Staff Nurse - Critical Care

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust; Slough; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 5 Staff Nurse for the Wexham Park Critical Care Unit. The role offers opportunities to grow clinically within a supportive team across Levels 1–3, with a focus on education and professional development.

The successful candidate will deliver evidence-based nursing care, support families, and work within a multidisciplinary team in a busy critical care environment.

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration and a valid nursing pin.
• RGN level 1 or 2 may be required for entry.
• Post-registration experience in UK hospital settings.
• Desirable: Mentorship qualification and IV training.

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe, evidence-based nursing care to critically ill patients across Levels 1–3.
• Monitor, assess, plan, implement and evaluate individualised patient care with patients, families and the MDT.
• Safely manage complex monitoring equipment, IV infusions and ventilatory support.
• Coordinate nursing care as part of a multidisciplinary team to ensure high standards.

Skills

Effective communication

Interpersonal skills

Initiative

Team collaboration

Education

NMC registration

Job description

Job Overview

We are delighted to offer a rewarding opportunity within Wexham Park Critical Care, ideal for a Band 5 Staff Nurse seeking to grow clinically and professionally within a supportive and dynamic team. Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust operates across three hospital sites in Frimley, Ascot and Slough, offering wide-ranging clinical exposure and development opportunities.

Wexham Park Critical Care Unit is a 16-bedded mixed ITU/HDU (Level 3 and Level 2) unit, delivering care across a wide range of medical and surgical specialties. This includes post-operative and emergency care, as well as post–primary coronary intervention patients. The unit also provides advanced therapies such as intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) support and haemofiltration, ensuring a varied and challenging clinical environment.

We place a strong emphasis on education and professional development. Our comprehensive education programmes—supported by a dedicated Practice Education Team—equip staff at all levels with the essential knowledge and skills needed to thrive in critical care.

We have one permanent vacancy available, providing an excellent opportunity to build a rewarding long-term career within a supportive and dynamic team.

Main duties of the job

Under the supervision of the Nurse in Charge, the post holder will be responsible for delivering safe, effective and evidence-based nursing care to critically ill patients across Levels 1–3.

The role involves monitoring, assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating individualised patient care, working in partnership with patients, their families and the wider multidisciplinary team.

The post holder will safely and competently manage complex monitoring equipment, intravenous infusions and ventilatory support systems, ensuring high standards of clinical practice are maintained at all times.

As an integral member of the critical care team, the post holder will be accountable for the organisation, coordination and delivery of nursing care for patients allocated to them, contributing to the overall effectiveness and quality of care within the unit.

Working for our organisation

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

Frimley Health NHS Foundation trust was established on 1st October 2014 following the merger of Frimley Park Hospital Foundation Trust, Heatherwood and Wexham Park NHS Foundation Trusts. The Trust compasses of these three main sites.

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 at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• RGN level 1 or level 2
• Current NMC registration

Desirable criteria

• Mentorship qualification
• I.V training

Experience

Essential criteria

• Relevant post-registration experience
• One or more years of working experience in an UK hospital setting

Desirable criteria

• HDU / ICU experience
• Working with multi-disciplinary teams
• Critical care module.

Skills

Essential criteria

• Effective communication skills (written and verbal)
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to manage difficult / stressful situations
• Self motivated and uses own initiative

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.

We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.

We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.

Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.

Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.