Senior Staff Nurse ITU/ICU

Location: NW London

Salary: £33,660-£43,307 (inc HCAA)

Description: This leading Hospital Trust comprises three major Acute Hospitals and has more than 30 services in the community and serves a population of over 1.6million patients.  They provide World Class Care and expertise in their clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research.

They are looking to appoint passionate, enthusiastic, motivated and dynamic Band 6 Registered Nurses who are either at the start of developing their leadership skills post their ICU course or have substantial band 6 experience and are looking for their first junior sister/charge nurse post.

Their Intensive Care Units admit in excess of 2300 patients per year. Specialities include general medical and surgical patients, patients requiring renal replacement therapies, spinal, plastic and complex lower GI, Hepato-biliary services, an established liver transplantation programme, haematology, complex vascular surgery, colorectal surgery, plastic surgery and renal services.

In order to equip you with the correct knowledge, skills and attitude to become a competent and confident Band 6 critical care Registered Nurse they will provide you with:

* Supernumerary orientation programme that will be individualised to your professional needs.

* They will send you on an ILS course 

* Will help you develop your leadership skills with our in house 
programme and support you to attend various NHS Leadership Courses.

* They also offer a postgraduate Liver Course that is 15 level 6 credits. .

Person Specification: Applicants must be NMC Registered RGN, have a critical care course , relevant ICU experience , experience in teaching and mentoring, excellent communication skills and able to manage total patient care and work independently.

Benefits:  The Trust are committed to developing and supporting a modern career framework for their nurses and you will be supported in every step of your critical care career.

In addition you will receive a fantastic benefits package which includes pension, generous holiday allowance, and a range of schemes to help you achieve a healthy work-life balance – flexible working, special leave arrangements, child care voucher scheme and parental entitlement support to name just a few.