Senior Staff Nurse​/Charge Nurse Intensive Care Unit - STH ICU

Job Summary

Band 6
Senior Staff/Charge Nurse Intensive Care Unit – STH ICU – Band 6. We are looking for an experienced intensive care nurse to join our Critical Care Team at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The base site is St Helier ICU with cross-site working to meet service needs. Vacancies are for motivated and enthusiastic intensive care nurses to join the team. We currently provide 13 beds at St Helier ICU and 8 beds at Epsom ICU/HDU. St Helier ICU provides care for emergency/scheduled general surgery, acute medical patients and those requiring renal support. Epsom ICU/HDU provides level 2 high dependency care for surgical patients following elective surgery and medical patients.

Our HDU also supports an Enhanced Recovery Pathway for colorectal, urology and gynaecological surgery. Internal rotation is required. Successful candidates will work cross-site, with internal rotation days/nights/weekends and bank holidays (BH). Applicants must have completed a Specialist Critical Care Course.

• Provide expert hands-on care for the critically ill patients and their families within Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust, acting as an exemplary senior clinical role model.
• Provide assessment, planning, organisation and co-ordination of care to Intensive Care and High Dependency patients.
• Internal rotation for all staff within the department with a minimum of 3 weeks day duty per rota.
• Provide leadership, support and guidance to staff in monitoring the planning, delivery and evaluation of individualised care, creating a positive learning environment for junior staff, newly appointed staff and students, and provide supervision to junior staff and act as a mentor and assessor.
• To deputise for the Band 7 Sister/Charge Nurse, taking charge of the unit as necessary, ensuring judicious use of resources and bed allocation between Level Three and Level Two care as a critical care resource internally and externally.
• To work with the Band 7 in defining standards of care and practice aimed at developing or improving quality of patient care.
• Responsible for coordination of the unit team and the maintenance of care strategy and philosophy through leadership and supportive managerial skills, ensuring that all individuals strive to achieve a high standard of care.
• To act as an effective role model and assist in the professional leadership of an identified group of staff, ensuring that practice, education, research and evidence-based practice are strengthened.

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people in southwest London and northeast Surrey. We provide specialist renal and neonatal intensive care to a wider area including parts of Sussex and Hampshire. We serve a diverse area and work to deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.

• Date posted: 19 January 2026
• Pay scheme:
  Agenda for Change
• Band:
  Band 6
• Salary: £44,485 to £52,521 per annum (inc HCAS)
• Contract:
  
  Permanent
• Working pattern:
  Full-time
• Reference number:
  
  -RB-SK
• Job locations:
  St Helier, Wrythe Lane, Carshalton, Surrey, SM5 1AA

Please see the attached supporting documents for the Job Description and Person Specification which contain more information about the role.

• NMC Part 1 Registration
• Specialist Level 3 Critical Care Course
• Degree in Nursing or current status

• Management/leadership qualification
• Teaching and Assessing qualification

• Recent Critical Care experience after completion of Critical Care Course
• Evidence of Quality Improvement projects in the clinical area

• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• Development of enhanced clinical skills

• Good communication (verbal, non-verbal, written)
• Strong teamwork
• Good management and leadership skills

• Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check as part of the recruitment process
• UK Registration:
  Applicants must have current UK professional registration

Employer:

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Address:
St Helier, Wrythe Lane, Carshalton, Surrey, SM5 1AA

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