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Description.
Provide advanced, high-acuity nursing care for critically ill adult patients within Intensive Care Units. Deliver continuous monitoring, ventilatory support, complex interventions, and rapid clinical decision-making to maintain safety and stabilise deteriorating patients.
Key Requirements.
Experience.
NMC-registered Adult Nurse with a minimum of 2 years’ ICU experience in an NHS or equivalent critical-care setting.
Skilled in managing ventilated patients, including invasive and non-invasive ventilation, advanced airway support, and continuous haemodynamic monitoring.
Experience delivering emergency response, escalation of care, and supporting deteriorating patients using critical-care protocols.
Confident working within a multidisciplinary ICU team, including consultants, respiratory therapists, and AHPs.
Qualifications.
NMC registration as an Adult Nurse.
Critical Care Course (e.g., ICU Step 1/Step 2 or equivalent) preferred and expected under many NHS Framework placements.
Immediate Life Support (ILS) mandatory; Advanced Life Support (ALS) desirable.
Up-to-date safeguarding and clinical skills relevant to critical-care environments.
Compliance and Vetting.
Enhanced DBS.
Full identity and right-to-work verification.
Two recent clinical references.
Up-to-date NHS Statutory & Mandatory Training.
Immunisation compliance.
NMC PIN and registration check.
Qualification and employment history verification.
Competency confirmation for intensive care practice, including ventilatory and emergency-response skills.