Sister/Charge Nurse - ACCU

Barts Health NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK is seeking a Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse to join their Adult Critical Care Unit at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. This role offers the opportunity to rotate across various critical care units, providing high-quality patient care. The Trust is committed to your professional development, with opportunities to undertake various courses and support for nurse-led research. The ideal candidate will have a nursing qualification and experience in critical care. Shift patterns will include long days, nights, and bank holidays.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with relevant experience in critical care.
• Ability to work long shifts including bank holidays.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, provide, and evaluate care for critically ill patients.
• Support and develop colleagues through mentoring.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.

Skills

Evidence-based care for critically ill patients

Mentoring and assessing skills

Quality improvement projects

Education

Relevant nursing qualification

Job description

Adult Critical Care Unit

Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse – Adult Critical Care Unit (ACCU)

We are excited to invite applications for a Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse to join our busy Adult Cardiac Critical Care Unit (ACCU) at St Bartholomew’s Hospital Heart Centre. This is a unique opportunity to rotate across three critical care units, each caring for a diverse range of patients, including:

• Post-operative cardiothoracic and thoracic patients
• Heart Attack Centre patients
• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) patients
• Vascular patients
• Cancer patients

We are proud to have been rated as ‘Outstanding’ in leadership by the Care Quality Commission in 2017. Your professional development is a priority for us, and we offer opportunities to undertake courses such as ILS, ALS, CALS, BSc, MSc, and even PhD programmes. We also support nurse-led research, fully backed by our Director of Research and Development.

This role involves shift patterns of long days, nights, and bank holidays to meet the service requirements of the ACCU.

• This role involves long days, night shifts, and bank holidays to cover service requirements.
• Assess, plan, provide, and evaluate skilled evidence-based care for critically ill patients (Levels 2 & 3), ensuring quality care and patient safety.
• Support and develop colleagues by mentoring and assessing their skills.
• Promote practice development within Critical Care.
• Fulfil local/trust requirements in specified audit or project work.
• Maintain a safe working environment, complying with Health and Safety regulations, Environmental Health Act, and attending mandatory training.
• Provide highly skilled support to medical staff and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Work in conjunction with your seniors on quality improvement projects across the unit.
• Work with your senior line manager to deputise and manage team members.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country and a leading healthcare provider in Britain.

The Barts Health group is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now focus on continually improving all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, providing safe and compassionate care in east London and beyond. We aim to deliver high standards of harm-free care and ensure patients receive care in the right place at the right time. We are committed to being an outstanding place to work, guided by our WeCare values and behaviours.

We promote an inclusive environment where every staff member feels a sense of belonging. We value diversity and support an equitable workplace where everyone can fulfill their potential.

For further details or informal visits, contact:

• Name: Moriom Bibi
• Job Title: Matron
• Email: [e-mail]