Band 6 Critical Care Nurse

The Critical Care team at Barnet Hospital is passionate about getting it right for patients, their families and staff. To achieve this, we are looking to appoint passionate, enthusiastic, motivated and dynamic Band 6 Registered Nurses who hold a UK accredited critical care qualification, have experience mentoring junior staff and are you ready to take on a more senior role within our 18-bed capacity critical care department.

This exciting Band 6 opportunity will develop your leadership and management skills within our proactive multi-disciplinary team. We will place you on the Band 6 development programme which is over a period of 9 months which includes

Leadership programme which is accredited by Middlesex University and support you to attend NHS Leadership Academy Courses in the future

We will support your attendance on a assessor's course if you haven't already obtained you qualification

Book you to attend Recruitment and selection Training and perform interviews with a more senior member of staff once completed.

Enrolled onto ILS training.

Allocated band 7 and senior band 6 to support you whilst on the programme.

Let your skills and experience shine in an environment where excellence is a way of life. You will need to demonstrate a strong desire to be part of our team and have true passion to strive for excellent patient care and excel in your communication skills.

Main duties of the job

Providing high quality, effective and individualised nursing care to a variety of patients in a compassionate and caring way.

Assessing care needs and developing, implementing and evaluating care without supervision whilst teaching more junior members of staff.

Helping to lead and monitor the performance of the nursing team by completion of appraisals.

Deputising for the Senior Nurse as required.

Ensure that you are a good role model at all times by providing a high quality care to patients.Be actively participating in a Qi initiative within the clinical area

About us

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the topTherapy Services has a high profile within the Trust, being firmly committed to quality improvement, audit, service evaluation and improvement. We undertake yearly presentations of our achievements for the year; undertaking PDSA and QI projects to ensure we are delivering the most effective, safe and high quality service.For more information please follow link

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person Specification Royal Free World Class Values

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Education & professional Qualifications

• NMC registration
• Intensive Care Course
• Practice Assessors Course

Experience

• Relevant ITU experience following ITU course
• Management experience within area of specialty
• Be actively involved in a QI project within the clinical area
• Demonstrate an insight into management issues e.g. management of change, conflict

Skills and aptitudes

• Demonstrate ability to manage a group of ITU patients independently
• Evidence of recent self- development ideally Degree / Masters
• Actively involved in a QI project or initiative on the unit

Personal Qualities & attributes

• Approachable and works effectively within a team
• Effectively mentor junior members of staff
• Professional attitude and a good role model
• Good time keeping
• Maintains a safe clinical environment conducive to patient care

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.

£44,485 to £52,521 a yearPer annum inclusive of HCAS