Job summary
- Main area
- Critical care ward
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: Monday to Sunday, weekends, bank holidays
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Sunday, weekends, bank holidays)
- Job ref
- 197-LC5860-A
- Employer
- Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
STAFF NURSE
Band 5
Job overview
The post holder is expected to work under supervision, to assess, plan, implement, deliver and evaluate individualised patient care to critically ill patients, and their families.
He/she is a novice/advanced beginner to Critical Care requiring guidance and training in order to acquire the complex skills required for proficient intensive care and high dependency nursing.
He/she may not yet be an ICU trained practitioner but one who is working towards this.
Main duties of the job
Provides assessment, planning, organisation and co-ordination of care to Critically Ill patients
Establishes and maintains the highest standards of organisation and care delivery
Provides a working and training environment that allows all staff to perform their duties to the best of their ability
Participates in audit and research to increase knowledge and assure quality of care
Working for our organisation
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
- Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
- Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
- Improving the experience of staff with disability
- Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
- Making equalities mainstream
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Provides assessment, planning, organisation and co-ordination of care to Critically Ill patients
Establishes and maintains the highest standards of organisation and care delivery
Provides a working and training environment that allows all staff to perform their duties to the best of their ability
Participates in audit and research to increase knowledge and assure quality of care
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- RN Educated to Diploma/Degree level
- Minimum 6 months acute hospital (NHS) experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Effective communication skills, both written and verbal Literacy and Numeracy will be tested on or before interview The post holder will be required to successfully complete the Introduction to Critical Care Course and National Step One Critical Care Competencies
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Able to use initiative Able to work as an effective team member
- Able to work a range of shifts including unsociable hours, internal rotation to nights and weekend shifts
- Motivated and Reliable staff
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nina Bica
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02088364178
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