Job summary
- Main area
- Critical Care Services
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 179-7801365-S
- Employer
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- West Suffolk Hospital
- Town
- Bury St Edmunds
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 Per annum, Pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/04/2026 08:00
Employer heading
Senior Staff Nurse - Critical Care Services
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Critical Care team working at West Suffolk Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
We are currently looking for motivated and compassionate Registered Nurses to join our specialist multi-disciplinary team.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our dedicated Critical Care workforce, where we are motivated by innovation, the desire to make a difference and our passion for patient focused care.
Completion of Step Competencies 1,2 and 3 is necessary for this role
All successful candidates will benefit from an orientation and induction programme supported by our dedicated Critical Care Educators. Staff follow an education pathway which is competency based, using the Critical Care National Competency Framework including Step 4 competencies.
Main duties of the job
To assess, plan, implement and evaluate high quality individualised care based on best practise principals. Education of junior members of the team and students undertaking practice placements.
Acting as an assessor as per NMC guidance. Work in liaison with the senior management team to ensure the highest standards of patient care are met. Actively participate in the redevelopment of guidance and policy. To work towards shift coordination responsibilities with the support of the team. Continue to develop and build a theoretical knowledge base for the care of patients with acute physiological disturbances.
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 job description for more details.
- To consolidate professional practice and previous skills and knowledge gained, utilising them to support with patient care and the wider team.
- To provide clinical support, advice and education that ensures each individual patient receives a standard of care acceptable to the patient and within the agreed Department protocols and is delivered by appropriate skilled persons within the resources available.
- Promote consistency and continuity of high-quality patient focused care.
- Assist and support Senior Nursing Team.
- Supervise junior staff, engaging them in training and supporting student nurses/ care support workers to develop their skills and knowledge.
- Responsible for the accurate assessment of individual care needs and implementation of treatments.
- Work together with the management/professional development team to create your own personalised development plan with unit and individual objectives and agreed time frames.
- Gain the ability to act up as a shift coordinator within 2yrs of being in post in order to support when needed.
- To lead and engage in quality improvement projects and clinical governance within the unit.
- Undergo Appraisal training to help support and develop junior members of the team.
- Work flexibly across the Critical Care Complex.
Person specification
Education and qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC Registered Nurse.
- Relevant post graduate critical care course.
- Mentorship supervisors and assessors course.
- ILS.
Desirable criteria
- ALS/EPALS/PILS
- Degree qualification or working towards.
- Masters level qualification in a pertinent subject.
Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Significant, relevant clinical experience within critical care.
- Knowledge and understanding of the current policy and issues in professional practice, compliance, professional standards, and wider NHS.
- Knowledge of quality and service improvement.
- Knowledge of safeguarding adults/children, including the mental health act and mental capacity act, and deprivation of liberty of safeguards.
- Knowledge of information governance/data protection requirements.
- Demonstrates clinical credibility.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of Clinical governance and audit
- Knowledge of the incident reporting/investigation process
- Experience with QI projects
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- IT Skills
- Ability to assess clinical practice and report appropriately to senior management.
- Ability to offer professional guidance to all staff.
- Ability to work under pressure in stressful situations.
- Ability to delegate and prioritise work.
- Ability to provide and receive constructive feedback.
- Able to relate theory into practice through reflective skills.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to undertake Appraisals
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Proficient Role model.
- Commitment to self-directed learning.
- Functions well within the multi-disciplinary team.
- Good communication skills both verbal and non-verbal.
- Passion for supporting the development of others.
- Awareness of the need for good inter-departmental relationships.
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
- Amy Wade
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01284 713130
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