The Critical Care Unit at St James's hospital provides tertiary referral for advanced therapies and supporting a wide range of specialties.
We care for patients who are critically ill and require specialist medical or surgical interventions and/or close monitoring. Patient care and treatment is under the supervision of a team of consultants in Intensive care medicine/Anaesthesiology in conjunction with the primary admitting team.
The Critical Care Unit is run by a range of multi-professionals including Consultants, Fellows, non-consultant hospital doctors (NCHD's), Nurses, Clinical Nurse Managers, Clinical Facilitators, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Physiotherapists, Speech & Language Therapists, Occupational Therapist, Dietician, Pharmacists, Social Worker, Clinical Engineering and other Support Services.
The ICU is a 26 bedded unit with a combination of open plan beds and Isolation rooms.
First floor, main hospital building. Finding your way.
Medical and surgical intensive care
Visiting in the Intensive care unit is from 2pm to 7pm daily.
Visits outside of these times is by arrangement with ICU staff.
Recommended duration of visit is 1 hour or less
depending on the patient needs.
Visits are important for the patient’s recovery. We want you to spend as much time as possible with your relative by planning care around visiting times. However, your relative’s care is our first priority and sometimes you may be asked to wait.
Each visit is limited to two people at a time.
Immediate family/close friends only please or as patient requests.
Children under the age of 14 may visit but this must be arranged in advance with the nurse manager.
Visiting Restrictions may apply to keep our sick patients safe from outbreaks of community infections such as Colds, Flu’s, Viruses.