Staff Nurse - Critical Care

Overview

NHSGGC is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when regional and national services are included.

The shift pattern for this post is
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Rotational day/night. The salary is Pro Rata for part-time hours. A live NMC UK pin is required to be considered for this post.

Critical Care at the Royal Alexandra Hospital incorporates a purpose-built Intensive Care Unit (2019) and one of the busiest High Dependency Units in Scotland, located adjacent to each other to create a combined critical care area. Due to expansion of our service, there are exciting opportunities for Band 5 Registered Nurses to join our High Dependency Team.

This is an exciting opportunity for Registered Nurses to work in our dynamic and fast-paced Critical Care area. Our multidisciplinary teams care for both emergency and elective patients across a variety of medical and surgical specialties. We provide specialist care pathways and closer nursing observations for critically ill patients. Successful candidates will work in a busy and challenging environment to ensure high standards of person-centred care are delivered to critically ill patients with one or more organ failures requiring organ support, specialist care and closer nursing observations.

You will be part of a team delivering care from admission to discharge from critical care and tailor your approach to meet patients’ needs.

• Work in a busy critical care environment with appropriate supervision and support from the multidisciplinary team.
• Provide high standards of person-centred care to critically ill patients with organ failure requiring monitoring and potential organ support.
• Participate in care planning from admission to discharge and adapt care to a broad range of individual needs.
• Collaborate with the team to deliver care across medical and surgical specialties within the high dependency unit.
• Contribute to continuous development through access to practice educators and educational/quality improvement initiatives.

• Registered Nurse with a live NMC pin (UK).
• Good communication skills and ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Interest in critical care; critical care experience is desirable but acute nursing experience is also valued.
• Willingness to develop through the department’s education and quality improvement ethos.

Informal visits to the units prior to interview are welcome and can be arranged in advance. Informal contact:
Interim Senior Charge Nurse, Louise McParland, , Louise.mcparlandt

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service and the Recruitment Process. As from 1st April 2026, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will reduce from 37 to 36 hours per week. Part-time hours will be reduced pro-rata, with a corresponding increase in the hourly rate so pay is not affected. NHSGGC encourages applications from all sections of the community and promotes a culture of inclusion.

By signing the Armed Forces Covenant, NHSGGC commits to being a Forces Friendly Employer. We support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Work-life balance is recognised, and flexible working options are available where service needs allow.

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