Band 5 Staff Nurse Adult Critical Care | St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	25 February 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£37,259 - £45,356 per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata)
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	27 March 2026
Location:	London, SW17 0QT
Company:	st georges nhs trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7834114/200-7610084-GO-ND

Summary

Staff Nurse Band 5 : To provide excellent nursing care by developing skills and competencies to care for critically ill patients. To act in a responsible manner, demonstrating respect and kindness to others, in accordance with the trust values.

General Intensive Care (GICU):

Busy 21 bedded ICU/HDU cares for approximately 1,400 emergency and elective patients a year from a diverse case mix, including a range of specialities; general / respiratory medicine, renal medicine and surgery, obstetrics, plastic surgery and trauma and orthopaedics. The unit has a strong research culture, encourages innovation and clinical excellence and values post reg experience in an acute setting.

Neuro Intensive Care (NICU):

Friendly, busy 17 bedded unit is the Regional Neuroscience’s Centre for South West Thames. Provides the unique experience of caring for patients following head and spinal trauma, along with those suffering from complex neurological disorders. This modern, well unit believes in the development of its staff.

Cardiothoracic Intensive Care (CTICU):

Fast paced 21 bedded tertiary referral unit cares for both emergency and elective patients from a broad range of specialties including cardio thoracic surgery, cardiology, vascular surgery and chest trauma. Seasonally we provide advanced respiratory care to medical patients requiring isolation. This spacious, modern unit promotes evidence based practice and prides itself on excellent inter professional collaboration.


Band 5 Critical Care Assessment Centre and interview day TBC, to recruit for our Band 5 Foundation Course. There is a set start date of Monday 13th April 2026.

Successful candidates will start on our inhouse Foundation Course- please note- A/L may be limited during your first three months as 100% attendance on the Foundation Course is mandatory. A/L not given when there are study days. Please only apply if you meet the criteria on the JD or you will not be shortlisted. You need to be available to start in April and have no A/L commitments.

Please state your area of choice General, Neuro or Cardiac- if you do not state this at the bottom of your supporting information you will be allocated to the area that your experience best suits

You must have a strong desire to care for critically ill patients. We provide a three month supportive educational programme Foundation’s of Critical Care Nursing Course (FCCNC) at the beginning of your employment, to facilitate your development and clinical skills competency within intensive care.

Once completed there is the opportunity to undertake the University based Critical Care Course (Intensive Care), and to rotate to one or both of the other adult units. ED and Paediatric or Neonatal ICU or Critical Care Outreach Team (CCOT) to further develop your practice.

You must have a minimum of one year’s current nursing experience as a qualified nurse working in an acute care ward or department within our Trust. We do not take nurses as a first job from qualification.

Any enquiry's please contact Anthea Allen Recruitment Lead for Adult Critical Care



Trust Vision & Values:
The post-holder is expected to have a clear understanding of how this post contributes to the achievement of the trust vision of: Excellent, Kind, Responsible and Respectful.
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the Trust and behave in a way that reflects these values.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification which contains more information about the role

Please state at the bottom of your supporting information your preference of Cardiac, Neuro or General ICU or you will be allocated to one of our Critical Care Units

Changes cannot be made on the day

Please supply a though and complete application form explaining why you would like to work on critical care


This advert closes on Wednesday 4 Mar 2026

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