Job summary
- Main area
- Bank Registered Nurse - Critical Care Services
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- 12 months (Bank Registration)
- Hours
- Flexible working - 0 hours per week
- Job ref
- 179-6052013-TW-B
- Employer
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- BURY ST EDMUNDS
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Bank Registered Nurse - Critical Care Services
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
Band 5 Bank staff nurse – Critical Care Services
***PLEASE NOTE IT IS A REQUIREMENT TO POSSESS THE NATIONAL CRITICAL CARE COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK - STEP 1 FOR THIS ROLE***
***WEST SUFFOLK PROFESSIONALS ARE UNABLE TO SUPPORT SPONSORSHIP ROLES ON BANK, DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO OFFER GUARANTEED HOURS***
At West Suffolk Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, we are looking to expand Our Critical Care Bank nursing workforce. We are looking for dynamic, motivated, and compassionate registered nurses who have a desire to care for critically ill patients.
Supporting our staff is at the heart of what we do within Critical Care at West Suffolk, we have a well embedded relationship with the Trust Wellbeing Support Team, as well as registered Professional Nurse Advocates, an initiative which is expanding throughout the trust at present.
As a Critical Care Nurse, you will be integral to supporting the journey of patients during their stay in Critical Care.
Main duties of the job
As part of our nursing workforce, you will be responsible for:
Assessing and monitoring patient conditions
Checking symptoms and vital signs
Recognising, responding to and managing emergency situations
Planning, Delivering and evaluating standards of evidence-based nursing care
Working as part of the MDT to support patients throughout admission to Critical Care Services
The role will involve but is not limited to you performing the above.
Working for our organisation
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the job description and person specification attached for further information on the role.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Current NMC Registration
- • Evidence of ongoing Professional Development
- • Utilised reflective practise
Desirable criteria
- • Nursing degree or equivalent
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Insight into Critical Care Nursing.
- • Understanding of the Band 5 role
- • Completion of National Critical Care Competency Framework Step 1’s
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- • Willingness to learn and participate in self-directed study
- • Organised
- • Good communication skills
- • Quick to grasp new concepts
- • IV medication competence
- • Able to prioritise care
- • Able to use initiative
- • Able to work under pressure and keep calm in stressful situations
- • Good time management skills
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- • Enthusiastic
- • Punctual
- • Identifies role within the multi-professional team
- • Good team player
- • Patient, conscientious and caring
- • Able to cope with change
- • Trustworthy
- • Flexible
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tracey Wilson
- Job title
- Staffing Advisor, West Suffolk Professionals
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01284 712504
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