Staff Nurse Critical Care

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 19 January 2025

Job summary

An excellent opportunity for experienced or newly qualified nurses to join the critical care nursing team here at Royal Papworth Hospital has arisen.

We are looking for dynamic, motivated, and compassionate registered nurses to join our highly specialist and internationally renowned multi-disciplinary team. Our 46 bedded Critical Care is one of the largest and busiest in the region, with state-of-the-art facilities, we are able to provide outstanding compassionate and holistic care to our patients.

As a tertiary referral centre we look after some of the sickest patients who are referred to us for a variety of specialist services such as our ECMO (extra corporeal membrane oxygenation) service, heart and lung transplant, PCI pathway. Working in this environment is challenging and rewarding in equal amounts.

Main duties of the job

To care for our patients we need a highly skilled and innovative team, we will support your development through every stage of your career with our dedicated Critical Care education team.

Our well established programme for registered nurses will be tailored to you, combining theoretical knowledge and practical skills required for you to excel in your role. You will have access to expert clinical mentors and higher education programmes such as the Critical Care Course at degree or master's level, funded places at international conferences, Critical Care rotations and careers coaching for progression in more specialist roles.

Applicants should refer to the Role Profile attached to advert for full information about the role.

If you are interested in finding out more about working with us, please see our dedicated pages on our website: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/working-here/roles/nursing-vacancies/nursing-roles/critical-care

About us

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

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Date posted

02 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

175-2425-1-RL1075CC

Job locations

Royal Papworth Hospital

Papworth Road

Cambridge Bio Medical Campus

Cambridge

CB2 0AY

Job description

Job responsibilities

On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registration with NMC
Diploma in Nursing

Desirable

Qualification in relevant specialty
Degree in Nursing
Completion of Critical Care Step 1-3 competencies
Critical Care Course at degree or MSc level
Practice assessor course

Experience

Essential

Proven evidence-based clinical practice
Utilised reflective practice
Knowledge of NMC Code of Conduct and professional practice guidance
Good theoretical and practical knowledge of nursing within the clinical area
Knowledge of clinical governance and quality
Aware of cultural and social influences on health and of the importance of respecting diversity and differences
Able to perform nursing activities specific to specialty
Able to problem solve and use own initiative
Able to plan, organise and prioritise workload
Proven communication skills, written and oral
Able to work collaboratively as part of multi-disciplinary team

Desirable

Evidence of experience in Critical Care
Awareness of broader issues within the Trust and the wider NHS
Understanding of the professional nursing agenda
Able to assist Healthcare Support Workers
Able to induct/orientate new staff to the clinical area and identify key learning needs of less experienced staff

Additional Criteria

Essential

Evidence ability to uphold the Trust's values Compassion Excellence Collaboration.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registration with NMC
Diploma in Nursing

Desirable

Qualification in relevant specialty
Degree in Nursing
Completion of Critical Care Step 1-3 competencies
Critical Care Course at degree or MSc level
Practice assessor course

Experience

Essential

Proven evidence-based clinical practice
Utilised reflective practice
Knowledge of NMC Code of Conduct and professional practice guidance
Good theoretical and practical knowledge of nursing within the clinical area
Knowledge of clinical governance and quality
Aware of cultural and social influences on health and of the importance of respecting diversity and differences
Able to perform nursing activities specific to specialty
Able to problem solve and use own initiative
Able to plan, organise and prioritise workload
Proven communication skills, written and oral
Able to work collaboratively as part of multi-disciplinary team

Desirable

Evidence of experience in Critical Care
Awareness of broader issues within the Trust and the wider NHS
Understanding of the professional nursing agenda
Able to assist Healthcare Support Workers
Able to induct/orientate new staff to the clinical area and identify key learning needs of less experienced staff

Additional Criteria

Essential

Evidence ability to uphold the Trust's values Compassion Excellence Collaboration.

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.