Staff Nurse Intensive Care Unit

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

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Discounts

Salary Sacrifice schemes including le"

Vivup counselling

27 days holiday rising to 33 after 10 

Job summary

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust in Whitehaven is seeking an enthusiastic Band 5 Registered Nurse to join the Intensive Care Unit at West Cumberland Hospital. You will provide high-quality patient care on a busy 6-bed ICU, covering medical and surgical cases with pre- and post-operative care.

The Trust offers a twelve-month preceptorship for all newly registered professionals, with ongoing professional development supported by an ICU Clinical Educator and NHS discounts and

Qualifications

• Current valid NMC registration.
• Foundations in critical care or equivalent.
• NoECCN Step competences 1 & 2 completed or equivalent.
• Post-registration development to postgraduate diploma equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Provide ICU patient care on a 6-bed unit across medical/surgical specialties.
• Stabilisation and transfer of patients requiring intensive care.
• Support paediatric stabilisation and transfer to Paediatric ICU when needed.
• Contribute to preceptorship and ongoing staff education in ICU.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Compassionate care

ILS

PILS

Education

NMC registered nurse

Foundations in critical care

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 Fixed term: 12 months (Staff Nurse Full Time 36 hours) Hours Part time - 36 hours per week (12 hour days and 12 hour nights) Job ref 262-A-26-8251763

Site West Cumberland Hospital Town Whitehaven Salary £32,073 - £39,043 Per annum Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 27/09/2026 23:59

Job overview

We are seeking an enthusiastic/ motivated Band 5 Registered Nurse or 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, may access an agreed preceptorship period.

Main duties of the job

Our busy 6 bedded 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 e.g. 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 of paediatric patients, prior to transfer to a specialised Paediatric ICU.

The ICU at WCH benefits from our own dedicated Clinical educator, who provides and facilities on the job training alongside co-ordinating further continued professional development for all the ICU nursing team .

The unit will provide a 6 week preceptorship period with input and support form our Intensive Care Clinical Educator.

Working for our organisation

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver 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 provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

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 of our Trust
• 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.

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.

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 theUK 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.

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, may access an agreed preceptorship period.

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 a valid registration
• Foundations in critical care or equivalent.
• NoECCN Step competences 1 & 2 completed or equivalent.
• Further relevant post registration development to postgraduate diploma equivalent.

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.
• ITU/HDU Nursing experience
• Mentor to pre-registration nursing students.
• Budgetary awareness.
• Critical care

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)

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.