Job summary
- Main area
- Critical Care Unit
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Days, Nights and weekends)
- Job ref
- 184-CR6203999
- Employer
- Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Critical Care Unit
- Town
- Taunton
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse - Critical Care Unit
Band 5
Our award winning trusts recognise that our colleagues are our most valuable resource, we are proud of the excellent levels of service our Trust provides to our service users and the dedication and conscientiousness of our colleagues. With over 10,000 colleagues working for our trusts in a very wide range of services, we aim to provide a supportive, inclusive environment in which our colleagues can thrive.
Job overview
Our Nurses are real life health care heroes, and we are seeking compassionate people with experience of working in a hospital environment to join our integrated trust.
We have a 16 bedded critical care unit and we pride ourselves on delivering consistent, high standards of holistic care. This is reflected in our ICNARC data, performance metrics and feedback from patients, relatives and visitors to our unit.
We are seeking self-motivated critical care nurses with a commitment to professional development, who aspire in making a positive contribution to care given to critically ill patients.
We value our nurses highly, so development and training within this role will be offered and prioritised. You are the greatest investment we can make. There is an expectation that hours are worked flexibly which includes nights and weekends but this can be full and part time - we understand that life happens!
You will require good communication skills, a team work approach and be able provide a high standard of nursing care with the support of your team.
Informal visits/chats always welcome - contact us today to discuss the position in more detail or organise for you to come and visit!
Join the best. Be the best.
Please click the link to a video insight into working in Critical Care:
Main duties of the job
Experience in Critical Care is desirable; however we also invite applications from nurses with transferable experience in an acute care setting, including newly qualified nurses. You will care for level 2 and 3 patients, some of whom are involved in the most current research trials.
The applicants should be able to demonstrate the use of evidence based practice and be proactive in managing change. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential, together with a readiness to innovate and develop nursing within a team approach.
Working for our organisation
As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.
The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone’s throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.
There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan – there is truly something for everyone.
Musgrove Park is an award winning, progressive and ambitious District General Hospital, the largest in Somerset providing acute and community services to over 340,000 people, with an outstanding reputation for the provision of a comprehensive range of medical, surgical and specialist services. The cardiology department also provides secondary care for the remainder of Somerset covering ~600k patients in total.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Are you interested in Critical Care, and have acute nursing experience, excellent communication skills, the desire to work in cultures of openness, team work and adaptability? Then why not join us.
For more information, please see detailed job description attached.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- NMC registered Nurse
Desirable criteria
- Mentorship Course
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to recognise a deteriorating patient and escalate accordingly
Desirable criteria
- Critical care experience
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
- Kelly Ashford
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01823 342153
- Additional information
Visits to the unit are welcomed, please call the unit to arrange or for any other questions speak with one of the critical care ward managers (Kelly Ashford, Johnny Gilbert, Kirsty Adams or Victoria Jarvis) on 01823 342153
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