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Sister/Charge Nurse - Intensive Care Unit

Band 6

Intensive Care Unit
Band 6
Permanent
- Full time
- Part time
427-7544018

Royal United Hospital
Bath
£38,682 - £46,580 per annum, pro-rata if part time
Yearly
16/11/2025 23:59

Are you ready to make a real difference every day? We're looking for a passionate and proactive Nurse to work clinically within the multidisciplinary team, maintain high standards of practice while supporting staff on a shift by shift basic and provide clinical leadership and decision making.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and integral individual to join our established and committed team, and provide and supervise the delivery of excellent patient care.

You will provide effective clinical leadership and management of the team in the Intensive Care Unit and demonstrate the ability to manage their time by prioritising and organising their working. You must demonstrate current personal development, have a good understanding and involvement in improving patient safety, risk reduction and development of others and general support for peers, junior and senior colleagues.

Main duties of the job

You will work according to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines as a named nurse for a defined group of patients and take responsibility 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.
Using specialist knowledge obtained through relevant post registration courses in caring for critically ill adults.
Maintaining a safe clinical environment conducive to patient care.
Developing leadership skills and experience in the management within the Intensive Care Unit
Promoting and participate in the implementation of the RUH Nursing strategy:
Developing and implementing Audit, Quality and Risk Management initiatives.
Reviewing nursing practice and implementing appropriate changes based on research/best practice.
Participating in clinical supervision programmes as appropriate, and to teach and act as a facilitator/mentor/preceptor to nursing or non-nursing staff.
Designated to manage the Intensive Care Unit and/or act as a deputy to the person holding continuing responsibility. To develop leadership skills and experience in the management of the ward/department.

Working for our organisation

At the RUH we’re proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centered care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information about the role.

Due to the nature of this role, we require candidates who apply to have current right to work in the UK. For information regarding roles eligible for sponsorship, please refer to this link: Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK

Person specification

Specific skills

Essential criteria

Demonstrates ability to lead and develop a designated team of people.
Able to prioritise own workload and that of others as appropriate
Able to work under own initiative within boundaries of role.
Demonstrates awareness of importance of working as part of a team

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Current registration with NMC
Evidence of significant post registration study specifically related to Intensive Care
egistered nurse with extensive critical care nursing experience
Evidence of completion of Step1,2 and 3 national competency framework for adult critical care nurses

Desirable criteria

Mentorship course
Management and leadership training
ILS/ALS certification
Paediatric critical care qualification and clinical experience or willingness to undertake relevant study.
Completion of Step 4 national competency framework for adult critical care nurses.

Skills

Essential criteria

Significant experience within critical care setting.

Desirable criteria

Demonstrates an insight into management issues
Demonstrates experience of taking charge and delegating duties within the speciality
Demonstrate an insight into management issues e.g. management of change, conflict
Understanding of the basic principles of effective budgetary management.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Samantha Overton
Job title
Senior Sister
Email address
ruh-tr.CriticalCareBAND7s@nhs.net
Telephone number
01225 821485
Additional information
Alternative number is: 01225 825707

We would welcome anyone in for a informal visit please contact the team to arrange.

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Current Vacancies

Sister/Charge Nurse - Intensive Care Unit

Band 6

Job overview

Main duties of the job

Working for our organisation

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Specific skills

Essential criteria

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Skills

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Applicant requirements

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

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Sister/Charge Nurse - Intensive Care Unit

Band 6