Job overview
4 x Full time Opportunity
An exciting opportunity for a band 6 critical care nurse has arisen in Neuro ICU, Queens Hospital, Romford. You will be part of a team caring for critically unwell patients across critical care units based at QH. Our critical care units consist of a total of 57 beds across two sites - Queens and King Georges and occasionally you will be required to work across site depending on service demands. The Neuro ITU at Queens is a 12 bedded unit providing care for patient following neuro surgical interventions, trauma and to emergency admissions from both the wards and a busy emergency department presenting with a range of conditions requiring level 2 and level 3 care.
We are looking for enthusiastic experienced critical care nurses with a passion for delivering high quality care in partnership with patients and their relatives, who can demonstrate an ability to lead others to work within these standards in a permanent role. You will be required to provide training and support to new staff members, guiding individuals that require performance related assistance.
You must be able to act as a role model providing teaching and leadership support to the nursing team in the clinical area and work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team to demonstrate high standards of individualised and evidenced based patient centered care and be responsible for supporting changes based upon local and national guidelines.
Main duties of the job
Ensure effective lines of communication are maintained across the multidisciplinary team and throughout the Trust.
Promote positive and collaborative working relationships with all members of the multidisciplinary team.
Contribute to the development and review of ITU/HDU protocols and guidelines.
Actively participate in preceptorship and clinical supervision programmes.
Provide mentorship and support to both pre-registration and post-registration staff.
Achieve individual PREP requirements in accordance with the standards set by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
Working for our organisation
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.
We run a Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Registered General Nurse
2. Post graduate course in Critical Care
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential criteria
3. Sufficient critical care experience and a skilled competent critical acre nursing practitioner able to work autonomously and as part of a team.
Desirable criteria
4. Experience in audit & research
Skills/ Abilities
Essential criteria
5. Mentorship skills
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.