ITU Staff Nurse
37.5 hours per week
Fixed term for 9 months (Maternity Cover) - Secondment will be considered
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum pro rata
Closing Date: Wednesday 30th September 2026
Interview Date: TBC
This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly.

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Main duties of the job
An Opportunity has arisen for compassionate, dynamic and motivated nurse who is patient focused to join our 8 bedded ITU/HDU here at George Eliot Hospital. The Trust aims to deliver safe, high quality care and ensures a positive patient experience.

As part of our team you will represent the Trust in delivering nursing care in line with the Trust Values and treat all staff/colleagues, patients, families, and visitors with respect and dignity. Working under the direction of the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse, you will provide and maintain effective clinical assessment to ensure that patient care is planned and evaluated.

The successful candidate will benefit from an orientation and induction programme run by our Critical Care Educator. Staff follow an education pathway, which is competency based (using the Critical Care national competency framework) and will have the opportunity to undertake a Critical Care course in conjunction with a University. Our unit is exciting and supportive where you will have the opportunity to work as part of a highly skilled, dynamic and friendly team.

If you are looking for a challenge and are eager to provide a high quality service to patients, relatives and carers then this is the opportunity for you.

About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to 'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:

Effective Open Communication

excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

Job responsibilities
Clinical

• Deliver a high standard of nursing care without direct supervision, based upon a sound evidence base to maintain patient safety and provide a good patient experience.
• Undertake record and interpret patient observations, ensuring that the nurse in charge is informed of any changes in the patients condition and action taken.
• Work within the Policies, Procedures of the Trust in line with N.M.C. Guidance.
• Create and utilise opportunities to promote health and well-being of patients in their care.
• Maintain a good standard of communication with the multi-disciplinary team and respect the confidentiality of patients, relatives and colleagues.

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.

Person Specification
Qualification
Essential

• RGN
• Degree

Experience and Knowledge
Essential

• Experience in an acute Trust
• Ability to recognise patient deterioration
• Ability to deal with emergency situations
• Patient safety

Desirable

• Previous ITU experience

Skills and Abilities
Essential

• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to have positive working relationships
• Proven organisational skills
• Can demonstrate compassion

Personal Qualities
Essential

• Able to work under pressure
• Ability to motivate
• Ability to support staff in stressful situations

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

Address
George Eliot Hospital
College Street
Nuneaton
CV10 7DJ
United Kingdom

Employer's website
http://www.geh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Matron for Clinical Suport Services
Christina Redfern
Christina.Redfern@geh.nhs.uk
02476153441