Sister/Charge Nurse ITU

Job description

Job responsibilities

HCA Healthcare UK are currently looking for qualified Nurses to join the Intensive Care Team at Princess Grace Hospital, to continue and enhance their career in ITU. With our nurse to patient ratio frequently at 1:1 or 1:2, we will give you the opportunity to do what you do best: Care.

All our units are equipped with the latest technology and provide specialized care to level 2 & 3 patients; you will have the opportunity to work across an extremely diverse and acute patient-load covering a range of specialities, including Urology, HPB, Colorectal, Oncology, General Surgery, Gynae and Head & Neck.

Working within one of our 24-hour critical care units will keep you challenged and will give you the opportunity to develop your skills, whether that be honing your speciality or undertaking a Leadership & Management (ILM) Course; helping you to support and encourage more junior members of the team.

Princess Grace Hospital can offer you both full and part-time roles alongside some great benefits.

Salary: The attractive and competitive salary for this role starts at £46,974 (with additional Shift enhancement) and will be dependent upon skills and experience.

Skills & Experience:

• Registered General Nurse with NMC pin.
• General ITU/HDU specific skills and experience, ideally with experience of one of the unit specialisms
• Motivated and forward-thinking individual with excellent communication skills.
• Excellent communication skills with good time management and prioritisation skills.
• Practice Assessor Course
• Critical Care Course (60 Credit)

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care to meet the patient and their familys needs
• Responsible for planning and delivering appropriate care for admissions and discharges
• Ability to quickly identify any clinical problems and report or take appropriate action
• Undertake extended roles such as venipuncture, cannulation and phlebotomy
• All ad hoc nursing duties as required by senior staff, including potential deputising for seniors in their absence
• Contributing to the ongoing research-based care and other practice development initiatives
• Working with junior staff and delegating and supervising the care in a fair and equitable manner
• Recognising the signs and symptoms of a deteriorating patient and initiate early interventions in a calm and co-ordinated manner

About The Individual

At HCA UK we recognise and value everyone as unique and individual; treat people with kindness and compassion; act with absolute honesty, integrity, and fairness and trust and treat one another as valued members of the HCA UK family. As someone looking to join our family, you will demonstrate these key values.

You will also actively participate as a member of a team, working together to achieve tasks, goals, and objectives; demonstrate a lead by example attitude to inspire our colleagues and patients; and deliver information in a clear, concise, and compelling manner to effectively engage others and achieve desired results.

If you wish to find out more about this opportunity, please apply for this role and a member of the team will be in contact shortly.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered General Nurse with NMC pin.
• General ITU/HDU specific skills and experience, ideally with experience of one of the unit specialisms

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

HCA Healthcare UK

Address

Nottingham Place

London

W1U 5NY

Employer's website

https://www.hcahealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)