Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Critical Care ICNARC Nurse
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North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) Merger
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (BFT) recognises the value of a healthy work-life balance and welcomes applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust. Generative artificial intelligence (AI) use is monitored and applicants are required to declare if they have used it.
Job Overview
We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Critical Care ICNARC Nurse to join our dynamic Critical Care Unit and team. This role involves accurate data collection, analysis, and reporting to support the delivery of high-quality critical care services.
As part of the multidisciplinary Critical Care team, you will be responsible for the submission and validation of data to the Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre (ICNARC), contributing to service improvement initiatives that directly impact patient outcomes.
The successful candidate will work closely with clinicians, nurses, operational teams, and information analysts to collect, validate, and submit critical care data. You will ensure the accuracy and integrity of information used for national audit, quality benchmarking, performance monitoring, and service development.
Main Duties of the Job
- Participate in accurate and timely audit data collection, inputting, validation, and submissions of data to external agencies.
- Promote the importance of audit and accurate data collection to the multi-disciplinary team and respond to requests for information.
- Prepare monthly reports for the ICU multidisciplinary team on quality and safety metrics and attend monthly ICU audit meetings.
- Jointly responsible for maintaining a robust system of data collection of clinical and demographic information, analysis, and reporting using the ICNARC (Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre) and the Critical Care Minimum dataset (CCMDS).
Working for Our Organisation
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre, and Weston.
With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
- Data entry and day-to-day management of the MedICUs database.
- Responsible for the collection, validation, management, and safe keeping of data within MedICUs, capturing CCMDS and ICNARC data.
- Regular checks on the accuracy of the data, e.g., using queries to check for missing data and repeat data entry.
- Timely and accurate submission of data to ICNARC and CCMDS database systems, manage returns, and queries.
- Ensuring clinical knowledge and expertise is used to interpret data and ensure its accuracy before submission.
- Produce reports and presentations to the ICU staff as required based on the data collected.
- Liaise closely and communicate with all Clinical staff to ensure accurate, timely, and consistent data collection.
- Follow up patients on the ward and other hospitals.
- Produce data and statistics for reports monthly and when else required.
- Support the clinical teams with project developments and report generation from the ICNARC system and CCMDS to ensure benchmarking and achieving key quality indicators are achieved.
- Support the clinical teams with timely data retrieval and submission of reports to the critical care team and wider trust as well as the national ICNARC seminars and conferences as requested.
- Use widespread knowledge of ICNARC system and clinical experience and expertise to foster partnerships with clinical teams within NBT.
- Working with all the ICNARC team members to ensure the critical care unit is provided with ICNARC and CCMDS cover for the core working period of Monday to Friday, and that cross cover is provided for the unit during periods of annual leave.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC Registration RGN Part 1
- Minimum 12 months post registration experience in the ICU setting
Desirable criteria
- Proven professional development
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent IT Skills
- Competent in using the hospital administration system e.g. Careflow, ICE
- Database experience including Excel, Word, and Outlook
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of the national and local drivers that impact on the role
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Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of the audit process
- Ability to analyse complex clinical records and extract and input the appropriate data accurately which is required for the specific task.
- Ability to work using own initiative and plan workload to achieve timely ICNARC data collection to present validated data reports and audit as required.
Desirable criteria
- Able to manage staff and be responsible for the performance of ICNARC Admin staff.
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Able to work with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
- The ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Diplomatic and tactful nature
Desirable criteria
- Is able to teach and support new staff when required
Equal Opportunities
As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce, we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them.
Important Information
- Visa Sponsorship: If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points-based system.
- Communication: Please note that if you apply for a position with this Trust, you may be contacted via Trac or via email. This includes invites for job interviews. We therefore recommend that you regularly check your Trac account and email accounts.
- Scams: Please be aware of scams – unless specified above, we will only communicate with you via @recruit.trac.jobs or nhs.net e-mails and we will never ask you for any payments.
- Applications: Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts, we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.
- References: When providing employment reference details, please provide correct work-related email addresses so references can be sought promptly when we are looking to progress your application. Your referee must all be known to you in a line manager or professional lead capacity.
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