Bank ITU Nurse Band 6

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.Main duties of the jobWorking 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 valuesAs 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 usOur trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers' money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.We offer a variety of bank shifts both days, nights and weekends across our RFH and BH sites with competitive hourly rates. Our long day and night shift are paid at 11.5 hours.Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesThe 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.Person SpecificationRoyal Free World Class ValuesEssentialDemonstrable ability to meet the Trust ValuesQualificationsEssential1st/2nd level registrationIntensive Care CourseDesirableMentorship CourseExperienceEssential18 months post registration experience12 months recent ITU experience6 months experience at Band 6Experience in mentoring junior staff/studentsDesirableInsight into management issues e.e conflict resolution, change managementSkills and AptitudesEssentialCan manage a group of ITU patients independantlyTaeching and mentoring skillsEvidence of recent self developmentPersonal QualitiesEssentialApproachableAble to work within and lead a teamProfessional attitudeReliableAble to effectively mentor junior staffOtherEssentialAwareness of developments relevant to the specialtyAble to act as an effective role model to othersDemonstrates ability to maintain a safe clinical environmentEmployer detailsEmployer nameRoyal Free London NHS Foundation TrustAddressRoyal Free & BHLondonNW3 2QGAny attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.391-#####-Bank Create a job alert and receive personalised job recommendations straight to your inbox.
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