Job summary
- Main area
- Division A - Critical Care
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 180-A-248043
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Addenbrookes Hospital-Division A
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 P.a pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/08/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 12/08/2024
Employer heading
Critical Care Staff Nurse
Band 5
Job overview
We are looking to recruit Band 5 Nurses in Critical Care at CUH. You will form part of a dynamic and diverse MDT who are passionate about giving the highest quality, evidence based care. Critical Care at CUH cares for patients from a range of clinical specialities; we are the Major Trauma Centre and Transplant Centre for the East of England, care for complex Oncology, Neuro, Renal and Surgical patients. Joining the Critical Care team here gives you the opportunity to gain knowledge and skills caring for a wide range of patients in a supportive and friendly environment
On joining the team you will be given a bespoke induction package, supported by our dedicated PD team. You will have the opportunity to progress through our nationally recognised CC3N step one competencies for Critical Care as well as attending our foundations to Critical Care course. In our supportive and encouraging environment, your professional development will flourish!
Please note as part of the interview process, you will be asked to sit a maths test.
Main duties of the job
To provide safe and effective nursing care whilst developing the knowledge and skills required to care for critically ill patients and their families
Working for our organisation
Come Nurse with us…
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It’s a great place to nurse, work and live.
You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together – Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
-
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
If you require sponsorship for a Visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check you are not applying from a Red list country - Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Closing date is midnight on 4th August 2024
Interviews are due to be held on 12th August 2024
Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?
Our values and reputation for outstanding care
Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
Career and development opportunities
Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
Research experience and opportunities
Lovely location and quality of life
Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)Benefits to you
We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
A welcome subsidy of £1000 is available to all Band 5 and Band 6 Nurses, Midwives, ODPs and Radiographers and Band 5 Orthoptists taking up substantive employment with the Trust
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current registration with NMC on part one or two of the register
Desirable criteria
- Completion of CC3N Step 1 competencies
- Relevant post basic course
- Completion of CC3N Step 2 and 3 competencies
- Teaching/assessing/mentorship qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent Acute Care experience
- Demonstrate competent clinical practice
- Awareness of reflective practice
Desirable criteria
- Experience of mentoring/supervising
- Leadership experience
- Audit experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Clinical knowledge of intensive care nursing and nursing the critically ill
- Evidence of professional and personal development
- Adherence to NMC Code of Conduct
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of Research
- Awareness of broader issues within Critical care
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills both written and verbal
- Capable of working effectively in a team
- Highly motivated and committed
- Good clinical skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Willingness to learn new skills
Desirable criteria
- Expert clinical skills
- Willingness to undertake additional roles
Additional requirements
Essential criteria
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent
- Flexible approach to working in line with service requirements
Employer certification / accreditation badges
.png "NHS Rainbow badge")
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
- Kirsty Boughen
- Job title
- Senior Sister - John Farman Intensive Care Unit
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01223 217494
- Additional information
Adam Deeks
Senior Charge Nurse
John Farman Intensive Care Unit
01223 217258
List jobs with Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Nursing and Midwifery or all sectors