Senior Staff Nurse - Intensive Care - Charing Cross Hospital

Job overview

Do you have previous Band 5 and/or Band 6 level knowledge of critical care nursing?  Hold a UK recognised critical care qualification?  Do you have experience mentoring junior staff and are you ready to take on a more senior role within our 27 bed capacity critical care department? This exciting Band 6 opportunity will develop your leadership and management skills within our proactive multi-disciplinary team. We will offer you the following routes to develop within our teams. In house shift leader development  programme  depending on unit speciality, education in the management of the neuro, trauma and cardiac patients with university accreditation.  Access to the Trust leadership development programmes  secondment  opportunities into critical care outreach and critical care education teams Let your skills and experience shine in an environment where excellence is a way of life. With more than 50 specialities and one of the largest portfolios of services in the country, we offer genuine opportunities to progress your career in critical care. In return we are looking for applicants who are hardworking dynamic and excel in their communication skills. You will need to demonstrate a strong desire to be part of one of our units and have true passion to strive for excellent patient care. We value our staff and will be committed to help you achieve your full potential.

Main duties of the job

• To provide high quality, effective, individualized care to all patients that is compassionate and caring.
• To assess care needs and develop, implement and evaluate them without supervision
• To assist in leading and monitoring the performance of the nursing team
• To deputise for the Senior Nurse when required

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.