# Neuro ICU (adult) Senior Staff Nurse Band 6

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** London
- **Region:** London
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children)
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £47,951 - £56,863 per annum incl HCAS (pro-rata)
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-05T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-05-22T18:01:58.326Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/St_Georges_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Neuro_Critical_Care/Neuro_Critical_Care-v7953231
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7953231?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Providing excellent individualised unsupervised nursing care. Develop into the role of the shift leader with supervision. Participate in the education, training & professional development of Staff. Supporting the shift leader, managing and supporting other staff in managing a group of acutely unwell patients

### Main duties of the job

We are a friendly and progressive, specialist Neuro ICU with 18 beds. Neuro ICU is part of a close-knit Adult Critical Care directorate and is situated in a modern purpose-built wing of St George’s Hospital in southwest London.  We are proud to be a Major Trauma Centre, Stroke Centre and Regional Neuroscience Centre.

In Neuro ICU, we specialize in the care of patients following acquired or traumatic injury to the head and/or spine, along with those suffering from complex neurosurgical and neuromedical disorders.

Our team is diverse and inclusive and we develop staff of all levels to reach their potential, offering opportunities for rotation to other ICU areas, secondment to research and outreach teams and shift leadership as well as training and further specialist education.

"Looking for staff with a minimum of one year post critical care course (60 credits)"

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.

## Job Details

Providing excellent individualised unsupervised nursing care. Develop into the role of the shift leader with supervision. Participate in the education, training & professional development of Staff. Supporting the shift leader, managing and supporting other staff in managing a group of acutely unwell patients

## Job Description

We are a friendly and progressive, specialist Neuro ICU with 18 beds. Neuro ICU is part of a close-knit Adult Critical Care directorate and is situated in a modern purpose-built wing of St George’s Hospital in southwest London.  We are proud to be a Major Trauma Centre, Stroke Centre and Regional Neuroscience Centre.

In Neuro ICU, we specialize in the care of patients following acquired or traumatic injury to the head and/or spine, along with those suffering from complex neurosurgical and neuromedical disorders.

Our team is diverse and inclusive and we develop staff of all levels to reach their potential, offering opportunities for rotation to other ICU areas, secondment to research and outreach teams and shift leadership as well as training and further specialist education.

"Looking for staff with a minimum of one year post critical care course (60 credits)"

## Responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Demonstrates knowledge of the application of evidence-based practice

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience Critical Care trained
- Competent to take effective action when required on ICU to manage a clinical deterioration or challenging situation
- Experience of Nursing NICU patients

**Desirable**

- Mentoring
- Transfer of critical care patient experience

### Qualifications and Training

**Essential**

- RN (adult)
- Critical care qualification

**Desirable**

- Practice Assessor or Mentorship training

## Documents

- [band 6 jd nicu (pdf, 234.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10233705)
- [onboarding roadmap (pdf, 87.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3007)
- [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2411)

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