Critical Care Nurse
As a Critical Care Nurse in Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service (QARNNS) you’re part of a specialist nursing team, just as you would be in civilian life. The difference is the added challenges you’ll face when working in exciting and sometimes hard environments. You’ll work on land and at sea, providing medical support both to your colleagues and civilians, in the UK and around the world. Your training will include time at sea in the 100-bed primary casualty receiving facility (PCRF) on board the hospital ship RFA Argus. You may train as part of a surgical team on ships and on land, developing the skills you’ll need to work in a broad range of environments. In peacetime, you’ll work in MOD hospital units in, for example, Plymouth, Portsmouth or Birmingham. As well as your clinical work, you’ll be responsible for supervising and mentoring junior nurses and medical assistants.
Whether you join as a Naval Nurse or as a Nursing Officer, you’ll have the opportunity to carry out academic and professional courses we pay for, gaining further skills and experience in your specialist field as well as broadening your leadership and management qualities.
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Are you right for this role?
You should be
You should have the following qualifications
Naval Nurse: RGN or RN (Adult) on Part 1 or 13 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Register, plus BSc in Critical Care.
Nursing Officer: as above, plus two years’ experience after registration.
You must be aged between 21 and 38 years.
You should like
- Helping People
- Working in Challenging Environments
- A Sense of Adventure
- Managing People
You should have these skills
- Highly Organised and Methodical
- Compassionate and Caring Nature
- Decisive
- Multi-tasker
