Community Nurse - London, United Kingdom - Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Description
Senior Staff/Charge Nurse Intensive Care Unit - Band 6
Are you an experienced intensive care nurse looking for Band 6 role? We would love you to come and join our Critical Care Team at Epsom and St Helier University NHS Hospital.
Helier ICU is currently a 13 bedded unit providing care for patients requiring emergency/scheduled general surgery, acute medical patients & those requiring renal support.
Epsom ICU/HDU is an 6-8 bedded unit providing level 2 high dependency care for surgical patients following elective surgery & medical patients.
Helier ICU however, there is a requirement to work cross-site according to service needs.
Imagine working as a band 6 senior staff nurse within a friendly, forward thinking and dynamic team.
In order to fulfil the job role and learning requirements and meet service needs, successful candidates will be required to work cross-site, internal rotation days/nights/weekends & BH.
NB:
Please note applicants must have completed a Specialist Critical Care Course.
To provide expert hands-on care for the critically ill patients and their families within Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust, acting as an exemplary senior clinical role model.
Provide assessment, planning, organisation and co-ordination of care to Intensive Care and High Dependency patients.Internal rotation for all staff within the department with a minimum of 3 weeks day duty per rota.
Provide leadership, support and guidance to staff in monitoring the planning, delivery and evaluation of individualised care, creating a positive learning environment for junior staff, newly appointed staff and students, and provide supervision to junior staff and act as a mentor and assessor.
To deputise for the band 7 Sister/Charge Nurse, taking charge of the unit as necessary, ensuring judicious use of resources and bed allocation between Level Three and Level Two care as a critical care resource internally and externally.
To work in association with and support the Band 7 in defining standards of care and practice aimed at developing or improving quality of patient care.
Responsible for coordination of the unit team and the maintenance of care strategy and philosophy through leadership and supportive managerial skills ensuring that all individuals strive to achieve a high standard of care.
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey.
In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life.
Together with our colleagues at NHS Surreyand NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
NMC Level One RegistrationSpecialist Level 3 Critical Care Course
Degree in Nursing or currently working towards
Recent Critical Care Experience , post completion of Critical Care Course
Evidence of Quality Improvement Projects undertaken in clinical area
Evidence of on-going professional development
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust