Critical Care Charge Nurse

Job summary

An exciting opportunity to join our critical care team as a band 6 charge nurse has arisen, we are looking for passionate, enthusiastic, dedicated experienced critical care nurses to join our team to support leading the department to excellence.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an individual seeking to advance in their career as their first charge nurse role, or for someone experienced looking for a change of department. We will offer support to complete CCN3 step 4 competencies and leadership development.

You must have competed your 60-credit critical care course in addition to your step 1 - 3 competencies for critical care, or expected to complete by September 2025.

We are a diverse team who strive for further improvement and will be able to support you to develop and enhance your knowledge, leadership and management skills. You will be providing patient centred care in the heart of all you do with the full support of the multi-disciplinary team in a fast-paced environment.

You will be responsible for the care and development of both junior colleagues and student nurses, creating an atmosphere conductive to learning and practice development, whilst also planning, providing and maintaining effective nursing care to our patients/clients and their relatives.

Please feel free to contact us for an informal visit or any further information.

Main duties of the job

To provide effective clinical and holistic individualised person-centred care to the patients and families, ensuring delivery is to the highest standard.

Alwaysmaintaining evidenced-based practice, being responsible for updating own knowledge and skills in line with the Trust polices and NMC Code.

Developing leadership skills, activelyparticipating in service development. To take charge and run the department on a shift-by-shift basis, supporting the senior nursing team to deliver a well lead unit, act as an advocate for both staff and patients to ensure safe care to our patients.

Support and lead, as appropriate, the safe patient flow through critical care unit working in partnership with the operations and site teams.

Ensure competence on our electronic patient health record system (AlexHealth) and compliance with documentation as per trust policy.

About us

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.

Employer details

Employer name

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Princess Alexandra hospital

Hamstel Road

Harlow

CM20 1QX

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Princess Alexandra hospital

Hamstel Road

Harlow

CM20 1QX

Employer's website

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

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