Staff Nurse Intensive Care Unit

NHS; Whitehaven; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Whitehaven is seeking a Staff Nurse for the Intensive Care Unit on a 12-month secondment. The ideal candidate will provide high-quality care and support for both adult and paediatric patients. Applicants should be registered nurses with relevant experience and excellent communication skills. The role offers competitive salaries, a supportive environment, and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

27-day holiday scheme

Flexible working scheme

NHS discounts

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Support for professional development

Qualifications

• NMC code of professional conduct knowledge.
• Continuing professional development portfolio.
• Flexible approach to working patterns.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality adult intensive care.
• Support paediatric patients in transition to specialized ICUs.
• Collaborate with the Clinical Educator for on-job training.

Skills

Effective communication and interpersonal skills

Good organisational skills

Ability to work as a team member

Compassionate values and behaviours

Education

Registered nurse with active registration

Job description

Go back North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Staff Nurse Intensive Care Unit

The closing date is 04 December 2025

Job summary

12 month secondment opportunity on ICU Band 5 Staff Nurse/ ITU, West Cumberland Hospital 37.5 hours per week. An exciting opportunity has arisen to develop your knowledge and experience in ICU nursing. We are seeking an enthusiastic/motivated Band 5 Registered Nurse to join our team on the Intensive Care Unit at the West Cumberland Hospital.

The Trust will provide a twelve‑month preceptorship period for all newly registered healthcare professionals.

Healthcare Professionals returning to practice, moving into new roles or changing clinical environments can access an agreed preceptorship period.

Main duties of the job

Our busy 6‑bedged general ICU 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, Respiratory, Orthopaedic, Neurological and Obstetric patients. Within our ICU we are actively involved in stabilisation and transfer of adult patients requiring more specific intensive care such as neurological trauma, burns, spinal injuries, cardiac and hepatic disease. The ICU at WCH also specialises in the stabilisation and delivery of intensive care/high‑dependency care for paediatric patients prior to transfer to a specialised Paediatric ICU. The unit benefits from our own dedicated Clinical Educator who provides and facilitates on‑the‑job training alongside co‑ordinating further professional development for all the ICU nursing team. The unit will provide a 6‑week preceptorship period with input and support from our Intensive Care Clinical Educator.

About us

At NCIC, we are committed to delivering outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and delivers a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our five key principles demonstrative of our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high‑quality care every time’:

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

We are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Job description

Job 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 that due to changes 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. Applicants must check their eligibility before applying. Those who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria, 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 eligible vacancies.

Care Certificate document attached.

Disclosure and Barring Service

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous convictions. The DBS cost must be met by the successful candidate through salary deduction.

Standard Check: £21.50 + £5.90 administration = £27.40, deducted over 4 months or a one‑off payment.
Enhanced Check: £49.50 + £5.90 administration = £55.40, deducted over 4 months or a one‑off payment.

Benefits

• 27‑day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
• Flexible working scheme
• NHS discounts*
• Salary sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
• Excellent opportunities for development*
• Competitive NHS Pension scheme
• Vivup – a free, confidential counselling and information service for personal or work‑related problems

*Subject to eligibility

Important Information

Please ensure you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient responses are received this post may close earlier than the specified closing date, so please apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be asked via email to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time, usually within 2 weeks of the closing date.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered nurse with active registration

Desirable

• Foundations in critical care or equivalent
• NoECCN Step competences 1 & 2 completed or equivalent
• Further postgraduate diploma equivalent post‑registration development

Knowledge

Essential

• Continuing professional development with portfolio
• NMC code of professional conduct
• Student nurse in the NHS
• Equality legislation and best practice

Desirable

• ITU nursing
• Budgetary awareness
• Mentor to pre‑registration nursing students
• Critical care

Skills and Aptitudes

Essential

• Able to work as a member of a team
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Project development skills
• Good organisational skills
• Ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care

Desirable

• IT skills
• Immediate Life Support (ILS)
• Paediatric Immediate Life Support (PILS)

Other requirements

Essential

• Flexible approach to working patterns
• Willingness to develop by expanding the role
• Motivation
• Enthusiasm

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require a skilled‑worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

West Cumberland Hospital
Whitehaven
CA28 8JG

Employer's website

https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/

£31,049 to £37,796 a year
Per annum Pro Rata