lovely location and quality of life
* Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail, and air)
Job Responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full-time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full-time permanent contract unless you have:
* Applied for a Graduate visa
* or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
* or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment
If you require sponsorship for a Visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check you are not applying from a Red list country - Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
A welcome subsidy of £1000 is available to all Band 5 and Band 6 Nurses, Midwives, ODPs, and Radiographers taking up substantive employment with the Trust.
Closing date is midnight on 16th February 2025.
Interviews are due to be held on 26th and 27th February 2025.
Benefits to You
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space, and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel, and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working, and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Contact Information
For further details/informal visits please contact:
Name: Laura Ellarby
Job title: Senior Sister - NCCU (Neuro Critical Care Unit)
Email address: l.ellarby@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01223 216358
Additional contact information:
Name: Adam Deeks
Job title: Senior Charge Nurse - JVF ICU (John Farman Intensive Care Unit)
Email address: adam.deeks1@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01223 217494
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registrant with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) of UK
* Adult Critical Care Course Certification programme with 60 credits (or equivalent)
* Degree or equivalent experience
* ILS Certification
* Leadership and/or Management training
* Specialist relevant clinical Courses
* Working towards Masters
Experience
* Extensive Critical Care Nursing experience, evidenced by completion of step 1-3 (or equivalent experience)
* Evidence of a positive contribution to the ICU team. For example; individual or group project work, link roles etc.
* Awareness about the importance of evidence-based practice and research in Critical Care
* Experience post adult Critical Care course
* Experience in a specialised unit e.g. Trauma, Neurosciences, Vascular and Transplant
Knowledge
* Up to date knowledge of the clinical specialties relevant to patients (evidence-based practice)
* Knowledge of current NHS, professional and educational issues
* Understands the principles of Clinical and Shared Governance and the implications for practice
* Demonstrates an understanding of current educational practices relating to basic and continuing education
* Experience and qualifications in research
Skills
* Evidence of proficient clinical skills in Critical Care Nursing
* Demonstrated proficiency in communication, both verbally and in writing
* Able to use initiative, solve problems, and prioritise work
* Able to work in a changing environment and to actively support/promote planned change
* Demonstrating active participation and/or initiation of a quality improvement, service improvement, and/or audit project
* Demonstrates effective teamwork skills
* Actively engaged in Clinical Supervision/Action Learning
* Basic Computer Skills
Additional Requirements
* The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors, and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.
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.
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