Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Northern General Hospital Town Sheffield Salary £62,215 - £72,293 pa/pro rata for part time staff Salary period Yearly Closing 06/07/2025 23:59 Interview date 17/07/2025
Nurse Consultant Critical Care
NHS AfC: Band 8b
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
To deliver high quality patient care, acting as a role model for nursing practice across the Critical Care Service, the Trust and nationally.
To provide expert clinical nursing advice, education and leadership within the Critical Care Service.
To act as a source of expertise, advice and knowledge for patients, carers and healthcare professionals.
As the senior nurse clinician in the Critical Care Service, the Consultant Nurse will be responsible for developing and leading nursing and advanced practice and standards. Working with others in the team, the Consultant Nurse will have the authority and freedom to develop and lead advanced nurse practice and research within the departments. They will practice clinically at least 50% of their time.
In collaboration with the Clinical Director, Clinical Leads and Nurse Director the Consultant Nurse will support the development of clinical strategy for Critical Care to enable the team to deliver timely, clinically effective patient care that meets national standards.
Main duties of the job
* Lead advanced nursing and non-medical and non medical practice across the Critical Care Service including development of advanced practice roles.
* Work with all stakeholders to develop clinical pathways internally and externally across all specialities.
* Work as part of the senior clinical team to deliver key clinical standards.
* Support the Nurse Director to develop strong leadership and managerial process to deliver high quality care.
* Work with the Matron and Clinical Educator, taking a lead on educational development for nursing and engagement of the multi-professional workforce across the Care Group.
* Work in collaboration with the Matron and ND to develop strong Governance framework.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
* Registered Nurse valid with NMC
* Masters degree in a relevant field/or equivalent/higher post graduate qualification
* Recognised Management / Leadership qualification or programme
* To have completed the national PEAP programme for practice supervisors or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
* APACS - Advanced Physical Assessment and Consultation skills required for autonomous practitioner
* Post registration qualification/education relevant to Critical Care
* Willingness to undertake PhD/Doctorate qualification
Experience
* Substantial post registration experience in the field of Critical Care
* Successful completion of core and relevant specialist competencies and relevant portfolio
* Substantial leadership experience at Grade Band 7 or equivalent in Critical Care
* Evidence of service improvement
* Evidence of participation in research, audit and service evaluation
* Evidence of workforce/practice development and teaching
* Experience of delivering education at a local and national level
* Ability to assess and manage patient risk effectively and safely
* Evidence of a commitment to Evidence Based Practice
* Ability to represent Nursing effectively at a national level
* Experience of managing change through working with others
* Experience of working with HEIs
* Experience of grant writing and income generation
* Evidence of writing for publication
Skills & Knowledge
* Advance clinical reasoning skills
* Ability to develop effective relationships internally and externally
* Ability to work strategically with advanced decision-making skills to deal with a complex case load
* Understanding of the Critical Care service within the wider ICB
* Knowledge of quality, standard setting, benchmarking and audit alongside a working knowledge of clinical governance and its implications
* Knowledge of commissioning processes
* Evidence of applying national policy locally and involvement in strategic initiatives
* Ability to deal with complex and challenging emotional and potentially ethically sensitive situations
* Emotionally resilient, ability to deal with conflict
* Understanding of cultural differences and health belief models including diversity in the workplace.
* Ability to articulate effectively with advanced written and verbal communication skills and ability to present at local and national level. Clear, concise written and verbal reporting skills
* Computer literacy in Microsoft packages
* Knowledge and understanding of the use of relevant patient information systems and data collection systems.
* Experience / interest in research
Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on skilled worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the skilled worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here (link to the gov.uk website).
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Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.
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