Critical Care Staff Nurse | Barts Health NHS Trust

Barts Health NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is looking for a Band 5 Staff Nurse to join their Adult Critical Care Unit. The role involves delivering high-quality care to critically ill patients, mentoring colleagues, and complying with safety regulations. Candidates should have a relevant nursing qualification and be committed to professional development. This role includes shift patterns and offers opportunities for specialized training.

Benefits

Opportunities for professional development

Support for nurse-led research

Qualifications

• Experience in critical care nursing.
• Ability to manage shift patterns including nights and weekends.
• Commitment to professional development.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, provide, and evaluate-skilled care for critically ill patients.
• Support and develop colleagues through mentoring.
• Ensure compliance with local Trust requirements for audits or projects.

Skills

Evidence-based patient care

Mentoring and assessing skills

Knowledge of Health and Safety regulations

Team collaboration

Education

Nursing qualification with relevant experience

Job description

Adult Critical Care Unit

Band 5 Staff Nurse in Adult Critical Care Unit (ACCU)

We are excited to invite applications for the Band 5 Staff Nurse post to join our world-class Adult Cardiac Critical Care Unit (ACCU) at St Bartholomew’s Hospital Heart Centre. This is a unique opportunity to rotate across three critical care units, each caring for a diverse range of patients, including:

• Post-operative cardiothoracic and thoracic patients
• Heart Attack Centre patients
• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) patients
• Vascular patients
• Cancer patients

We are proud to have been rated as ‘Outstanding’ in leadership by the Care Quality Commission in 2017. Your professional development is a priority for us, and we offer opportunities to undertake courses such as ILS, ALS, CALS, BSc, MSc, and even PhD programmes. We also support nurse‑led research, fully backed by our Director of Research and Development.

This role will involve shift patterns of long days, nights and bank holidays to meet the service requirements of the ACCU.

Assess, plan, provide, and evaluate skilled evidence-based care for critically ill patients (L2 & L3). Ensuring quality care and patient safety are paramount.

Support and develop colleagues by mentoring and assessing their skills.

Promote practice development within Critical Care.

Fulfil Local/Trust requirements in specified audit or project work.

Maintain a safe working environment, complying with Health and Safety regulations, Environmental Health Act, and attending mandatory training.

Provide skilled support to medical staff and other members of the multidisciplinary team.

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.

This advert closes on Tuesday 2 Dec 2025.