Critical Care Staff Nurse

Neurosciences Intensive Care is a specialist critical care unit that offers a comprehensive induction and a tailor made orientation programme that will help guide and develop you to become an excellent critical care Nurse. We have a number of development and learning opportunities that are available. There are opportunities for progression and pathways to help you achieve this, for example within management, education or research, dependent on your particular interests. We support post graduate courses in Neurosciences and Critical Care which can be combined to help you to work towards a master's degree.,

• Provide exceptional patient care which is underpinned by the best evidence based practice and OUH values.
• Work in partnership with the patients' family and friends, and to be actively involved in the caring process on behalf of the patient where agreed.
• Manage, direct and evaluate the nursing care for a defined caseload of patients.
• Communicate effectively with patients/relatives/carers and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Maintain and develop high standards of nursing care, reflecting the professional nursing practice and patient care commensurate with The Oxford Model for Exemplary Professional Nursing and Midwifery Practice.
• Maintain and develop general and specialist knowledge of nursing practice relevant to the clinical area.
• Conduct oneself in a professional manner and be a role model to others at all times commensurate with The Code (NMC 2015).
• Develop skills to provide senior nurse cover for the department in the absence of the Sister or Charge Nurse or their deputy.
• Work proactively to ensure every hospital visit meets the needs of the patient and that patients are discharged in a timely manner ensuring effective communication with the family and/or relevant agencies as planned and agreed.
  
  Registered Nurse or national certificate in area of practice
• UK recognised degree in Nursing relevant to post
• Evidence of ongoong professional development through maintenance of an NMC revalidation or equivalent
• Excellent communication skills
• Able to prioritise own workload and that of others as appropriate
Desirable criteria
• Post-graduate qualification related to an area of practice
• Previous experience relevant to area of speciality, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.