Staff Nurse Critical Care ITU - Band 5

Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking dedicated Staff Nurses for its Intensive Care Unit in Lincoln. This role offers the opportunity to provide exceptional care to critically ill patients while developing your skills in a supportive environment. With a focus on patient-centered care, you will work alongside a committed team, ensuring safety and excellence in all aspects of care delivery. This position not only allows you to make a significant impact on patient outcomes but also offers avenues for professional growth and development. If you are passionate about nursing and ready to take on a rewarding challenge, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

No DBS fees

Professional development opportunities

Supportive working environment

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NMC and commitment to professional development.
• Experience in managing acute and critical illness patients.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standards of safe patient care in a critical care environment.
• Support junior team members and manage own workload effectively.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Drug Calculations

Teamwork

Organizational Skills

Venepuncture

Cannulation

Immediate Life Support

Education

Current Registered Nurse with NMC

Mentorship course (ENB 998 or equivalent)

Evidence of a programme of professional development

Job description

Employer United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Lincoln County Hospital

Town: Lincoln

Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum, pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 29/01/2025 23:59

Staff Nurse Critical Care ITU - Band 5

NHS AfC: Band 5

We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULTH.

We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.

Our values guide everything we do. They are:

• Patient-centred: Putting patients at the heart of everything we do, listening and responding to their needs and wishes.
• Safety: Following ULTH and professional guidelines. Speaking up to make sure patients and staff are safe from harm.
• Excellence: Striving to be the best that we can be. Innovating and learning from others.
• Compassion: Caring for patients and their loved ones in ways we would want for our friends and family.
• Respect: Behaving and using language that demonstrates respect and courtesy to others. Zero tolerance to bullying, inequality, prejudice and discrimination.

If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULTH team.

We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. This is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties.

Job overview

PLEASE NOTE: The start date for this post will be no earlier than May 2025.

Intensive Care Staff Nurse - full time/ part time

The Intensive Care Unit is a 19 bed critical care unit with a mix of level 2 High Dependency and level 3 Intensive Care beds, catering for a variety of medical and surgical patients.

We are seeking Staff Nurses with an interest in Critical care to work within the team ensuring delivery of high standards of safe patient care.

This position will offer the chance to make a real difference to the way in which care is delivered to critically ill patients.

Successful candidates will have the opportunity to learn and develop critical care extended skills, amongst further educational and professional development opportunities.

Main duties of the job

• Current Registered Nurses with Nursing and Midwifery Council
• Commitment to training and education
• Flexible approach to work
• A genuine commitment and interest to working within the critical care environment is essential.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Current Registered Nurse with NMC.
• Evidence of a programme of professional development
• Mentorship course (ENB 998 or equivalent)

Previous Experience

• Experience of managing patients with acute and critical illness and able to demonstrate clinical skills and competence in this area

Knowledge, Skills and Aptitudes

• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to correctly perform drug calculations
• Ability to use own initiative
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to organise own workload
• Support junior members of the team
• Venepuncture
• Cannulation
• Immediate Life Support

ULTH recognises that everyone is different, and values the unique contribution that individual experiences, knowledge and skills make in delivering quality healthcare. We are committed to transforming our organisational culture by actively committing to implementing the Trust Single Equality Scheme, and other policies, such as the Dignity in Care policy and the Dignity at Work policy.

As a responsible employer ULTH encourages staff wishing to join the Trust to take up the COVID vaccination as this continues to remain the best line of defence against COVID19.

Please note that we do not accept CVs.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, ULTH reserves the right to close this advert prior to the closing date.

No DBS fees to pay: Successful candidates will have DBS applications applied for & paid by ULTH where applicable.