Staff Nurse - Adult Critical Care Job Ledston England UK,Nursing

Job reference: 002121
Salary: Band 5 - £32,073-£39,043
Closing date: 29/09/2026
Department: Cardiac HDU/ICU
Location: Cross Site
Division: Adult Critical Care CSU
Hours Per Week: 37.5

Job Summary

We are looking for band 5 Staff Nurses to join our Critical Care Units at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust.

If you are looking for a career in Critical Care Nursing, we have an exciting opportunity for band 5 Staff Nurses to join our Clinical Service Unit. Adult Critical Care consists of 5 Critical Care Unit Teams.

The Critical Care Units are:

J54 General Critical Care, SJUH
J81 Surgical-Oncology Critical Care SJUH
L03 Neurosurgical Critical Care LGI
L04 Cardiac Critical Care, LGI
L06 General Critical Care LGI

We are looking for experienced, dynamic, motivated and compassionate Staff Nurses to join our teams on L03, L04, L06, J54 and J81 who can ensure the consistent delivery of high-quality patient centred care to the patients nursed within our critical care units.

There may be an opportunity for successful candidates to undertake a rotation across the 5 critical care units gaining vast experience from across the speciality.

The successful candidates will be expected to work clinically within the multi-disciplinary team, maintain high standards of practice and deliver outstanding critical care.

All applicants are required to have current UK NMC registration, with evidence of registrant clinical practice in the UK, or be a final‑year nursing student studying in the UK

Please note that Interviews for this post will be held face-to-face only to enable participation in a scenario-based assessment therefore applicants must be able to attend in-person. Why you should join our Team

Adult Critical Care consists of 5 Critical Care units, 3 at Leeds General Infirmary (General Critical Care, Cardiac Critical Care, and Neurosurgical Critical Care) and 2 at St James’ Hospital (General Critical Care and Surgical-Oncology Critical Care).

Adult Critical Care is committed to embedding good equality and diversity practice so that our organisation is an inclusive, welcoming, and inspiring place to work, regardless of age, disability, trans identity or history, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

What

you will bring to the role

To provide and be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of individualised programmes of care.

To deliver care without supervision.
To take charge of the ward or department as necessary in the absence of the Sister or Charge Nurse.
To participate in the in-service training, preceptorship, and mentorship of junior staff, post basic learners and students.
To take responsibility as the prime care provider for a group of patients.
To promote confidence in our commitment to provide excellent compassionate patient care.

The jobholder will work within an environment caring for adult patients.

Criteria

Registered Adult Nurse Level 1 or 2
Has current registration on the appropriate part of the NMC register
Current issues in health care
Awareness of speciality
Caring, Compassionate and motivated
Reliable and trustworthy
Excellent interpersonal skills
Good written and verbal skills
Able to provide and be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised…