# Critical Care Audit Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/critical-care-audit-nurse/a2442c78-5ea8-40d2-a668-b7c3281d4979 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/critical-care-audit-nurse/a2442c78-5ea8-40d2-a668-b7c3281d4979.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust - **Town:** St Leonards On Sea - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 pro rata, per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 23 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-19T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-05T10:13:12.427Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/East_Sussex/Eastbourne/East_Sussex_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Critical_Care/Critical_Care-v8061760 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8061760?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.esht.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Critical Care is fully committed to audit and provides a dynamic environment conducive to gaining additional knowledge and skills. We are looking for a Critical Care Audit Nurse – Band 6 to assist the team with managing, organising and delivering a high standard of audit & data. We are looking for a registered nurse with at least 2 years critical care experience who has the critical care course. The candidate needs to be motivated and passionate about audit and demonstrate this. The critical care setting is characterized by high patient acuity and a fast-paced work environment. Due to the nature of the role, excellent IT skills and high levels of concentration are needed to be able to work effectively. This post involves working closely with the Band 7 – Audit Lead Nurse as well as other audit nurses, supporting and promoting a cohesive audit team. The post holder will have the responsibility for the provision of high quality data and ensuring that this is used to maintain quality care to the benefit of the critically ill patient. ### Main duties of the job The role is high profile and requires you to work with a team with varied skills and experience.  You will be working closely with the Data Lead Sister inputting and validating data for submission internally to management and externally to ICNARC, NHSE and the Critical Care Network.  You will also be responsible for undertaking unit audits and using this data to produce reports for submission to the management team.  You must be a committed Critical Care nurse with exemplary communication, IT/computer and interpersonal skills, who is an excellent role model and passionate about audit and its role in maintaining quality and safety.  Critical Care is fully committed to audit and provides a dynamic environment conducive to gaining additional experience. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the job description attached. If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us. ## Job Details Critical Care is fully committed to audit and provides a dynamic environment conducive to gaining additional knowledge and skills. We are looking for a Critical Care Audit Nurse – Band 6 to assist the team with managing, organising and delivering a high standard of audit & data. We are looking for a registered nurse with at least 2 years critical care experience who has the critical care course. The candidate needs to be motivated and passionate about audit and demonstrate this. The critical care setting is characterized by high patient acuity and a fast-paced work environment. Due to the nature of the role, excellent IT skills and high levels of concentration are needed to be able to work effectively. This post involves working closely with the Band 7 – Audit Lead Nurse as well as other audit nurses, supporting and promoting a cohesive audit team. The post holder will have the responsibility for the provision of high quality data and ensuring that this is used to maintain quality care to the benefit of the critically ill patient. ## Job Description The role is high profile and requires you to work with a team with varied skills and experience. You will be working closely with the Data Lead Sister inputting and validating data for submission internally to management and externally to ICNARC, NHSE and the Critical Care Network. You will also be responsible for undertaking unit audits and using this data to produce reports for submission to the management team. You must be a committed Critical Care nurse with exemplary communication, IT/computer and interpersonal skills, who is an excellent role model and passionate about audit and its role in maintaining quality and safety. Critical Care is fully committed to audit and provides a dynamic environment conducive to gaining additional experience. ## Responsibilities Please refer to the job description attached. If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Professional clinical knowledge skills and skills that demonstrate the ability to assess, plan, develop and implement programmes of care, including complex/specialist care needs - Skills to assess and interpret complex needs of patients and able to give expert advice and guidance - Specialist clinical skills and competence relevant to role to support innovative, evidence based practice. - Ability to apply professional judgement and problem solve and lead discussions within the team to resolve complex issues - Able to support learners and clinical supervision of staff and lead on improvements within the learning environment. - Able to support mentors in decisions related to students/learners and make judgements regarding competence and fitness to practice including managing poor performance - Day to day management of a patient caseload, able to work under own initiative and delegate effectively - Able to maintain work-related record keeping and documentation - Ability to lead a team, allocate workload, develop and promote staff wellbeing and performance - Participate/Lead audit and research, able to understand and lead on recommendations for changes to practice and policy - Digital Skills, use of systems, report writing and presentation skills - Excellent communication skills and ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive information and provide reassurance and empathy. - Commitment to own professional and personal development - Budget and resource management skills - Able to develop and maintain effective working relationships with all professional groups and senior managers within the organisation and external stakeholders. - Maintains confidentiality and information governance principles and is accountable for actions and decision making - Ability to delegate effectively and hold people to account ### Experience **Essential** - Experience in nursing care, knowledge and expertise relevant to the clinical area within NHS or relevant health care organisation - Experience in clinical speciality relevant to role to be able to demonstrate the required level of professional knowledge and skills at a specialist level. **Desirable** - Experience in leading a team or service change/QI project ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse and hold active registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) - Degree level qualification relevant to role - Professional qualification and training to lead the clinical team with relevant knowledge and skills for specialist area, including relevant formal training/qualification to deliver the required specialist skills and programmes of care - Education and training qualification - Evidence of mandatory and statutory essential training skills, for example, Basic Life Support, manual handling, infection control, fire etc **Desirable** - Management or leadership qualification or training - Quality improvement training and qualification ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 216.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10352091) - [jh form (pdf, 952.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10352092) - [guidance for applicants - afc (pdf, 152.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=672) ## 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.