Registered Nurse: Sponsorship Available

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Are you interested in finding out more about nursing opportunities within our Intensive Care team?

Here are some of the reasons our team are unique!

The Intensive Care Unit is a purpose-built state of the art 48-bedded unit within one of the UK’s first £450 million super-hospitals, achieving excellent outcomes including some of the highest trauma survival rates in the country.

  • Our unit features two high-fidelity simulation suites, allowing for immediate skills training led by a multi-disciplinary team of clinical education experts.
  • We offer those joining us a new challenge in a forward-thinking environment. This is supported by a robust orientation and structured development pathway that can be tailored to both experienced nurses and those new to ICU.
  • As well as being one of the busiest Major Trauma centres in the UK, we are also a regional centre for neurosurgery, vascular surgery, urology, spinal surgery, renal as well as burns and plastics.
  • We have also recently gained High Consequence Infectious Disease status for the South-West region.

We currently have opportunities available for:

  • Experienced Registered Nurses with current live NMC registration
  • Newly Qualified and Newly Qualifying Nurses who have completed a placement in ICU.

Main duties of the job

Working within our department, your main duties will include:

  • Providing direct patient care to Intensive care patients, being responsible for assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care of patients
  • Identifying individual patient requirements and acting effectively on changing needs, liaising with and directing relevant staff.
  • Organising time, equipment and staff to deliver safe and efficient patient care.
  • Giving skilled support to medical staff and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
  • Administering drugs and treatments as prescribed in accordance with Trust Policies and Standard Operating Procedures.
  • Demonstrating effective communication within departments and multidisciplinary team.
  • Advising patients, theircarersand other staff on the promotion of health and prevention of illness.
  • Recognising situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of the individual and institutes preventative measures.
  • Identifyingthe priorities of care for patients, liaising with and directing relevant staff.
  • Organising and participating in the delivery of high standards of evidence-based nursing care

Person Specification

Education/Training/Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse with current live NMC registration
  • Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

  • Teaching and assessing qualification (teaching and assessing in practice or equivalent) or willing to undertake

Work Experience

Essential

  • At least 12 months recent, post registration experience in acute general setting (ward area) or NQN who has completed an ICU placement

Desirable

  • Experience of working in an ICU setting
  • Currently working in Critical Care environment

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

Essential

  • Advanced communication skills, verbal & written, to include report writing and record keeping
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with patients and the multidisciplinary team
  • Computer / IT skills and expectation to develop these in line with the needs of the service i.e. Care flow Electronic patient record, ICE, Microsoft teams, Outlook- Email, symbiotics and connecting care
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Ability to organise own workload, time management/Basic Problem solving skills

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).

Closing Date: 16 September 2026

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