Sister​/Charge Nurse Critical care

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Critical Care Nurse who has previously worked at Band 6 Nurse in Charge (NIC) level within an Intensive Care Unit.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the dedicated team at Wexham Park Hospital Critical Care Unit, a 16‑bed adult general ICU/HDU providing high‑quality, compassionate care to a diverse range of acute medical and surgical patients.

As a senior member of the team, you will play a pivotal role in coordinating the delivery of safe, effective, and patient‑centred care while supporting and developing colleagues within the critical care environment.

This Band 6 position offers a professionally rewarding and clinically stimulating role with extensive opportunities for learning, leadership development and career progression. Our structured leadership pathway includes participation in the Aspiring Clinical Leadership Programme, Immediate Life Support (ILS) training, team leader responsibilities with mentoring opportunities, bedside clinical teaching rotations, involvement in appraisals, and contributions to service improvement and key departmental projects.

If you are passionate about delivering clinical excellence, enjoy the challenges and rewards of critical care nursing, and are looking to further develop your leadership career within a supportive and welcoming team, Wexham Park ICU is the ideal place to take your next step.

• Taking leadership of the responsibility for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care within the nursing team on a shift to shift basis, responding in an advisory capacity to acute changes in patient condition.
• To act as a credible clinical role model promoting a patient‑centred approach to care, demonstrating advanced clinical practice skills and theoretical knowledge in caring for the complex needs of the critically ill patient.
• To develop standards of patient care based on sound research findings.
• To undertake the audit and evaluation of nursing care within the unit.
• To make a specialist contribution to teaching of nurses and other health care professionals, demonstrating collaborative working and understanding of the practice development strategy.
• Demonstrate a sound knowledge of infection control standards and promote these within the unit environment.
• Provide legible and comprehensive patient records to agreed Trust and NMC standards and guidelines.
• To deal with, in conjunction with the Senior Nursing Team, untoward incidents, complaints and team/staff issues. Actioning plans to prevent reoccurrence.
• To take on the role of Critical care Nurse in Charge, co‑coordinating admissions, transfers and workload within the unit.

• Current NMC registration
• ENB 998 Teaching and assessing course or equivalent Mentorship preparation course.
• ILS & ALS

• Experience as a Band 6 or in a leadership role
• Minimum 4 years of critical care experience.
• Experience as a charge nurse in critical care

• Able to work as an effective team member. Be able to problem solve and demonstrate leadership qualities
• Awareness of current professional nursing issues
• Ability to adapt to change within the working environment
• Effective time management commitment and flexibility to service delivery

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.

£41,957 to £50,387 a yearper annum incl HCAS