# Registered Nurse - St Andrews' Burns Intensive Care Unit > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/registered-nurse-st-andrews-burns-intensive-care-unit/642d9e08-92eb-4c5c-a679-08600778fc40 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/registered-nurse-st-andrews-burns-intensive-care-unit/642d9e08-92eb-4c5c-a679-08600778fc40.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Southend University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Registered nurse - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift Work) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-04T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-21T08:30:35.449Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Essex/Chelmsford/Mid_South_Essex_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Burns_Intensive_Care/Burns_Intensive_Care-v8183103 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8183103?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.southend.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for a Band 5 Staff Nurse to join our friendly team on the world renowned St. Andrews Centre Burns Intensive Care Unit where we provide care to our patients, both Adults and Paediatrics, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year. Existing ward experience can be built upon and new knowledge and skills can be learned and developed. We offer structured support supervised by our clinical facilitation team and Senior Nursing Team. Clinical progression is encouraged within our intensive care unit by our large friendly multi-disciplinary team. Informal visits are encouraged and recommended. You will be required to demonstrate compassion and empathy in your approach to caring and should have relevant experience of caring for others, either through previous employment, education and training or voluntary work. Your role will involve the care and treatment of very complex Burns / Medical Skin Loss patients who require Intensive and High Dependency Nursing Care. ### Main duties of the job You will ensure the NMC code of conduct is at the forefront of the teams nursing care and will be required to work closely with the multi-disciplinary teams to provide a high standard of individualised patient care, ensuring the patient experience is the best it can be. You will Assess, plan, implement, evaluate and document holistic, high quality and individualised care, which respects patients’ personal dignity and beliefs whilst maintaining and promoting effective communication within the care team and with colleagues, patients, relatives and visitors. Your role is to maintain a safe working environment for patients, visitors and staff, participate in educational and professional development programmes, upholding the philosophy of evidence-based practice and maintain a professional profile and develop skills, knowledge and competencies adhering to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct, Trust Policies and Procedures and local competency frameworks. You will lead by example and embed the Trusts values and behaviour in all aspects of the clinical environment and be able to demonstrate continuing professional development, reflecting individual needs, those of the team and the organisation. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Are you looking for an exciting Staff Nurse role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you. For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description. We look forward to your application. Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications. ### 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 & Experience **Essential** - Demonstrate ability to provide high quality patient care - NHS experience **Desirable** - Previous experience of working as a qualified nurse in an acute health care setting - Minimum 6 months post qualification experience in the NHS ### Education & Qualification **Essential** - NMC sub part 1/2 Adults Registered nurse **Desirable** - Good level of both written and spoken English - computer skills ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 256.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10690223) - [privacy policy (pdf, 441.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2077) - [afc pay poster 26/27 (pdf, 44.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2504) - [trust 10 year strategy (pdf, 2.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2947) - [applicant ms teams checklist (pdf, 560.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2943) - [general statements afc - v5.2 (pdf, 592.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2979) - [leadership and management framework (pdf, 120.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2880) ## 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.