Staff Nurse - Critical Care

Registered Nurse - Critical Care

Band 5

Permanent

37.5 hours per week

We are looking for highly motivated nurses interested in working in our busy and challenging Critical Care environment and our enhanced surgical recovery area.

Responsibilities

Our critical care department not only has 33 commissioned critical care beds for both level 2 and 3 patients we have also been able to create an exciting 5 bed enhanced surgical recovery unit This enhanced surgical recovery area cares for level 1.5 elective-post operative patient. Our dedicated critical care team is also responsible for:

• Caring for critically ill patients in the hospital
• Caring for patients after major operations
• Providing first responder support to all unstable patients in the hospital.
• Providing support to all patients with serious medical illness and instability.
  
  

The royal site is also the regional specialist centre for infectious diseases, acute pancreatitis, hepatobiliary surgery, upper gastrointestinal surgery, and thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP- a rare blood disease. Critical care also provides a critical care outreach service, follow up clinics, psychological support for patients, relatives, and staff. We have a research team within critical care based on the unit. We have a dedicated practice educator team, who provide extra support and training and there our variety of opportunities for CPD course including the critical care course and a variety of development opportunities for all staff.

The postholder will work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team under the supervision of the nurse with continuing responsibility of the unit. Key responsibilities will include the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care.

The postholder will always work within the NMC’s Code of Professional Conduct.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Michelle Jones Job title: Critical Care Ward Manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 0151 706 2384

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0151 706 2442 /2382

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