Band 6 Staff Nurse - Adult Critical Care
Barts Health NHS Trust
London, E13 8SLView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£38,488 to £46,852
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
29 October 2026
9 days leftJob description
We are pleased to be able to offer an exciting opportunity for Band 6 nurses with a passion for critical care nursing the opportunity to join us at Ne...
To provide the highest standard of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised, holistic patient care in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team. The post holder provides care to critically ill patients with supervision and support of senior staff in this area of specialist practice.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Qualifications
Essential: - Registered with NMC -Adult; - Critical Care Course; - Mentorship course; - ILS / ALS provider; - Specialist relevant clinical course
Desirable: - Leadership programme or equivalent; - Degree or working towards first degree
Experience
Essential: - Critical Care experience; - Experience post specialist course
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Up to date knowledge of clinical speciality and evidence based practice
- Knowledge of current NHS, professional and educational issues
- Understanding of current Educational practices relating to training
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrated excellence in clinical care
- Able to care for level 3 patients critical care
- Productive and effective team member
- Demonstrate leadership
- Effective communicator
- Effective teacher
- Able to solve problems
- Uses initiative and prioritises workload effectively
- Compassionate and caring nurse
- Able to safeguard vulnerable
- Adults professional manner
- Ability to communicate with patients in an empathetic manner
Other
Essential
- Role Model
- Mentors others as required
- Identifies own and others learning needs and addresses these appropriately
- Caring manner towards both patients, visitors and colleagues
- Able to form good inter-personal relationships with all members of the inter professional team
- Approachable and enthusiastic
- Professionally assertive
- Competent teacher of critical care skills and practices
- Competent mentor
- Evidence of continued personal learning
Desirable
- Uses emotional intelligence
- Utilises critical thinking
- Acts as a patient/relative advocate as necessary
- Advanced oral and written communication skills
- Knowledge of professional and political issues in healthcare
- Working knowledge of change management
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
15 October 2026
Last checked
19 October 2026
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