Sister/Charge Nurse

NHS; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking team at an outstanding critical care unit in Salisbury. This role offers the chance to enhance your clinical and leadership skills while providing compassionate care to patients and their families. With a supportive environment and opportunities for professional growth, you'll be part of a dedicated team committed to delivering exceptional healthcare. Enjoy a rewarding career with generous benefits, including paid holidays and NHS discounts, all while living in a vibrant city with easy access to London and the coast. Don't miss this chance to make a difference in critical care nursing.

Benefits

35 days paid holiday (pro rata)

NHS discounts

Generous pension scheme

On-site leisure centre

On-site day nursery

On-site holiday play scheme

Qualifications

• NMC registered with critical care course level 6 or 7.
• Minimum 18 months post critical care course experience required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver skilled and compassionate nursing care to patients.
• Support personal and professional development in a friendly unit.

Skills

Compassionate nursing care

Teaching and assessing

Critical care experience

Education

Diploma in Nursing

Advanced Diploma in Nursing

BSc (Hons) in Nursing

Job description

A wonderful opportunity to join Salisbury District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Intensive Care and High Dependency Unit (Radnor), which is rated by CQC as an outstanding critical care unit. It also supports the regional referral centre's for burns, plastics, and spinal cord injuries.

We are looking to recruit highly motivated, experienced, caring, and compassionate band 6 Critical Care Sisters / Charge Nurses to join our forward-thinking team.

Main duties of the job

We require Registered Nurses who have completed a recognised post registration critical care course, experience of teaching and assessing, and have a minimum of 18 months post critical care course experience. We also require them to have recent critical care experience and hold a Diploma, Advanced Diploma, or BSc (Hons) in Nursing or health-related subject (or working towards a degree).

This is an exciting opportunity to develop your expert clinical and leadership skills in a friendly and supportive unit, where personal and professional development is actively encouraged. The successful applicants will undergo a comprehensive induction program under the guidance of the education lead and senior team members.

If you are motivated to deliver skilled and compassionate nursing care to patients and their families, this is the right opportunity for you.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre, and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery, and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away, or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person Specification

• NMC registered
• Critical Care Course level 6 or 7
• Assessing in practice course/Practice assessor
• Minimum 18 months post Critical care Course experience
• Recent work in critical Care (last 6 months)
• Previous Band 6 experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata