Registered Nurse - ICU

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; Derby; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking team as a Registered Nurse in Intensive Care at a leading NHS trust. You'll care for critically ill patients, ensuring high standards of individualized nursing care while benefiting from ongoing support and development opportunities. This role offers the chance to make a significant impact in a busy, well-resourced unit.

Benefits

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Car schemes

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum of demonstrable post-registration experience in an acute setting.
• Ability to work internal rotations from day to night duty.
• Experience in critical care is desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, and deliver individualized nursing care to critically ill patients.
• Collaborate with MDT and senior nurses for optimal patient care.
• Support other areas in the Trust when needed.

Skills

Critical thinking

Team collaboration

Compassion

Adaptability

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for Registered Nurses to join our friendly nursing team within Intensive Care. We have spacious, well-equipped units with dedicated teams of Intensivists, experienced critical care nurses, and proactive AHPs.

The unit is lively, energetic, and forward-thinking; embracing new initiatives, change, and the development of services.

You will receive orientation to the unit and will be comprehensively supported with a full induction programme and ongoing development in the care of critically ill patients.

You MUST have a minimum of demonstrable post-registration experience; experience in a current acute setting is essential. Previous critical care experience is desirable but not essential.

Ability to work internal rotation from day to night duty is essential.

You will be caring for critically ill patients requiring multi-organ support; responsible for assessing, planning, and delivering a high standard of individualised nursing care.

This role involves caring for X1 level 3 or X2 level 2 patients requiring ICU or HDU care.

You will liaise with the MDT and senior nurses on the ICU, and collaborate with admission and discharge areas to provide excellent nursing care and contribute to a positive patient journey and experience.

When called upon, providing support to other areas in the Trust during times of less activity on the unit and greater need elsewhere is an expectation.

Closing date of applications: 03 July 2025

Date of interview: 17 July 2025

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people, and local partners in achieving the best health for the local population and communities by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness, and Excellence underpin how we work as a Trust, with associated behaviours being embedded in all aspects of our work.

In Return We Will Offer

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• Ongoing support from recruitment through to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits include employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, and car schemes.

Key Facts

• We see on average 4,810 outpatient appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatient department in England – an average of 2,077 per week.
• An average of 1,115 patients are seen in A&E across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year, we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research-active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.