# Band 5 Staff Nurse Adult Critical Care Cardiothoracic ICU > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-5-staff-nurse-adult-critical-care-cardiothoracic-icu/d7cf0f58-feed-4a51-a41a-55224d3caf12 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-5-staff-nurse-adult-critical-care-cardiothoracic-icu/d7cf0f58-feed-4a51-a41a-55224d3caf12.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** St George's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Registered nurse - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £38,488 - £46,852 per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (No part-time hours available. Internal rotation) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-25T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-09T06:49:28.191Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/St_Georges_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Critical_Care_Adults/Critical_Care_Adults-v8354855 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8354855?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Band 5 Critical Care Assessment Centre and interview day on Tuesday 3rd November 2026 for a Start date Monday 22nd February 2027 for our Band 5 Foundation Course. We do not offer individual or on-line interviews Staff Nurse Band 5 : To provide excellent nursing care by developing skills for Cardiothoracic Intensive Care (CTICU): Fast paced 21 bedded tertiary referral unit cares for both emergency and elective patients from a broad range of specialties including cardio thoracic surgery, cardiology, vascular surgery and chest trauma. Seasonally we provide advanced respiratory care to medical patients requiring isolation. This spacious, modern unit promotes evidence based practice and prides itself on excellent inter professional collaboration. ### Main duties of the job Successful candidates will start on our in-house Foundation Course beginning 22nd February 2027- please note- Main duties of the job A/L may be limited during your first three months as 100% attendance on the Foundation Course is mandatory. A/L not given when there are study days. Please note this ad is for Cardiothoracic critical care only You must have a strong desire to care for critically ill patients. We provide a three month supportive educational programme Foundations of Critical Care Nursing Course (FCCNC) at the beginning of your employment, to facilitate your development and clinical skills competency within intensive care. Once completed there is the opportunity to undertake the University based Critical Care Course (Intensive Care), and to rotate to one or both of the other adult units, GICU and NICU. ED and Paediatric or Neonatal ICU or Critical Care Outreach Team (CCOT) to further develop your practice. You must have a minimum of one year’s current, active nursing experience as a qualified registered nurse working in an acute care ward or department within our Trust or preferably within the NHS. We do not take nurses as a first job from qualification and you will not be shortlisted if you apply. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification which contains more information about the role Please supply an excellent, thorough and complete application form explaining why you would like to work on critical care The Assessment centre involves a written test and communication exercise, followed by an interview for those who pass the written element. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Ability to assess, plan and evaluate patient care according to the needs of the individual. ### Experience **Essential** - Prioritise and organise own workload and the workload of other more junior staff. - Ability to use resources effectively - Recognise changes in patient condition and escalate appropriately **Desirable** - Critical care experience ### Qualifications and Training **Essential** - Registered Nurse (adult) - 6 months -1 year current post-registration acute care experience **Desirable** - Undergraduate degree Masters level study ## Documents - [b5 critical care jd (pdf, 218.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10680691) - [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2411) - [swl ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3045) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.