Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit

Transformation Unit; Lancaster; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust is hiring a Registered Nurse for the Intensive Care Unit at Royal Lancaster Infirmary in Lancaster. Band 5 role with development support and a requirement to participate in 24-hour cover.

ICU experience is preferable but not essential; preceptorship support is provided and ongoing professional development is encouraged within a three-hospital network in Morecambe Bay.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with permission to practice
• Willing to undertake further training and keep skills current
• Prepared to teach, mentor and assess colleagues
• Post-registration clinical course relevant to area
• Evidence of IT literacy and accessing governance docs

Responsibilities

• Provide care to ICU level 2 & 3 patients
• Participate in 24-hour cover roster
• Engage in continuous education and development
• Complete developmental pack and competency displays
• Work within multidisciplinary team

Skills

Written and verbal communication

IT literacy (email, word processing)

Clinical governance knowledge

Teamwork

Education

NMC nurse registration

Post-registration training willingness

Teaching/mentoring qualifications

Post-registration clinical course

ILS/ALERT/PLS/ALS training

Job description

Employer University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Lancaster infirmary Town Lancaster Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 17/11/2026 23:59

Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit

NHS AfC: Band 5

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the dedicated ICU team. The intensive care unit at Royal Lancaster Infirmary is an 8 bedded ICU/HDU caring for level 2 & 3 patients from a variety of specialisms.

Main duties of the job

Full support will be given for you to achieve your developmental needs including a supernumerary period. You will receive a Critical Care Developmental pack to work through – a transferable document of competence, to display evidence & training undertaken.
ICU experience is preferable but not essential, experienced or newly qualified Band 5 nurses can apply. Full support for Preceptorship will be given. This is an exciting opportunity not to be missed.
The department is committed to appraisal, to support continuous education and professional development. You will be required to participate in providing 24 hour cover.
You are expected to care for level 2 and 3 patients.

Working for our organisation

We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community health care premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/

Person specification

Education and qualifications

• Registered Nurse (on the relevant part of the register for the post)
• Willingness to undertake further training relevant to the post – and to use and maintain these skills in the delivery of care
• Willingness to undertake, teaching, mentoring and/or assessing qualifications
• Post registration clinical course appropriate to area
• Alert course, ILS, PLS, ALS

Experience

• Working within a multidisciplinary team
• Evidence of recent professional development.
• Previous experience within designated area
• Experience of mentoring and assessing junior staff
• Evidence of implementing chnage

Skills, ability and knowledge

• Specific clinical skills appropriate to speciality or willingness to undertake
• IT skills – use of email, word processing, internet searching
• Ability to communicate effectively both written & verbal.
• Knowledge of Clinical Governance agenda
• Knowledge and skills obtained in a relevant band 5 post.

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.