Job summary
- Main area
- Critical Care
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term Maternity Cover)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Internal rotation)
- Job ref
- 390-NM-TAC-SO-7964
- Employer
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Southend
- Town
- Westcliff on Sea
- Salary
- £32,073 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/10/2026 23:59
Employer heading
(**) Staff Nurse - Critical Care/HDU
Band 5
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.
Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.
We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.
Job overview
Staff Nurse – Critical Care
We are excited to be recruiting Staff Nurses to join our dedicated Critical Care team. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your skills while delivering safe, compassionate, and high-quality care to some of our most acutely unwell patients.
As part of the role, you will rotate through both the Critical Care Unit and High Dependency Unit (HDU), gaining experience in caring for both Level 2 and Level 3 patients. This will enable you to build strong, transferable skills across a wide range of clinical presentations.
To support your development, all new starters receive a comprehensive induction programme and will be supported to complete the National STEPs Critical Care Competencies. In addition, you will benefit from regular study days in our high-fidelity hospital simulation suite, ensuring you are fully equipped to deliver excellent patient care.
We are looking for motivated, adaptable, and compassionate nurses with a genuine passion for critical care. In return, we offer a supportive environment, structured development opportunities, and the chance to be part of a highly skilled, friendly, and patient-focused team.
Main duties of the job
Your role will be to provide a high standard of individualised care to patients, whilst maintaining at all times their privacy and dignity, to assess care needs, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care, to contribute to supporting the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse and to support the maintenance of high standards of cleanliness in their own clinical area.
Our vision in Critical Care is to deliver holistic care to critically ill patients whilst we endeavour to promote and establish evidence based practices and the highest level of individualised care for our patients and their families, whilst ensuring that the privacy and dignity of patients is maintained and religious and cultural beliefs are respected.
To achieve this we work in a collaborative manner, with a multidisciplinary approach encouraging good communication which ensures that all patients are cared for in a safe caring and compassionate environment.
Working for our organisation
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well-being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information on this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached Job Description.
We look forward to your application!
Please be aware that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should a high number of applications be received.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC Registration
Desirable criteria
- Diploma in Nursing
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of working within hospital environment
Desirable criteria
- Excellent communication skills
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amanda Lengden
- Job title
- Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 44 37198
- Additional information
Vacancy is fixed term to cover Maternity leave.
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