Staff Nurse

The Critical Care Unit at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist care for critically ill adult patients requiring Level 2 (High Dependency) and Level 3 (Intensive Care) support. The service delivers high-quality, evidence-based care within a multidisciplinary environment, ensuring patients and their families receive safe, effective and compassionate care throughout their critical illness journey.

The post holder will participate in service improvement, patient safety initiatives, education and professional development activities while upholding the Trust's FIRST values of Fairness, Inclusivity, Respect, Safety and Teamwork., The Band 5 Critical Care Nurse is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for critically ill patients. The post holder will work within the National Critical Care Competency Framework and develop the specialist knowledge and skills required to care for patients requiring advanced organ support.

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We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.