University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) one of the leading hospital trusts in Europe and has an international reputation for quality of care, information technology, clinical training and research. UHB provides direct clinical services to nearly 700,000 patients every year, serving a regional, national and international population. It is a regional centre for cancer, trauma, renal transplant, burns and plastics and has the largest solid organ transplantation programme in Europe.
UHB employs over 7,200 staff and has 1,213 inpatient beds, 32 operating theatres and a 100-bed critical care unit, the largest co-located critical care unit in the world. UHB is host to the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (RCDM) and is world-renowned for its pioneering surgical techniques in the management of ballistic and blast injuries. UHB has been designated both a Level 1 trauma centre and host of the UK’s first and only National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Centre for Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology.
Do you have an interest in caring for patients following transplants, burns, maternity, military injuries, ECMO and pretty much all types of adults with critical care needs?
We have moved to the New Hospital and our service is expanding. These exciting changes within our pioneering and rapidly developing units, will provide excellent opportunities for a Band 5 Staff Nurse to develop clinical skills with education and support.
Candidate must demonstrate post registration experience in a critical care department.
RN level 1 registration
Minimum of significant post registration acute ward experience
Experience in teaching, mentoring and assessing of students / staff
All Critical Care posts at all grades are rotational posts around our biggest single site critical care unit in Europe.
For information, please contact:-
Helen Gyves, Matron Critical Care via E mail helen.gyves@uhb.nhs.uk or 0121 371 2778
Joanna Gallimore Lead Professional Development Sister Critical Care via E mail joanna.gallimore@uhb.nhs.uk or 0121 371 2827
or
Joanne Thompson Unit Manager Area D Critical Care via E mail or 0121 371 2805
Erica Perkins Unit Manager Area A Critical Care via E mail or 0121 371 6332
John Fletcher Unit Manager Area C Critical Care via E mail or 0121 371 2571
Sue Priest Unit Manager Area B Critical Care via E mail or 0121 371 2815