Critical Care Outreach Practitioner CNS Band 7 in Carshalton

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated nurse with significant critical care and clinical leadership experience to join our Critical Care Outreach team (CCOT) as we expand our service to provide 24/7 cross site cover. The successful applicant will join a supportive and dynamic team, leading on delivering high standards of care to acutely unwell patients across our site. CCOT teams are a nurse led service supported by the critical care consultant team. You will have the opportunity to work both as a team and independently, identifying patients at risk of clinical deterioration or that are deteriorating, having their needs prioritised with appropriate assessment, intervention and ongoing management. Teaching and delivering education to ward teams is an essential part of the role together with leading on deteriorating patient quality improvement work across site. We will provide learning opportunities to develop clinical skills within the CNS role.

Main duties of the job:

• Collaboratively work as an integral member of the Multidisciplinary Team to provide safe and effective care in ward areas.
• Recognise and respond to acutely ill and deteriorating patients ensuring timely interventions by the most appropriate member of the healthcare team particularly out of hours.
• Respond to clinical emergencies as they arise.
• Teach and assess clinical skills in practice as the opportunity arises.
• Act as a professional role model for acute care.
• Audit patient outcomes and service delivery and work collaboratively with other key personnel to introduce change for service improvement.

About us: St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Person Specification:

• Qualifications:
• Essential: RN BSc, Recognised post registration Critical Care (ICU) course, Clinical Reasoning Advanced Patient Assessment Course.
• Desirable: MSc, Non Medical Prescribing Course.
• Experience:
• Essential: Relevant recent Critical Care Experience, Leadership and shift leading Experience, Change Management experience.
• Desirable: Previous outreach experience, Previous band 7 experience.
• Skills:
• Essential: Advanced Patient Assessment and Critical Thinking Skills, Established Team / Shift Leading Skills, Collaborative MDT Working, Record of Teaching and Assessing Clinical Practice, Excellent Communication Skills, Able to Prioritise Work load.
• Desirable: Research Skills, Audit Skills.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.