Job summary
- Main area
- ACCT
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: Days/ nights/weekends/bank holidays
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 156-7184881
- Employer
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Critical Care
- Town
- Truro
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 Pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Critical Care Staff Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
To work as a skilled member of the nursing team, to provide a high standard of holistic patient centred care.
Ability to promote patient centred care and establish good relationships with patients and carers.
To communicate effectively at all levels within the multi-disciplinary team.
Main duties of the job
To provide the highest standard of nursing care.
To plan, assess, implement and evaluate programmes of care for individual patients and to supervise other staff in this activity.
To ensure an ongoing welcoming, caring and safe environment is provided for the patient and their carers.
To act as an advocate for the patient and family, providing them with information and support and directing them to the relevant support services where appropriate.
To start planning discharges from admission, liaising with the multidisciplinary team, other departments and community services as necessary.
To develop and maintain clinical skills and knowledge necessary to provide holistic, evidence based nursing care. This includes expanded role responsibilities, following appropriate training.
To be competent in the administration of medication
To ensure clinical practice is evidence based or peer reviewed “best practice”.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.
We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.
The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.
Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is a research active organisation.
It’s established South West Clinical School in Cornwall exists to promote clinical academic career opportunities for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals interested in research and evidence-based activities. Read their research paper to find out more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
- Identity Checks
- Professional registration and qualification checks
- Employment history and reference checks
- Occupational Health clearance
- Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check
- Right to work in the UK
For further information please visit:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation
We reserve the right to close this advert early.
We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview.
We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- On the NMC register
- Relevant post registration qualification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Committed to patient centred care
- Ability to work well within a team
Desirable criteria
- Ability to administer IV drugs
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable adult experience
- Experience of having worked with acute/critically ill adults
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of cultural issues
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Susannah Dibble
- Job title
- Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01872253149
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