Job summary
- Main area
- Critical Care
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: Full Time
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (as part of a rotational shift pattern)
- Job ref
- 151-ES163
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Frimley Park Hospital
- Town
- Frimley
- Salary
- £32,602 - £39,686 per annum incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse - Critical Care
Band 5
Job overview
Are you an experienced nurse looking to either change direction, or develop and grow within your career?
- If yes, then Frimley Health Foundation Trust is your choice of employer!
- We are one Trust with 3 hospital sites across Frimley, Ascot and Slough
Frimley Park Critical Care is looking to appoint a Band 5 staff nurse to join our Critical Care Team. We are seeking to appoint a motivated and dynamic Registered Nurse who wishes to pursue a structured Band 5 critical care development programme.
Frimley Park Critical Care Unit has 12 beds consisting of a mixture of ITU/HDU patients (Level 3 and Level 2). Our education programmes, supported by our practice education team, aim to provide staff of all grades with the essential knowledge and skills required to work on our busy, friendly unit.
You will have a minimum of 6 months relevant post registration experience in an acute hospital setting, and up-to-date knowledge, together with a willingness to develop acute care skills and the ability to integrate into our dynamic team.
We offer a flexible work pattern by offering both short and long shifts, all staff will be expected to rotate onto night duty.
Note: previous applicants need not apply.
Main duties of the job
Under the supervision of the nurse in charge, the post holder will be responsible for assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individual patient care.
The post holder will work as part of a team and be accountable for the total provision, organisation and direction of the nursing care for the patient in their care.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a detailed list of tasks and responsibilities please refer to the job description/person specification attached.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- RGN level 1 or level 2
- Current NMC registration
Desirable criteria
- Mentorship qualification
- I.V training
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Relevant post-registration experience
- Current or previous experience in hospital based care environment
Desirable criteria
- Acute ward experience
- Working with multi-disciplinary teams
Skills
Essential criteria
- Self motivated and uses own initiative
- Able to work as an effective team member
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to manage difficult / stressful situations
- Effective communication skills (written and verbal).
Desirable criteria
- IT skills
- Ability to adapt to change within the working environment
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
- Yvonne McDonald
- Job title
- Senior Sister ICU
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03006134354
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