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Job summary

Main area
Nursing
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 22 hours per week
Job ref
162-6806-KK-A
Employer
Barking Havering and Redbridge Univ Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Queen's Hospital
Town
Romford
Salary
£42,939 - £50,697 Per annum Inclusive Pro Rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/04/2025 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Band 6 RN Critical Care

Band 6

 

PEOPLE are at the HEART of everything we do

This video gives a flavour of what it is like to work at our Trust and why some of our staff love working here 💙

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Job overview

A fantastic job opportunity has arisen to join the Neuro Intensive care unit at Queens Hospital, Romford, as a band 6 Junior Sister/Charge Nurse. 
 
In this role you will provide leadership, educational support and guidance to our nursing workforce, drive developments in nursing practice to improve patient care and experience, and to facilitate education and training for registered and non-registered nursing staff in our highly motivated teams. You will be required to provide training and support to new staff members, and guiding individuals who require performance related assistance.
 
You must be able to act as a role model, provide teaching and leadership support to the nursing team in the clinical area and work collaboratively within our multi-disciplinary team to demonstrate advance clinical specialist skills in order to provide the highest standard of individualised evidence based patient care while supervising the work of others (in line with local and national standards), and be responsible for supporting changes in nursing practice, based on evidence, research, audit findings and best practice for ongoing quality improvement in Clinical Care services.

Main duties of the job

To provide holistic nursing care to clients within the ITU/HDU, utilising all resources to provide excellence in practice.
To develop personally & professionally as an effective member of the multidisciplinary team and undertake appraisal annually.
To support all areas of critical care including cross site working.
To take charge of the shift regularly in the absence of a senior nurse.
To act as a role model to junior members of staff.
To provide bedside teaching and mentorship to junior colleagues.
To provide support to the senior nursing staff.
To contribute to the maintenance of a safe environment.
Reports any potential / actual problems to senior nurse.
Act as a link nurse when required.

Working for our organisation

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer in special measures; we’ve opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal.

We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.

Our patients are benefitting from our Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.

These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 88,000 scans a year. 

The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities


For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role.  Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact  Kaka Adeyemi, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5162. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.

 

 

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered General Nurse
  • Post graduate course in Critical Care
Desirable criteria
  • Teaching qualification e.g. ENB 998, Teaching and Assessing in Nursing Practice

Experience/ Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Experience in mentoring junior staff and student nurses.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in audit & research

Skills/ Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Able to work within a multi-disciplinary team.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Victoria Sullivan
Job title
Deputy Matron Jubilee ITU
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01708435000
Additional information

Ext 2065

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