Registered Critical Care Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Title: Registered Nurse Critical Care

Trust Location: Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Pay Rates: £15 - £25

As a Critical Care Nurse, you will be integral to supporting the journey of a patient as they recover, at a crucial time for patients and their families; a position which is both exceptionally rewarding and humbling.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust provides arange of community and hospital services to over one million people across Bury, Oldham, Rochdale andSalford, as well as providing more specialist care to patients across Greater Manchester and beyond.

You will learn the following:

How to adapt the way you care for individual patients based on their recovery stage, their age and health condition

How to create individualised care plans for each patient based on their specific needs

How to use the most up-to-date medical and diagnostic equipment

Youll receive the following benefits:

Exclusive access to first choice of shifts or placements at your Trust access before they are made available to agency

Wellbeing incentives take advantage of the wellbeing hub

Competitive pay rates work this week, get paid next week

Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go access your My Bank shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone

Essential support when you need it 24/7 365 days Call us anytime

Multi-locational - work across neighbouring Trusts if you wish to

Varied working options to suit your lifestyle access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or fixed term placements

Training and development opportunities

Build holiday allowance for every shift you work

Stakeholder pension scheme available

What youll be responsible for:

You will treat patients with critical illnesses from all specialties, medical and surgical, as well as giving post-operative support for planned, major surgery. This care will include:

Assessing and monitoring patient conditions

Checking symptoms and vital signs and arranging diagnostic tests

Recognising, responding to, and managing emergency situations

Planning, delivering and evaluating standards of evidence-based nursing care

The role will involve, but not be limited to you performing the above.

Youll need to have the following qualifications/experience:

A minimum of 6 months paid experience in a Critical Care nursing environment within a hospital in the last 3 years

Comply with NMC Professional Registration and keep up to date with current nursing practices

The ability to ensure accurate records are kept in accordance with CHS policy and NMC guidelines

Be committed to undertaking regular mandatory training

*Depending on the Trust, you may require variable additional certification and skills.

Who are NHS Professionals?

We are NHS Professionals (NHSP), working together to care for patients in the NHS. Providing you with the power to decide when, how, and where you want to work. Supporting your lifestyle and making you feel part of the team and community.

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By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Youll need to have the following qualifications/experience:
• A minimum of 6 months paid experience in a Critical Care nursing environment within a hospital in the last 3 years
• Statement of NMC Registration
• Degree /Diploma in Nursing

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

NHS Professionals Limited

Address

Royal Oldham Hospital

Rochdale Road

Oldham

OL1 2JH

Employer's website

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