Staff Nurse - Critical Care

Frimley Health Nhs Foundation Trust; Burgh Heath; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Frimley Park Hospital, part of Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, is seeking two Band 5 nurses to join the Intensive Care Unit on a 12-month secondment. The unit supports Level 2 and Level 3 care with a strong education focus and a dedicated practice development team.

Applicants should have at least six months post-registration experience in an acute hospital, with a proactive approach to acute care skills and teamwork. Shift patterns include night duty on a rotating rota.

Qualifications

• Essential: RGN level 1 or 2 and current NMC registration.
• Desirable: Mentorship qualification and IV training.
• Experience: post-registration hospital-based care.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care with senior staff.
• Set, monitor, and evaluate standards of patient care.
• Promote health and wellbeing initiatives.
• Uphold infection prevention and control best practice.
• Deliver high standards of evidence-based patient care.
• Monitor nursing care and contribute to its evaluation.
• Maintain accurate patient records per Trust/NMC standards.
• Escalate incidents or concerns to the Team Leader.
• Work with Trust policies and professional nursing standards.
• Develop your professional portfolio and development profile.

Skills

Prioritise workload

Teamwork

Written communication

Initiative

IT skills

Adaptability to change

Education

RGN level 1/2

NMC registration

Mentorship qualification

IV training

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for 2 Band 5 Nurses to join the Intensive Care team at Frimley Park Hospital on a 12-month secondment. As part of Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we operate across three hospital sites in Frimley, Ascot, and Slough, offering a supportive and collaborative working environment.

Our Critical Care Unit comprises 12 beds, caring for a mix of Level 2 (HDU) and Level 3 (ITU) patients. We are proud of our comprehensive education programmes, supported by a dedicated practice development team, ensuring staff at all levels develop the essential knowledge and skills required to thrive in our busy yet friendly unit.

Candidates should have a minimum of six months' post-registration experience in an acute hospital setting, with up-to-date clinical knowledge. A proactive approach to developing acute care skills and the ability to work effectively within a dynamic team are essential.

We offer flexible working patterns, including both short and long shifts. All staff are expected to participate in a rota that includes night duty.

Main duties of the job

• Be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care in collaboration with specialist and senior clinical staff.
• Contribute to setting, monitoring, and evaluating standards of patient care.
• Actively support and promote health and wellbeing initiatives.
• Demonstrate and uphold a strong understanding of infection prevention and control, promoting best practice within the unit environment.
• Deliver and maintain high standards of patient care based on evidence-based practice and current research.
• Participate in the ongoing monitoring and evaluation of nursing care.
• Maintain accurate, legible, and comprehensive patient records in line with Trust and NMC standards and guidelines.
• Escalate and communicate any incidents, complaints, or team-related issues to the Team Leader as appropriate.
• Work in accordance with Trust policies, procedures, and professional nursing standards.
• Maintain and develop your professional portfolio and personal development profile.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We brought together Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to create Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust on 1 October 2014. Frimley Health Intensive Care Unit work closely together to support staffing and education.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.

Qualifications

• Essential: RGN level 1 or level 2
• Essential: Current NMC registration
• Desirable: Mentorship qualification
• Desirable: I.V training

Experience

• Essential: Relevant post-registration experience
• Essential: Current or previous experience in hospital based care environment
• Desirable: Acute ward experience
• Desirable: Working with multi-disciplinary teams

Skills

• Essential: Ability to prioritise and organise workload effectively
• Essential: Able to work effectively as part of a team
• Essential: Evidence of effective written communication skills
• Essential: Able to use initiative and work within the scope of practice
• Desirable: IT skills
• Desirable: Ability to adapt positively to change within the working environment

Location: Frimley Park Hospital, Portsmouth Road, Frimley, GU16 7UJ

Contract: Secondment

Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time

Closing date: 12 November 2026

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. Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.