Band 5 or Band 6 Critical Care Registered Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year. We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and The Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Band 5 or Band 6 Critical Care Registered Nurse Imperial NHS Staff Bank.

The Staff Bank Department is a dedicated team aiming to provide a quality service to Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. The Staff Bank strives to support our Hospitals with competent, reliable and registered Staff Nurses who will be able to provide the highest level of service to our patients.

We are absolutely committed to ensuring that our patients have the best possible experience within our hospitals. We seek people who are committed to delivering outstanding patient care, whatever their role, and who take pride in what they do. We place a high value on treating all patients, visitors and colleagues with respect and dignity, and seek people who strive for excellence in all that they do.

A successful Bank Nurse will be an enthusiastic, forward thinking, committed to equal opportunities and non-discriminatory practices. Successful candidates will be motivated with excellent communication and leadership skills who will be able to support the Ward Manager, Junior Sisters and Multidisciplinary team to provide patient centred care, maintain high care delivery standards and efficient, safe management of patients within Imperial Teaching Hospitals. By joining the Staff Bank you put yourself top of the list for any shifts requiring extra staff throughout the Trust. We have many long day shifts, day shifts and night shifts. Lines of work are also available in a number of clinical areas for the right candidates.

Trust: Imperial Teaching Hospitals

Location: Imperial Teaching Hospitals

Wards Covered: All wards

Pay: Band 5

- Days: £22.65 per hour

- Saturday/Nights: £28.31 per hour

- Sunday/Bank Holiday: £33.98 per hour

Pay: Band 6

- Days: £27.49per hour

- Saturday/Nights: £34.47per hour

- Sunday/Bank Holiday: £41.45per hour

A successful candidate for this role will have:

NMC registered with no restrictions.

At least six months UK NHS Hospital Experience as a Band 5 or 6 CC Nurse.

Have good communication and interpersonal skills with an enthusiastic approach to the provision of quality, effective safe care delivery.

Understand the importance of maintaining patient safety and minimising risk in accordance with Trust policy and procedure.

Maintain patient confidentiality at all times.

Demonstrate a good understanding of the importance of supportive and flexible team working.

Benefits of Staff Bank:

Efficient recruitment process

Complimentary Mandatory training

Free Trust uniform

You can browse and book your own shifts on Employee Online.

You have priority to book the shifts that you want work when and where you like.

Flexibility of shift times and locations

Timesheets are no longer required, making your pay fast and on time.

You can view your roster online no need to call to confirm shifts.

Great opportunity to progress within the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and gain experience

Friendly team environment

Lines of work

Competitive pay rates with weekly payment for the shifts you have worked

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust was launched on 1st October, 2007. Made up of five hospitals; Charing Cross, Hammersmith, Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea, St Mary's and the Western Eye, and integrating with Imperial College London, we are one of the largest acute trusts in the UK with an annual turnover exceeding £900 million and employing almost 10,000 staff. Offering more than 50 clinical specialities, and with one of the largest portfolios of services in the country we have one million patient contacts a year. The Trust has established the UKs first Academic Health Science Centre (AHSC). The AHSC aims to bring together the delivery of healthcare services, teaching and research in a partnership for the purpose of improving the health of its patients, advancing clinical teaching and scientific invention and innovation.

Contact a friendly member of our recruitment team on 0208 167 2496 or imperial.staffbank.recruitment@nhs.net

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• At least six months UK NHS Hospital Experience as a Band 5 or Band 6 Critical Care Nurse within the last two years.
• NMC registered with no restrictions.
• Qualified Critical Care Nurse Degree

Experience

Essential

• At least six months UK NHS Hospital Experience working as a Band 5 or Band 6 Critical Care Nurse, experience must be within the last two years.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

The Bays

S Wharf Road

London

W2 1NY

Employer's website

https://www.imperial.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)