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Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
About
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.
Source - Trust Website
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Senior Staff Nurse Band 6 HDU/ICU - Base site Epsom Hospital
Accepting applications until: 13-Dec-2024 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 13-Dec-2024 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Epsom General Hospital
- Address
- Dorking Road, Epsom
- Town
- Epsom
- Postcode
- KT187AG
- Major / Minor Region
- Surrey
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Internal rotation)
Salary
- Salary
- £42,939 - £50,697 per annum inc of HCAS (pro-rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 6)
Specialty
- Main area
- ICU/HDU
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
Senior Staff Nurse HDU/ICU
Band 6
Are you an experienced critical care nurse looking for Band 6 senior staff nurse role?
The Critical Care (ICU/HDU) footprint is split across 2 sites: Epsom & St.Helier NHS University Hospital Trust.
The base unit for this post is Epsom Hospital.
Epsom ICU/HDU is an 8 bedded unit providing level 2 high dependency care for surgical patients following elective surgery & medical patients. We treat & transfer level 3 patients requiring Intensive care; working jointly with St. Helier Hospital ICU. Our HDU provides an Enhanced Recovery Pathway for patients following colorectal, urology, & gynaecological surgery.
St.Helier ICU is currently a 13 bedded unit providing care for patients requiring emergency/scheduled general surgery, acute medical patients & those requiring renal support.
There is a requirement to work cross-site according to service needs.
As a Band 6 you will be expected to support, teach, & play an active role in audit, standard setting & change management
In order to fulfil the job role, meet service needs & support staff development, successful candidates will be required to work cross-site, internal rotation days/nights/weekends & BH.
We can offer:
- Local induction & orientation programmes
- Mentoring/coaching
- Flu vaccines & staff well-being support
Please note: applicants must have completed a Specialist Critical Care Course & have recent Critical Care experience.
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- Assesses, plans, implements & evaluates patient care within sphere of responsibility.
- Works cooperatively & collaboratively with multi-disciplinary colleagues & other departments to deliver high standards of care to critically ill patients & ensures plans of care reflect current patient care needs.
- Is aware & adheres to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
- To provide quality, holistic care of a high standard to both the critically ill patients & their families within Epsom & St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust.
- To act as a resource for peers, patients, relatives, carers & other staff groups.
- To participate in the unit & nursing service development in a proactive manner.
- To support senior nursing team by deputising in the given leadership roles within sphere of responsibility
- To ensure safe patient care, staff may be asked, at short notice, to work at either Epsom General Hospital or St Helier Hospital ICU/HDU. This decision would be made by the ICU/HDU Matron, having taken into account staffing, skill mix, patient dependency and acuity & capacity within both units
Working for our organisation
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to attached job description & personal specification for comprehensive overview of main duties & responsibilities.
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected]. 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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC Level One Registration
- Specialist Critical Care Course
- Mentorship qualification
- Studying towards a Degree in Nursing (or related subject)
Desirable criteria
- Management / leadership qualification
- ILS Provider
Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent Critical Care Experience , following completion of Critical Care Course
- Completed ICU course (or equivalent).
Development
Essential criteria
- Evidence of on-going professional development
- Advanced ICU nursing skills
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sethu Jele
- Job title
- Senior Sister PDT, Critical Care
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02082963136
- Additional information
If you require any further information or would like to arrange an informal visit please contact:
Sethkani Jele or Suzy Knightly: Practice Development Senior Sister, Critical Care Tel: 0208 296 3136 or
email:
Or, Emma Conroy, Critical Care Matron
Tel: 07552 889342
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