Looking to take your nursing career to new heights? Look no further than Sanctuary Personnel, an esteemed and award-winning recruitment agency. With a TrustPilot score of 4.8/5 and over 500+ reviews, we are dedicated to connecting with talented healthcare professionals like you. We have an exciting locum opportunity for a Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse with UK experience to join our team.
Location: Guernsey
Pay rate (Assignment rate): £44 per hour
Contract Length: 3-Months
At Sanctuary Personnel, we value your skills and expertise. As a trusted agency, we offer numerous benefits to enhance your career journey:
- Effortless Registration: Say goodbye to paperwork! Our fully online and paperless registration service streamlines the process, making it convenient and hassle-free for you.
- Compliance Made Easy: Enjoy peace of mind with our free DBS and compliance service, which includes paid-for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules tailored to your needs.
- Exclusive Opportunities: Unlock access to prestigious roles that you won't find elsewhere. From collaborating with NHSBT to supporting vital projects at The Home Office and Vaccination Centres or relocating candidates to Australia, The Falkland Islands and many other destinations, our network opens doors to diverse and impactful assignments in the UK and globally.
- Expert Guidance and Support: Benefit from personalised clinical governance and revalidation support from our in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years of experience. We're here to ensure you're always on top of your game.
- Rewarding Referral Program: Spread the word and reap the rewards! Refer a friend and receive a generous £250 bonus once they've completed just 100 hours of work. The best part? There's no limit to how many friends you can refer.
- Professional Development: Working as a locum provides opportunities for continuous professional development. You may encounter new challenges, technologies, and best practices in different settings, which can enhance your clinical skills and knowledge.
Duties:
- Be responsible for delivering a high standard of care to high dependency and critically ill patients for allocated shifts, liaising with the multidisciplinary team and offering support and advice to patients, relatives and colleagues
- Deliver individualised patient care based on principles of best practice through developing a theoretical knowledge base for the care of patients with acute physiological needs
- Act as a role model to less experienced nursing staff and participate in the development of departmental initiatives to enhance High Dependency and Critical Care
- Assess, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care for the critically ill
- Autonomously initiate urgent interventions as patient/client condition dictates
- Correctly interpreting changes in patient status and implementing prescribed plans of care
- Provide prescribed nursing care without supervision, within the level of the post-holder’s experience, referring to a more senior nurse when necessary
- Participate as team member, including supporting relatives and friends of patients/clients together with providing support for other patients/clients
- Maintain accurate records, both electronic and paper, of the care given in accordance with agreed standards
- Act in accordance with the NMC Code
- Independently liaise and communicate effectively with members of the nursing staff, multidisciplinary team and other associated agencies
Requirements for the Senior Staff Nurse role:
- Degree or equivalent in Nursing (RGN qualified) with active NMC Registration (Adult)
- An in depth knowledge of ventilation, sepsis, renal replacement therapy and a thorough understanding of acute cardiac interventions, meeting the National Critical Care Competencies
- Demonstrate evidence-based practice
- Communicate effectively with patients/clients and significant others
- Post registration Critical Care experience
- Completed National Critical Care Competencies (or equivalent knowledge & skill obtained through experience)
- Experience co-ordinating care delivery of patient’s with complex care needs / Multi-organ failure
- Evidence of effective communication skills with particular reference to Multidisciplinary team working, service users, carers and managers
- Ability to prioritise and organise own workload
- Understanding and ability to apply evidence based care
- Evidence of self and professional development
- Professional approach to work
- Excellent interpersonal team leadership skills
Join us in making a difference in the healthcare sector. This Senior Staff Nurse position is advertised by Jack Dobrucki. If you're ready to take the next step in your career, click above to apply now.
We welcome applications from Registered General Nurses who meet the specified requirements. While we regretfully can only respond to candidates who fulfill these criteria, we encourage you to explore our open roles that may be better suited to your skills and aspirations.
At Sanctuary Personnel, we believe in inclusivity and diversity. If you have a disability or require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process or in the workplace, please inform us at the earliest opportunity. We are committed to providing the necessary support throughout your journey with us.
