The ideal candidates should possess specialized knowledge of caring for critically ill adults and will act as clinical role models within a multidisciplinary team. Ensuring a safe clinical environment conducive to effective patient care is paramount. Additionally, as a response to COVID-19, full vaccination is required for all staff in patient-facing roles within the NHS. The position promotes professional development and teamwork while contributing to high clinical outcomes in one of London’s leading healthcare providers.
Here at The Royal Free Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust we are passionate about delivering the highest quality care to all our patients. In order to help us achieve this, we are looking for enthusiastic, motivated and committed band 6 ITU nurses to join our temporary staffing bank.
As a trust bank ITU nurse you will be able to choose a flexible working pattern to suit your work life balance in working as part of a committed multidisciplinary team at either of our two Intensive Care Units.
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing Trust with some of the best clinical outcomes in the country.
Working shifts as a band 6 bank ITU nurse, in either of our two Units at Royal Free Hospital or Barnet Hospital to deliver the highest quality care to our sickest patients, in line with our trust values
As an accountable registered ITU nurse you will be responsible for delivering excellent care to allocated level 2 or 3 patients providing total patient care to a range of medical and surgical patients including hepatology, infectious disease, cardiac, rheumatology and we are a specialist surgical centre for Hepatobiliary, Vascular and Renal surgery.
We are the largest renal centre in the North Central Network and have one of the busiest primary Cardiac Primary PCI centres in London.
You will also be responsible for supporting and guiding junior nurses within the unit.
About us
The post holder is responsible for the assessment, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for critically ill adults in their care in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team. They will act as an effective clinical role model.
The Post holder will use specialist knowledge obtained through relevant post registration courses in caring for critically ill adults.
The post holder is expected to supervise junior staff and to teach qualified and unqualified staff.
To maintain a safe clinical environment conducive to patient care.
As part of our continued response to COVID19, we are closely following Department of Health and Social Care's (DHSC) guidance and the governments proposals for new mandatory COVID-19 vaccination legislation. This means that full COVID19 vaccination will be a condition of employment in all NHS roles which have face-to-face contact with patients and service users from1 April 2022unless exempt. This also means that by3 February 2022all such staff will need to have had their first COVID19 vaccination. We expect the need to be vaccinatedto apply tothe vast majority ofroles, although this may not be a requirement in some limited, exceptional circumstances. Should your role be identified as being within the scope of the legislation, you will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status (or a legitimate exemption from these requirements) as a condition of your employment.
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