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About the job
Job summary
As a Registered Nurse in our 16-bed Intensive Care Unit, you'll deliver safe, effective and evidence-based nursing care to critically ill and acutely unwell patients, working alongside a supportive multidisciplinary team.
You'll undertake comprehensive patient assessments, develop and evaluate individualised care plans, coordinate discharge planning and contribute to positive clinical outcomes.
Alongside delivering high-quality clinical care, you'll have opportunities to contribute to education, audit, clinical governance and the ongoing development of nursing practice.
You'll be working in our purpose-built unit that's been designed to provide a modern, safe and supportive environment for patients, families and staff. Facilities include:
- Ceiling-mounted pendants to house essential patient-care equipment
- Positive and negative pressure side rooms to support patient and staff safety
- A dedicated kitchen and lounge, plus a quiet space where families and loved ones can have private conversations
- Excellent staff facilities, including changing facilities, a dedicated space to take a break and a meeting room
- Accessible facilities, including a disabled toilet within the unit
- Separate staff and visitor entrances, helping to enhance security while providing visitors with easy access to the unit
If you're interested in a role where you can develop your clinical practice, work as part of a multidisciplinary team and make a real difference to patients and their families at a critical point in their care - we'd love to hear from you.
We welcome informal visits from prospective applicants who would like to find out more about the role and our team. See contact details below.
Main duties of the job
- Provide comprehensive assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care as a named nurse.
- Deliver safe, evidence-based nursing interventions for a defined patient group.
- Recognise, escalate and respond appropriately to changes in patient condition.
- Coordinate and facilitate effective discharge planning and continuity of care.
Promote patient safety, dignity, comfort and holistic wellbeing.
- Educate patients, relatives and carers to support understanding, recovery and self-management.
- Maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical documentation.
- Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team to optimise patient outcomes.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of clinical guidelines, care pathways and protocols.
- Supervise and support students, healthcare support workers and newly qualified nurses.
- Participate in audit, quality improvement, clinical governance and risk management activities.
- Maintain clinical competence through mandatory training, clinical supervision and continuing professional development.
About us
We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.
We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.
By working together, we make a real difference for our patients, each other, and our community. Every role matters in delivering the exceptional, person-centred care we're proud of.
We're committed to a compassionate, inclusive culture where kindness is championed, differences are valued, and diversity makes us stronger.
We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential. We prioritise staff wellbeing - and yes, we even have a pool!
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Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification attached to the job advert. For further details please refer to the contact information below.
Job description
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