Senior Sister/Charge Nurse - Critical Care

Worthing, England, United Kingdom

6/5/2025

An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and experienced critical care nurse to join the Worthing critical care team. We are a friendly 12 bedded Critical Care unit caring for both level 3 ITU patients and level 2 HDU patients.

As a Critical Care Team Leader, you will provide professional leadership to the critical care team working in conjunction with the Matron and other Senior nurses to promote delivery of professional nursing care to acutely and critically ill patients ensuring the highest possible standards of care are received by patients and their carers while in critical care.

To provide clinical/professional leadership in the care of critically ill patients to a team of nurses and be responsible for ensuring that they have continuous professional development and education, working in conjunction with the Critical Care Matron and Practice Educator. To act as a resource for the Trust staff with regard to care of the critically ill.

To have management responsibility for the Critical Care department which involves the efficient and effective use of resources. To ensure the highest standard of nursing care is delivered to all critically ill patients with the promotion of evidence based practice.

• To lead with the Critical Care Matron in setting standard and guidelines for best practice within Critical Care.
• Act as an expert clinical practitioner and provide high quality nursing care at senior level
• Identifies undertakes and evaluates innovation and developments of ideas within Critical Care.
• Ensure the highest quality of nursing care is delivered to all critically ill patients with the promotion of evidence based practice
• To support/motivate staff emotionally and physically through service redesign and Agenda For Change
• Responsible for development and wellbeing plans of staff regular 1:1's and ensuring quality through STAM & appraisals monitoring
  
  

At UHSussex we’re proud to be at the heart of the NHS. As one of the UK’s largest acute Trusts, we’re a leading example of the excellence, the ambition and the values that have embodied the NHS for over 70 years.

Our hard-working, talented and dedicated people work together towards a common goal – to always put our Patient First. In fact our mission is summed up by our ‘where better never stops’ motto and you will play a part in driving us forwards and in improving the lives of patients across Sussex.

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We’re here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our Wellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

Candidate Information Pack: https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/resources/candidate-information-pack/

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Emma D'Arcy Job title: Matron for Critical Care Email address: emma.d'[email protected] Telephone number: 07824474473

Ext 85898 WGH ITU