Job overview

The Critical Care team at Barnet Hospital is passionate about getting it right for patients, their families and staff. To achieve this, we are looking to appoint passionate, enthusiastic, motivated and dynamic Band 6 Registered Nurses who hold a UK accredited critical care qualification, have experience mentoring junior staff and are  ready to take on a more senior role within our 18-bed capacity critical care department.

This exciting Band 6 opportunity will develop your leadership and management skills within our proactive multi-disciplinary team. We will place you on the Band 6 development programme which is over a period of 9 months.

Areas included in this programme are:

 ·         Enrolment on our in-house leadership programme which is accredited by Middlesex University and support you to attend NHS Leadership Academy Courses in the future 

·         We will support your attendance on a assessor’s course if you haven’t already obtained you qualification

·         Book you to attend Recruitment and selection Training and perform interviews with a more senior member of staff once completed.

·          Enrolled onto ILS training.

·         Appraisal Training

·         Allocated band 7 and senior band 6 to support you whilst on the programme.

Let your skills and experience shine in an environment where excellence is a way of life. We value our staff and will be committed to help you achieve your full potential.

Main duties of the job

·         Providing high quality, effective and individualised nursing care to a variety of patients in a compassionate and caring way.

·         Assessing care needs and developing, implementing and evaluating care without supervision whilst teaching more junior members of staff.

·         Helping to lead and monitor the performance of the nursing team by completion of appraisals.

·         Deputising for the Senior Nurse as required.

·         Ensure that you are a good role model at all times. 

Working for our organisation

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
For more information please follow  link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk