Sister/Charge Nurse

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust; Wexham Court; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting an experienced Critical Care Nurse at Band 6 NIC level for Wexham Park ICU. You will lead the nursing team, coordinate admissions/transfers, and drive clinical excellence in a 16-bed adult ICU/HDU, with opportunities for leadership development and teaching.

The role emphasizes leadership in infection control, mentoring colleagues, and contributing to service improvement while maintaining high standards of patient care in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with current UK NMC registration.
• Band 6 NIC experience in ICU.
• Strong leadership and teaching skills.

Responsibilities

• Take leadership of the nursing team on a shift to shift basis, coordinating care and responding to acute changes.
• Act as a clinical role model, promoting patient-centered care and advanced clinical practice.
• Develop standards of patient care based on research and evidence.
• Undertake audit and evaluation of nursing care within the unit.

Skills

Critical care

Leadership

Nurse in Charge

Education

Nursing degree

Job description

We are seeking experienced and motivated Critical Care Nurses who have previously worked at a Band 6 Nurse in Charge (NIC) level within an Intensive Care Unit. This is an exciting opportunity to join the dedicated team at Wexham Park Hospital Critical Care Unit, a 16-bed adult general ICU/HDU providing high-quality, compassionate care to a diverse range of acute medical and surgical patients. As a senior member of the team, you will play a pivotal role in coordinating the delivery of safe, effective, and patient-centred care while supporting and developing colleagues within the critical care environment. This Band 6 position offers a professionally rewarding and clinically stimulating role with extensive opportunities for learning, leadership development and career progression. Our structured leadership pathway includes participation in the Aspiring Clinical Leadership Programme, Immediate Life Support (ILS) training, team leader responsibilities with mentoring opportunities, bedside clinical teaching rotations, involvement in appraisals, and contributions to service improvement and key departmental projects. If you are passionate about delivering clinical excellence, enjoy the challenges and rewards of critical care nursing, and are looking to further develop your leadership career within a supportive and welcoming team, Wexham Park ICU is the ideal place to take your next step. Main duties for this role include but are not limited to:

• Taking leadership of the responsibility for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care within the nursing team on a shift to shift basis, responding in an advisory capacity to acute changes in patient condition.
• To act as a credible clinical role model promoting a patient-centered approach to care, demonstrating advanced clinical practice skills and theoretical knowledge in caring for the complex needs of the critically ill patient.
• To develop standards of patient care based on sound research findings.
• To undertake the audit and evaluation of nursing care within the unit.
• To make a specialist contribution to teaching of nurses and other health care professionals, demonstrating collaborative working and understanding of the practice development strategy.
• Demonstrate a sound knowledge of infection control standards and promote these within the unit environment.
• Provide legible and comprehensive patient records to agreed Trust and NMC standards and guidelines.
• To deal with, in conjunction with the Senior Nursing Team, untoward incidents, complaints and team/staff issues. Actioning plans to prevent reoccurrence.
• To take on the role of Critical care Nurse in Charge, co-coordinating admissions, transfers and workload within the unit.
  Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too. We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users. Frimley Health Trust benefits on Vimeo