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Staff Nurse - Critical Care
The closing date is 11 July 2025
A fantastic development opportunity has arisen for registered nurses who wish to develop their acute care skills in the specialist area of critical care nursing.
We are looking for caring and compassionate nurses with high standards of care to join our team. We require staff who excel in working in a multi-disciplinary team and who have high standards of care as well as excellent communication and interpersonal skills to ensure quality for our patients.
We desire staff who have a genuine interest in caring for the critically ill adult and their families, who are able to prioritise care in acute deterioration, whilst upholding the Trust Values each day.
This post is for the Princess Royal site, but there is an expectation of cross site working. There are permanent, fixed term/secondment opportunities available.
Main duties of the job
Responsible for the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of individualised patient care, working in partnership with patients, their carers and the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the patient's physical, spiritual and emotional needs are met.
Recognise changes in patients' conditions which require the intervention of others and ensure that timely referrals are made or escalation procedures enacted as appropriate.
Ensuring high quality care and compassion is given to all our critical care patients and their carers.
Communicate sensitively, confidentially and with empathy to meet the wide ranging physical and emotional needs of patients and their carers and families.
Adhere to hospital and unit policies and procedures, regarding Infection control, health and safety and managing risk.
Continuing Professional Development and studying for competencies, as this is an essential part of the role.
About us
You will be joining a highly motivated team .
We work as one team across the two sites in Telford and Shrewsbury.
We work closely with our MDT to maintain high standard of care and compassion.
We recognise outstanding care within our team, We also highly value safety and quality - with established daily safety huddles, improved communication through our team newsletter and open culture for all staff to suggest improvements.
We value training and development highly on our unit, and we will support you to complete your mentorship course as well as your graduate certificate in Critical Care as part of your development. This is in addition to monthly training on the unit related to various topics including advanced equipment and of course, your statutory and mandatory training.
Job responsibilities
For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.
Person Specification
Qualification
* RGN Adult
* Appropriate level of verbal and written English language skills as determined by formal assessment (if English is not first language).
* Teaching and Assessing Course
Experience and Knowledge
* Acute Nursing experience
* Knowledge of current professional issues
* Awareness of relevant / current professional issues.
* Understanding of use of audit in a clinical setting
Skills and Ability
* Evidence of excellent communication skills
* Ability to work and communicate effectively within a multidisciplinary team setting
* Microsoft office PC and Sema Pas skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
£31,049 to £37,796 a yearper annum/pro rata
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