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Package: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role ID: SF18976

Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we’re not just imagining tomorrow we are creating it. From cutting-edge defence technology to ground-breaking innovations our mission is to empower and protect lives.

Join us as a Critical Care Nurse at our Centre for Defence Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine (CDDHM) site in Chichester, West Sussex, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds.

As a Critical Care Nurse within a Hyperbaric environment at St Richard's Hospital, you will work within a multi-disciplinary team ensuring patients receive safe and high-quality care in accordance with NHS and QinetiQ guidelines.

Day-to-day, you’ll deliver patient-centred nursing care, undertake clinical assessments, and provide support during hyperbaric oxygen therapy, while contributing to ongoing training, governance and clinical excellence within the team.

• Delivering nursing care, assessment, planning and evaluation for military and NHS patients
• Monitoring patients’ condition and maintaining accurate clinical records
• Participating in audits, clinical governance and continuous professional development
• Supporting training and induction for staff and students
• Maintaining personal competency and fitness to work within the hyperbaric chamber
• Participating in on-call duties, which may include UK and overseas travel

• Registered Nurse with recent intensive care or critical care experience
• Strong clinical assessment and patient monitoring skills
• Experience working effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Knowledge of NHS clinical governance and best practice
• Effective communicator with strong documentation and record-keeping skills
• Ability to remain calm and adaptable in high-pressure clinical situations

• Full NMC registration
• Nursing Degree or Diploma
• Postgraduate qualification in Intensive Care Nursing/Critical Care Nursing

We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

This role is 37 hours per week based at St Richards Hospital, Chichester, West Sussex. Travel to other QinetiQ and customer sites will be expected. On-call duties form part of this role.

Our Chichester facility is home to the Centre for Defence Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine (CDDHM), a specialist environment dedicated to hyperbaric and diving medicine services for both Defence and NHS patients. The site provides a unique opportunity to work at the forefront of clinical and technological innovation in underwater and hyperbaric healthcare.

As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.

As a QinetiQ employee, you’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experiences enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Visit our website to read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture. www.qinetiq.com/en/careers/life-at-qinetiq

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Generous holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days
• Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining our Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme
• Volunteering Opportunities - helping charities and local community

We want to make sure that our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible and we aspire to bring out the best in our candidates by creating an environment where everyone feels valued, heard and supported. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your Recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.

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