Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse (Management) - Critical Care

Job overview

Adult Critical Care Unit Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse (Management) – Adult Critical Care Unit (ACCU)

We are excited to invite applications for a Band 6 Sister/Charge nurse to join our busy Adult Cardiac Critical Care Unit (ACCU) at St Bartholomew’s Hospital Heart Centre.

This is a unique opportunity to rotate across three critical care units, each caring for a diverse range of patients, including:

• Post-operative cardiothoracic and thoracic patients
• Heart Attack Centre patients
• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) patients
• Vascular patients
• Cancer patients We are proud to have been rated as ‘Outstanding’ in leadership by the Care Quality Commission in 2017. Your professional development is a priority for us, and we offer opportunities to undertake courses such as ILS, ALS, CALS, BSc, MSc, and even PhD programmes. We also support nurse-led research, fully backed by our Director of Research and Development.

This role will involve shift patterns of long days, nights and bank holidays to meet the service requirements of the ACCU

*This role involves long days and night shifts to cover service requirements *

Main duties of the job

- Assess, plan, provide, and evaluate skilled evidence-based care for critically ill patients (L2 & L3). Ensuring quality care and patient safety are paramount.

- Support and develop colleagues by mentoring and assessing their skills. - Promote practice development within Critical Care.

- Fulfil Local/Trust requirements in specified audit or project work.

- Maintain a safe working environment, complying with Health and Safety regulations, Environmental Health Act, and attending mandatory training

- Provide highly skilled support to medical staff and other members of the multidisciplinary team

. - Work in conjunctions with your seniors in quality improvement projects across the unit

-Work with senior line manager to deputise and manage team members Working For Us

As part of our commitment to enhancing the working lives of our staff, we provide:

• Flexible working arrangements
• Flexible self-rostering, including long days and night shifts, in line with our local guidelines
• Childcare vouchers and family-friendly policies
• An excellent pension scheme and staff benefits
• career progression opportunities

We are dedicated to creating a culture of continuous learning that actively supports the personal and professional growth of all team members.

• r further information about this role or to arrange an informal visit, please contact: Matron – Moriom Bibi Email: Moriom.bibi@nhs.net

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment

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.