Staff Nurse - Critical Care / Intensive Care

Integrated Care System; Kingston upon Hull; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust is seeking motivated Staff Nurses for Critical Care/ICU across its facilities in Kingston upon Hull. This role offers opportunities for professional growth with comprehensive training, facilitating essential skills in a supportive team environment. Successful candidates will possess a Nursing qualification, recent ICU experience, and a passion for delivering high-quality patient care.

Benefits

Comprehensive training package

In-house training opportunities

Support for postgraduate Critical Care programmes

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with post-registration and recent ICU experience required.
• Evidence of continued professional development necessary.
• Intravenous accreditation and ILS/ALS certification needed.

Responsibilities

• Assessing and monitoring patient conditions.
• Administering intravenous medication and recognising patient deterioration.
• Working effectively within a team to provide high standard care.

Skills

Communication

Organisational skills

Analytical ability

Teamwork

Education

Registered Nurse (Adult)

ENB 100 or equivalent

Teaching / mentorship certificate

Job description

Go back Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Staff Nurse - Critical Care / Intensive Care

The closing date is 14 July 2025

Post registration is required for this role and previous ICU experience

Would you like to develop skills in critical care with the support of our friendly team?

We are seeking to recruit into registered nurse posts within the critical care units at both Hull Royal Infirmary site and Castle Hill site. Recently at our Hull Royal Infirmary site a new £8m Intensive Care Unit (ICU) intensive care unit has been opened.

This is a busy area and we are looking for motivated and enthusiastic nurses to join our dynamic team. Good communication and interpersonal skills are essential and you need to demonstrate the ability to be forward thinking and passionate about delivering a high standard of care.This is a rotational post between the Hull Royal Infirmary Hospital ICU and Castle Hill Hospital ICU in order to develop a full range of skills and be supported with in house training.

We have a comprehensive training package one to one bedside training, bespoke boot camps and ongoing support from our own team of Clinical Nurse Educators. You will be supported to complete Foundation in Critical Care Course and the National STEPS Programme . Opportunities to complete Post Graduate Critical Care Programmes at higher education institutes are available.

PLEASE NOTE: In cases where a vacancy receives a high number of applications, we may bring the closing date forward. You are therefore advised to submit your completed application as early as possible.

Main duties of the job

• Assessing and monitoring patient conditions
• Checking symptoms and vital signs
• Plan, deliver and evaluate standards of evidence-based nursing care
• Administering intravenous medication or different types of medication
• Recognising deterioration in the physical or mental condition of a patient and taking appropriate action / escalation
• Recognising, responding to, and managing emergency situations
• Checking and using specialised equipment such as monitors and ventilators
• Displaying excellent analytical ability and sound decision making in changing clinical situations
• Recognising limitations and escalating concerns
• Assisting in the development of students
• Working as an effective team member and promoting team and interdisciplinary relationships

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Job responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (Adult)
• ENB 100 or equivalent or equivalent clinical experience
• Teaching / mentorship certificate
• ILS /ALS
• Intravenous accreditation
• Evidence of continued professional development

Experience

• Recent acute ward experience
• Recent ICU experience
• Experience of caring for critically ill patients

Knowledge

• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Good organisational skills
• Able to work in a changing environment
• Demonstrates an understanding of current developments in the speciality
• Evidence of practical and theoretical skills
• Demonstrate an understanding of preceptorship/ mentorship
• Show an awareness of risk assessment

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust