Senior Staff Nurse (ITU/Critical Care)

Nuffield Health Brentwood; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Nuffield Health is seeking a Senior Staff Nurse to join their prestigious St Bartholomew’s Hospital. This role includes leading a nursing team, mentoring junior staff, and managing patient care. Ideal candidates are registered with the NMC and have critical care qualifications. Attractive benefits such as free gym membership and health assessments are also offered.

Benefits

Free gym membership

Health assessments

Retail discounts

Pension options

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with NMC.
• Expertise in managing complex patient care.
• Experience in shift management and mentoring.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and supervise junior nursing staff.
• Provide high-quality patient care with autonomy.
• Manage rotas and participate in the recruitment process.

Skills

Clinical Skills

Mentoring

Leadership

Education

NMC registration

Critical Care postgraduate qualification

ILS certification

Job description

Senior Staff Nurse

St Bartholomew’s Hospital | Nursing | Permanent | Full time |

Up to £48,000 depending on experience

Additional shift enhancements and overtime uplifts for nights and weekends above 15% of the equivalent hourly rate. Bank holidays uplifts will be double time.

We’re Britain’s largest Healthcare Charity and we’re serious about shaping the nation’s health. Join us and we’ll give you the greatest opportunities to fulfil your passion for nursing. You’ll have the chance to grow your career while inspiring others to deliver the highest standards of patient care.

As a Senior Staff Nurse at our hospital, you’re registered with the appropriate governing body and you hold the relevant qualifications and experience, including NMC registration. You bring knowledge of mentoring and multi-specialty surgical procedures. Ideally, you hold qualifications in teaching and assessment, and management.

As a Senior Staff Nurse, you will:

• Lead by example and be an ambassador for the Nuffield Health way of caring
• Recognize talent and nurture junior colleagues, mentoring them to be the best they can be
• Use your excellent clinical skills and empathetic approach to meet each patient’s needs
• Enjoy autonomy to make decisions that ensure excellent patient care
• Provide day-to-day supervision, including clinical supervision of junior nursing staff and students
• Contribute to scheduling and rotas, recruitment, induction, performance reviews, and training
• Act as a mentor and role model
• Manage complex patient care, and lead the unit in the absence of the Sister/Charge Nurse
• You will support individuals and teams to deliver safe, high-quality, and effective patient care that is responsive to the needs of our patients and their families
• Build strong relationships with consultants, hospital senior leaders, healthcare professionals, and patients

You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team and provide clinical leadership.

Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, your specialist training should include a Critical Care postgraduate qualification (60 credits) and a minimum of ILS, ideally ALS and/or CALS. You will have extensive experience managing level 2 and 3 patients and must have evidence of Critical Care competencies at level 1 and working towards level 2. You should have experience as Nurse in Charge of shifts and mentoring. Alongside the Critical Care Charge Nurse/Sister, you’ll be accountable for leading, motivating, educating, and supervising the nursing team. We welcome full-time, part-time, and bank applicants willing to work flexibly across shift patterns covering a seven-day service.

Nuffield Health Barts Hospital

We’ve opened the doors to Nuffield Health at St Bartholomew’s Hospital: The City of London’s only independent hospital, situated next to St Bartholomew’s NHS hospital. This is our flagship center for cardiac services, providing a full range of surgical and medical services including orthopaedics, oncology, general surgery, gynecology, and urology.

Our hospital features 55 beds, including 7 intensive care beds, four advanced digital operating theatres, Endoscopy and minor ops theatres, 28 consultation rooms, a cardiac catheterization lab, Oncology Day unit, and diagnostic imaging suite (MRI, CT, ultrasound, mammography, X-ray).

Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy, and valued. Our benefits include free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts, and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we care about what’s important to you.

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.

If you’re interested, apply now. We review applications as received and may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.

Ready to bring out the specialist in you?

For more information, contact Hiring Manager Alex Wilson at [e-mail]