Adult Critical Care Unit
Band 5 Staff Nurse in Adult Critical Care Unit (ACCU)
We are excited to invite applications for the Band 5 Staff Nurse position to join our world-class Adult Cardiac Critical Care Unit (ACCU) at St Bartholomew’s Hospital Heart Centre. This is a unique opportunity to rotate across three critical care units, each caring for a diverse range of patients, including:
* Post-operative cardiothoracic and thoracic patients
* Heart Attack Centre patients
* Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) patients
* Vascular patients
* Cancer patients
We are proud to have been rated as ‘Outstanding’ in leadership by the Care Quality Commission in 2017. Your professional development is a priority for us, and we offer opportunities to undertake courses such as ILS, ALS, CALS, BSc, MSc, and PhD programmes. We also support nurse-led research, fully backed by our Director of Research and Development.
This role involves shift patterns including long days, nights, and bank holidays to meet the service requirements of the ACCU.
Key responsibilities include:
1. Assess, plan, provide, and evaluate skilled evidence-based care for critically ill patients (L2 & L3), ensuring quality care and patient safety.
2. Support and develop colleagues through mentoring and skills assessment.
3. Promote practice development within Critical Care.
4. Fulfil local/trust requirements in audit or project work.
5. Maintain a safe working environment, complying with health and safety regulations and mandatory training.
6. Provide skilled support to medical staff and multidisciplinary team members.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country and a leading healthcare provider. We are on an improvement journey to become an outstanding organization with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we are now focused on continuous improvement.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, providing safe and compassionate care in east London and beyond. We aim to deliver high standards of harm-free care, ensure timely and appropriate patient placement, and foster an outstanding working environment aligned with our WeCare values.
We are committed to promoting inclusion and creating an equitable working environment where every staff member has a sense of belonging, dignity, and respect, enabling everyone to fulfill their potential.
For further details or informal visits, contact:
Name: Moriom Bibi
Job title: Matron
Email: Moriom.bibi@nhs.net
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