Critical Care Registered Nurse - Band 5 | Barts Health NHS Trust

Barts Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Greater London is looking for experienced Band 5 nurses to join their Adult Critical Care Unit at the Royal London Hospital. Candidates must have at least 6 months of acute nursing experience and IV accreditation. This role offers an opportunity to work within a dynamic team and provides flexible working arrangements along with excellent staff benefits, including a pension scheme. Ideal for energetic and enthusiastic nurses committed to providing high-quality patient care.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Childcare vouchers

Family-friendly policies

Excellent pension scheme

Qualifications

• At least 6 months acute nursing experience required.
• IV accreditation necessary for the role.
• Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standard of care to critically ill patients.
• Support and collaborate with senior staff in critical care.
• Participate in continuous learning and professional development.

Skills

Acute nursing experience

IV accreditation

Teamwork

Adaptability

Job description

We are recruiting for experienced band 5 nurses with at least 6 months acute experience and IV accreditation to join our world class Adult Critical Care Unit at the Royal London Hospital.

We are extremely proud to have been rated as ‘outstanding’ for caring by the Care Quality Commission in 2016 and recent Barts Hero Award Winners.

As the UK’s largest trauma centre our ACCU unit leads the trauma network for North East London and Essex. It is a leading specialist centre with an international reputation for caring for some of the most seriously injured patients in London and beyond. In addition to trauma the Royal London Hospital also provides specialist care in neurosciences, a hyper-acute stroke centre, and acute general medical, along with surgical and obstetric services.

Working within a highly skilled, dynamic multi-disciplinary team, in our busy and energetic 44 bedded Adult Critical Care Unit (ACCU), which accommodates both level 3 and level 2 patients. This is an excellent opportunity for, energetic, enthusiastic staff nurses with at least 6 months acute experience, to provide a high standard of care to patients within a challenging, yet supportive acute hospital setting.

In return we will provide exciting learning opportunities within both the clinical and educational setting to enable you to continue to develop and grow.

Barts Health has a multi-cultural and ethnically diverse population. This offers a wide spectrum of healthcare challenges which can be both complex and rewarding.

As part of our Adult Critical Care commitment to enhance the working lives of our staff, we offer flexible working arrangements, childcare vouchers, family‑friendly policies and staff benefits including an excellent pension scheme. We are committed to providing a culture of continuous learning, which actively supports the professional and personal development of our staff.

Would you like to join this dynamic Award Winning Team?

Follow us on Twitter @teammaccu to find out more about us.

Shortlisted applicants will be offered interview arrangements shortly after applying within a time frame that works for you!

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world‑class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high‑performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm‑free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

To provide the highest standard of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised, holistic patient care in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team. The post holder provides care to critically ill patients with supervision and support of senior staff in this area of specialist practice.

This advert closes on Sunday 7 Dec 2025