Staff Nurse, Intensive Care Unit

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33

NHS Discounts

Salary Sacrifice schemes

Vivup counselling service

Job summary

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 5 Registered Nurse to join the ITU at Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle. The post is 36 hours per week on a fixed-term basis, with 12-hour shifts across days/nights and weekends.

The unit provides 9 beds of adult intensive care, high dependency and post‑anaesthetic care for a wide range of medical and surgical cases. Applicants must be NMC registered with critical care foundations and be willing to work in a busy,

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with current registration and NMC pin.
• Foundations in critical care or equivalent.
• ILS and PILS knowledge desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide care on the ITU for adult patients with medical and surgical conditions.
• Stabilise and transfer patients as needed; participate in 12-hour shift rota.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, high-quality care.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Compassionate care

ILS

PILS

Education

NMC Registered Nurse

Foundations in critical care

NHS Band 5 requirements

Job description

Would you like to join a centre of excellence in rural and remote healthcare?

Main area Intensive Care Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract 9 months (Fixed Term) Hours Part time - 36 hours per week (12 hour shifts - Working days/nights/weekends/bank holidays.) Job ref 262-A-26-8238791

Site Cumberland Infirmary Town Carlisle Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 05/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

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Band 5 Staff Nurse, ITU, Cumberland infirmary, Carlisle - 36hours fixed term available,

We are seeking a Band 5 Registered Nurse to join our team on the Intensive Care Unit at the Cumberland Infirmary.

Main duties of the job

Our busy 9 bedded unit provides adult intensive care, high dependency care and post anaesthetic care for elective and emergency patients across a range of medical and surgical specialities including, Renal, Cardiology, Orthopaedic, Multi-trauma, Facial-maxillary, Gastroenterology, Vascular, Neurological and Obstetric patients; Organ donation and retrieval service; Stabilisation and transfer of adult patients requiring more specialised intensive care e.g. neurological trauma, burns, spinal injuries, cardiac and hepatic disease.

Stabilisation and delivery of intensive care and or high dependency care for paediatric patients. Preparation and assistance in transfer of paediatrics to specialised paediatric unit if clinically indicated.

Working for our organisation

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people. Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond. We’re responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’.

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

We encourage you to think about what you can do as an individual and within your team to contribute in to embedding carbon reduction into the everyday running of our organisation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligiblevacancies.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

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.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £28.00. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £6.50 = £56.00. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

• 27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
• NHS Discounts*
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
• Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
• *Subject to eligibility

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with current registration.
• Foundations in critical care or equivalent
• NoECCN Step competences 1 & 2 completed or equivalent
• Further relevant post-registration development to postgraduate diploma equivalent

  Skills and Aptitudes

  • Developed communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to work as a member of a team, without close supervision
  • Ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care.
  • Immediate Life Support (ILS)
  • Paediatric Immediate Life Support (PILS)

  Knowledge and Experience

  • Student nurse in the NHS
  • General nursing in the NHS or equivalent.
  • Continuing professional development with portfolio.
  • NMC code of professional conduct.
  • Equality legislation and best practice
  • Student support.
  • Budgetary awareness
  • Critical care

  Other requirements

  • Motivation.
  • Willing to develop by expansion of the role
  • Flexible approach to working patterns.

  Employer certification / accreditation badges

  You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.