Bank ITU Nurse Band 5

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS trust as a band 5 ITU nurse, where you will provide exceptional care to critically ill patients. This role offers the flexibility of choosing your shifts while working alongside a dedicated multidisciplinary team in a high-performing environment. With a commitment to delivering world-class care, you will have the opportunity to develop your skills in a supportive setting, ensuring the best outcomes for patients. If you are passionate about nursing and eager to make a difference, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Flexible Working Hours

Competitive Hourly Rates

Support for Professional Development

Qualifications

• Registered ITU nurse with 12 months post-qualification experience.
• Specialized in caring for critically ill adults.

Responsibilities

• Deliver excellent care to level 2 or 3 patients.
• Supervise and teach unqualified staff under senior supervision.

Skills

Patient Management

Teamwork

Prioritization

Self-Development

Approachability

Professional Attitude

Reliability

Education

1st/2nd Level Registration

Intensive Care Course

Job description

Our current vacancies

If you want to be part of the Royal Free London team, search our current vacancies below to find the job for you.

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

Here at The Royal Free Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust we are passionate about delivering the highest quality care to all our patients. In order to help us achieve this, we are looking for enthusiastic, motivated and committed band 5 ITU nurses to join our temporary staffing bank.

As a trust bank ITU nurse you will be able to choose a flexible working pattern to suit your work life balance in working as part of a committed multidisciplinary team at either of our two Intensive Care Units.

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing Trust with some of the best clinical outcomes in the country.

Main duties of the job

Working shifts as a band 5 bank ITU nurse, in either of our two Units at Royal Free Hospital or Barnet Hospital to deliver the highest quality care to our sickest patients, in line with our trust values.

As an accountable registered ITU nurse you will be responsible for delivering excellent care to allocated level 2 or 3 patients providing total patient care to a range of medical and surgical patients including hepatology, infectious disease, cardiac, rheumatology and we are a specialist surgical centre for Hepatobiliary, Vascular and Renal surgery.

We are the largest renal centre in the North Central Network and have one of the busiest primary Cardiac Primary PCI centres in London.

Working for our organisation

Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

We offer a variety of bank shifts both days, nights and weekends across our RFH and BH sites with competitive hourly rates. Our long day and night shift are paid at 11.5 hours.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder is responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for critically ill adults with supervision from senior staff.

The Post holder will develop specialist knowledge and competence in caring for critically ill adults by attending the introduction to intensive care course and by working with their mentors and clinical practice educators.

The post holder is expected to supervise and teach unqualified staff with the support and supervision of more senior members of the team.

To maintain a safe clinical environment conducive to patient care.

As part of our continued response to COVID19, we are closely following Department of Health and Social Care's (DHSC) guidance and the government’s proposals for new mandatory COVID-19 vaccination legislation. This means that full COVID19 vaccination will be a condition of employment in all NHS roles which have face-to-face contact with patients and service users from 1 April 2022 unless exempt. This also means that by 3 February 2022 all such staff will need to have had their first COVID19 vaccination. We expect the need to be vaccinated to apply to the vast majority of roles, although this may not be a requirement in some limited, exceptional circumstances. Should your role be identified as being within the scope of the legislation, you will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status (or a legitimate exemption from these requirements) as a condition of your employment.

Person specification

Royal Free World Class Values

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Education & professional Qualifications

• 1st/2nd level registration
• Intensive Care Course

Skills and aptitudes

• Can manage ITU patients with support
• Able to prioritise
• Evidence of self development
• Approachable
• Able to work well within a team
• Professional attitude
• Reliable

Experience

• 12 months experience after qualifying
• 6 months recent ITU experience

Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19.
We encourage and support staff to get COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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 Adam Robinson Job title Temporary Staffing | Recruitment Services Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 0207 794 0500 Additional information

Temporary Staffing | Recruitment Services

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
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