Job Description

12 month fixed term opportunity on ICU Band 5 Staff Nurse/ ITU, West Cumberland Hospital 24 hours per week.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to develop your knowledge and experience in ICU nursing.



We are seeking an enthusiastic/ motivated Band 5 Registered Nurse or to join our team on the Intensive Care Unit at the West Cumberland Hospital.



The Trust will provide a twelve month preceptorship period for all newly registered healthcare professionals.



Healthcare Professionals returning to practice, moving into new roles or changing clinical environments, may access an agreed preceptorship period.



Our busy 6 bedded general ICU unit provides adult intensive care/ high dependency care and post anaesthetic care for elective and emergency patients across a range of medical and surgical specialities including, Renal, Cardiology, Respiratory, Orthopaedic, Neurological and Obstetric patients.

Within our ICU we are actively involved in stabilisation and transfer of adult patients requiring more specific intensive care e.g. neurological trauma, burns, spinal injuries, cardiac and hepatic disease.

The ICU at WCH also specialises in the stabilisation and delivery of intensive care / high dependency care of paediatric patients, prior to transfer to a specialised Paediatric ICU.

The ICU at WCH benefits from our own dedicated Clinical educator, who provides and facilities on the job training alongside co-ordinating further continued professional development for all the ICU nursing team .

The unit will provide a 6 week preceptorship period with input and support form our Intensive Care Clinical Educator.



At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.



Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':



Being a clinically led organisation



Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust



A positive patient experience every time



A great place to work



Managing our money well



As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.



Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.



Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.



Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.



If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.



Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies .