Staff Nurse - Critical Care

*** Previous Applicants Need Not Apply***

Are you looking for a career in Critical Care Nursing? If you are seeking an opportunity to join a progressive unit to further your critical care education and experience then please read on as Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust wants to invest in you.

The Critical Care department within the Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust has flexible utilisation of beds to allow for a dynamic flow through the patients Critical Care pathway. Our Midland Metropolitan Hospital opened in 2024 and provides the highest quality acute specialist services in a purpose built facility.

We are looking to recruit a, committed and enthusiastic Band 5 nurse to join our team. This post is an excellent opportunity for a nurse to acquire knowledge and skills in the sphere of critical care services. If you are looking for an opportunity to enhance and develop within a positive and challenging environment, then this may be the role for you.

Supported by an enthusiastic and dynamic senior leadership team, the unit is responsive to specialist modernisation programs at local network and national network levels. We offer an established induction program over 12 months, supported by our practice development team and critical care staff. We also actively encourage your professional and personal development, offering opportunities to access post graduate education including "Adult Critical Care Nursing Course" within the local university.

To co-ordinate and provide skilled nursing (without direct supervision) to patients, in accordance with responsibilities under the NMC Code of Conduct.

To contribute to the continued development of nursing, including the supervision of junior nurses and support staff.

To work collaboratively within a Multidisciplinary team, internal and external to the organisation, to facilitate holistic seamless care delivery for all Trust Patients.

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual programmes of care based on an agreed model of care and in consideration of individual need, maximising opportunities for health promotion and education.

Demonstrate clinical competences of the critically ill patient with supervision until programme of learning completed.

To recognise, review and report patient's/client's condition and any changes to senior members of staff within the multidisciplinary team.

To comply with NMC and local standards for record keeping.

To undertake administration of prescribed medication and supervision of patient's self-medication. To achieve and maintain competence in administration of intravenous medicines.

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country - one of the country's most culturally diverse areas. It's a friendly and welcoming place - a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.

We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.

Our values - Ambition, Respect and Compassion - are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.

Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to "Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population." It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It's what makes us unique.

We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose. When we say we're 'with you all the way' we want you to know that we mean it.

Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails

• Relevant clinical experience, including that as a student or unqualified nurse.
• Relevant clinical experience since registration
• Relevant voluntary experience

• RN (Adult) with current NMC registration
• IV competent or willing to undertake within 6 months

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.

£31,049 to £37,796 a yearpro rata / per annum