Registered Nurse - Critical Care Chesterfield, England
Job description
Job Title: Registered Nurse - Critical Care
Trust Location: Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Work the days you want to work, Could you be an NHS Professional?
Are you searching for a career/job that gives you control of your day, time and location?
We are NHS Professionals (NHSP), working together to care for patients in the NHS. Providing you with the power to decide when, how, and where you want to work. Supporting your lifestyle and making you feel part of the team and community. As a member, you’ll have fantastic benefits:
- Competitive pay rates – work this week, get paid next week
- Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go – access your “My Bank” shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone
- Essential support when you need it – 24/7 365 days – Call us anytime
- Multi-locational - work across neighbouring Trusts
- First choice of shifts or placements at your Trust – access before they are made available to agency
- Varied working options to suit your lifestyle – access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or fixed term placements
- Training and development opportunities
- Build holiday allowance for every shift you work
- Stakeholder pension scheme available
Hourly: £14.92 - £23.88
*These pay rates are subject to seasonal incentives and may change*
Popular shift patterns are available, such as 07.30 – 15.30 and 20.45 – 07.45, but our Trusts are open to different start/finish times and lines of work (e.g. short-shifts during school hours).
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
As North Derbyshire's only acute district general hospital, Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are responsible for providing a full range of acute services as well as providing community midwifery, specialist children’s services and a 24-hour Emergency Department. Rated ‘Good’ in their most recent CQC report, with affordable staff accommodation, on-site staff parking and bus transport links available. Nestled in the heart of Derbyshire, Chesterfield is a market town famed for its Crooked Spire.
What you’ll be responsible for:
- Assessing and monitoring patient conditions
- Checking symptoms and vital signs and arranging diagnostic tests
- Recognising, responding to, and managing emergency situations
- Supporting, advising, and educating patients and their families
- Plan, deliver and evaluate standards of evidence-based nursing care
- Administering intravenous drips or different types of medication
- Recognising deterioration in the physical or mental condition of a patient and taking appropriate action / escalation
- Checking and using specialised equipment such as monitors and ventilators
- Displaying excellent analytical ability and sound decision making in changing clinical situations
- Recognising limitations and escalating concerns
- Assisting in the development of new staff, students, and colleagues
- Working as an effective team member and promoting team and interdisciplinary relationships
To apply for this post, you will/have:
- Have a minimum of 6 months paid experience at Band 5 level in an acute hospital environment within the last 2 years.
- Comply with NMC Professional Registration and keep up to date with current nursing practices.
- Undertake nursing assessment and evaluation to enable development of appropriate plans of care based on the needs of the individual.
- Be proficient in the delivery of care to patients.
- Ensure safe administration of drugs in accordance with NMC and CHS policies.
- Ensure accurate records are kept in accordance with CHS policy and NMC guidelines.
- Carry out nursing procedures and techniques in accordance with agreed policies and standards.
- Undertake regular mandatory training.
*Depending on the Trust, you may require variable additional certification and skills.
Who are NHS Professionals?
We specialise in putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated candidates and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, access to more shifts and a healthier work-life balance, giving more choice and control to our members.
As an equal opportunities' organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective Bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply.
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By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Temporary contract
Contract length: 1-50 months
Part-time hours: 1-50 per week
Salary: £14.92-£23.88 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
Schedule:
- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- No weekends
- Weekends only
Work Location: One location
