Staff Nurse – ICU

Company: NHS
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Location: Hereford
Job Description:

Are you ready for an exciting challenge?

We are actively looking for Staff Nurses at band 5 to come and work within Wye Valley NHS Trust in Herefordshire. This is an exciting time to be working here.

Main duties of the job

Wye Valley NHS Trust is the first of its kind in England as an Integrated Care Organisation that combines acute and community care. The key principles of the organisation are to improve the health and well being of the people we serve in Herefordshire and the surrounding areas. As the first integrated provider of acute, community and social care in England, we aim to build new relationships between our staff, patients, service users and their carers, and with the wider community.

We are a clinical and practitioner-led organisation owned by our local community and staff. There are plenty of opportunities to work in a variety of settings and opportunities to rotate through community and an acute hospital environment.

We currently have vacancies in: ICU – permanent and fixed term contracts available

Proven acute ward experience is required.

We offer a critical care induction and critical care competency framework linked to the critical care networks.

Job responsibilities

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Experience

  • Proven skills within relevant clinical area(s)
  • Extensive proven acute ward experience

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

  • Leadership
  • Time Management of self & others
  • Problem solving
  • Ability to influence at management & team level
  • Good knowledge of Government initiatives or equivalent
  • Evidence of NMC pin and revalidation
  • Experience of Change Management

Education & Qualifications

  • First / Second Level Registration or equivalent
  • Evidence of having undertaken a period of Preceptorship

Personal Attributes

  • Flexible & Adaptable
  • Team Player
  • Ability to work well under pressure
  • Effective and sensitive handling of difficult information and situations.

Other Factors

  • Able to meet Moving & Handling requirements of job with any aids or adaptions that may be required
  • Able to meet travel requirements of job

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.

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Posted: June 8th, 2026