Sister/Charge Nurse - ACCU Barts Health NHS Trust

Seprinsa; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse for their Adult Cardiac Critical Care Unit. This role offers a unique chance to rotate across various critical care units, caring for a diverse patient population, including post-operative and ECMO patients. The position emphasizes professional development, with opportunities for further education and research involvement. Join a team committed to providing exceptional patient care and fostering an inclusive environment. If you are passionate about critical care nursing and eager to make a difference, this opportunity is for you!

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with experience in critical care and evidence-based practice.
• Ability to mentor and support junior staff in a clinical setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide skilled evidence-based care for critically ill patients.
• Take charge of the unit and ensure patient safety.
• Support quality improvement projects and maintain a safe environment.

Skills

Critical Care Nursing

Patient Assessment

Mentoring

Clinical Knowledge

Quality Improvement

Education

Nursing Degree (BSc)

Advanced Life Support (ALS)

Intermediate Life Support (ILS)

Master's Degree (MSc)

Doctorate (PhD)

Job description

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:

1. Post-operative cardiothoracic and thoracic patients
2. Heart Attack Centre patients
3. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) patients
4. Vascular patients
5. 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 will involve shift patterns of long days, nights, and bank holidays to meet the service requirements of the ACCU.

- Assess, plan, provide, and evaluate skilled evidence-based care for critically ill patients (L2 & L3). Ensuring quality care and patient safety are paramount.

- Support and develop colleagues by mentoring and assessing their skills.

- Take charge of the unit, ensuring patient safety and in-depth clinical knowledge while supporting the bedside nurses.

- 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 in quality improvement projects across the unit.

- Work with senior line manager to deputise and manage team members.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers. The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals 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 have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

This advert closes on Wednesday 30 Apr 2025.