Adult Critical Care Nurse - GICU

Job Title: Band 5 Nurse
Location: General Intensive Care Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary

The General Intensive Care Unit at the Bristol Royal Infirmary has an exciting opportunity due to expansion for motivated and experienced Band 5 nurses to join our team.

There is no better time to join Critical care at UHBW with our new build and expansion of Critical Care services. We are also commissioned for the Bristol ECMO service for the South West in conjunction with North Bristol Trust and have an established Outreach and Research team.

You will join our team in our General Intensive Care unit who care for patients from diverse specialties across the region as we are a tertiary referral centre for:

• Thoracic
• ENT
• GI surgery
• Oncology
• Cardiac
• ECMO
  This incorporates emergencies, planned elective care, and long-term rehabilitation for critically dependent patients.

We have a shared culture of inclusiveness within our unit and work collaboratively with our large multi-disciplinary team including:

• Medical staff
• Therapists
• Dietitians
• Pharmacy
• Speech and language
• Research
• SNOD's
  To provide excellent care for our patients.

We are committed to staff development and the opportunity for all of our staff to grow. Our team of innovative practice educators strive to support staff with this.

Key Responsibilities:

• In partnership with other professionals and disciplines, develop measurable patient care plans. The process should include assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care from admission to timely discharge.
• Take charge of the clinical needs of defined patients on the ward, prioritising workload according to changing clinical need.
• Ensure nursing documentation is maintained accurately and in a timely manner in line with the Trust standard.
• Demonstrate awareness and compliance with Trust policies, procedures, guidelines, and promote this to others.

If you are hard-working, have an interest in critical care, and would like to join our friendly and motivated teams here at the University Hospitals Bristol and Weston Foundation Trust, then this is the place for you.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston, and beyond. As a forward-thinking, multi-award-winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston; join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds: city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce, we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them.