Job summary
- Main area
- Intensive Care/High Dependency Unit
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Days/Nights/Weekends)
- Job ref
- 388-6437036-NMC
- Employer
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Torbay Hospital
- Town
- Torquay
- Closing
- 12/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Registered Nurse - Intensive Care Unit
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic individuals who have at least 12 months full time or the equivalent hours of experience on an acute ward, who are looking for their next challenge.
As a Registered Nurse on the Intensive Care Unit, you will be invited to work within the integrated multidisciplinary team. In return the ICU will offer a commitment to your professional development by supporting comprehensive induction and orientation training, this will include a bespoke in-house critical care training programme that will help guide and develop you to become a skilled critical care nurse.
You will participate in the assessment and planning of the care needs to the critically ill patient and their relatives, including the development, implementation, and evaluation of care.
We strive to live by our trust values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate, and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.
Main duties of the job
As a nurse on the ICU, you will be:
• Responsible for the care of critically ill patients and their families.
• Recognise and treat patients as individuals.
• Administer medications and treatment within local/national guidelines.
• Maintain Trust/NMC documentation.
• Demonstrate ability to meet our trust values.
• Have appropriate communication skills across the multi-functioning disciplinary team.
• Ensure patients receive compassionate care and maintain dignity.
• To act as a role model for junior staff.
Working for our organisation
The ICU @ Torbay Hospital is a 14 bedded mixed unit caring for patients who require ICU (level 3) and HDU (level 2) care.
The ICU team works in a multidisciplinary patient centred way to ensure a high standard of patient care for both ICU and HDU patients and their families. There is a strong ethos of education and development with a focus on individual staff developing their skills and contributing to innovation in care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.
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Person specification
Qualifications and training
Essential criteria
- NMC Registered General Nurse.
- Equivalent to 12 months full time, recent experience in an Acute ward setting.
Desirable criteria
- ENB 100/124 or equivalent Degree in Nursing.
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of Intensive Care nursing.
- Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate the care of the acutely ill patient.
- Able to adhere to Trust guidelines and protocols.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable criteria
- Previous ICU/HDU experience.
- Interest in ICU/HDU nursing.
Specific skills
Essential criteria
- Self motivated
- Evidence of assertiveness.
- Effective interpersonal skills.
- Leadership and time management skills.
- Good team player.
- Demonstrates an ability to meet the trusts values.
Desirable criteria
- Research awareness.
- Knowledge and participation in quality improvement projects.
Requirements due to work environment/conditions
Essential criteria
- Flexibility on working hours and location.
- Able to work at short notice and at busy times including school holidays / outside of normal office hours.
Physical skills
Essential criteria
- Manual dexterity for the administration of intravenous treatments.
- Standing for long periods.
Physical effort
Essential criteria
- Able to assist effectively in the movement and manual handling of patients in line with trusts manual handling procedures.
- Resuscitation of patients.
Emotional effort
Essential criteria
- Frequently dealing with distressed relatives.
- Nursing terminally ill and very sick patients of all age groups.
- Delivering bad news to patients and relatives.
Mental effort
Essential criteria
- Complex drug calculations.
- Able to concentrate and deal with frequent interruptions.
- Clinical decision making.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dawn Church
- Job title
- Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01803 655555
- Additional information
Available 9-5 Monday-Friday.
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