We are recruiting for a Registered Nurse who shares our vision to be trusted toprovide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

We have 20 critical care beds and can offer you broad experience in caring forcritically ill adults in an innovative, challenging and aspirational workplace.

We are committed to advancing nursing practice and our Clinical Nurse Educator provides in-house training and support for clinical and professional development.

Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understandand refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!

Main duties of the job

To manage the ventilated, haemofiltered, and cardiovascularly compromisedpatient initially under supervision, whilst developing professionally, utilisingcompetency based Knowledge & Skills Framework (KSF) leading to autonomy ofcare when proficient, in conjunction with further development of managementskills.

Support Nurse Team Leaders and Nurse team managers in the training anddevelopment of junior staff.

Demonstrate proficiency in the management of acutely unwell / deterioratingpatients nursed outside the critical care setting, ie Recovery and EmergencyDepartment.

Keep fully informed about changes in Critical Care, Outreach and updateprofessional knowledge to meet the requirements for Revalidation.

Plan and deliver patient care to the highest standard utilising a holistic researchbased model and including patient and relative involvement.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification information packfor further detailed information regarding this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications / Training

Essential

• RGN
• Willingness to complete Diploma/ Degree in Critical Care Nursing.

Desirable

• Post basic course ENB 124/ 100 / 920
• ENB 998 /City and Guilds 7307
• Evidence of continuing education

Previous Experience

Desirable

• Ward experience within an acute environment
• Critical Care experience
• Critical Care shift leadership
• Mentorship training
• Awareness of resource management

Skills/ Knowledge

Essential

• Good communication skills, both verbal and written
• Good standard of clinical care
• Able to work well in a team
• Knowledge of current developments in pre and post registration nursing
• Awareness of current issues in Nursing /NHS

Desirable

• Demonstrable teaching skills
• Ability to contribute to practice changes arising from audits
• Current developments in Critical Care Nursing

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage, Hertfordshire

SG1 4AB

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