Critical Care Outreach Charge Nurse | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Southend University Hospital NHS Trust; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Southend-on-Sea is seeking a motivated individual to join their Critical Care Outreach team. You will review and treat patients who are deteriorating, provide essential assessments in clinical settings, and support ward staff through education. This role is vital in ensuring timely treatment and optimized care for critically ill patients. The position offers opportunities for professional development and contributions to a compassionate care environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to carry out comprehensive patient assessment.
• Recognize areas of concern in deteriorating patients.
• Experience in critical care settings.

Responsibilities

• Review and treat deteriorating patients on wards.
• Support ward staff through education.
• Provide care to critically ill patients.

Skills

Excellent assessment and observation skills

Communication skills

Leadership quality

Job description

Southend Outreach Service – Critical Care Outreach

The Southend Outreach service is looking for a motivated conscientious individual to join them.

The Outreach team at Southend is part of the Critical Care Department and works closely with the Critical Care Staff. They are integral in reviewing patients who are deteriorating on the wards to ensure that they receive timely and appropriate treatment as well as supporting Critical Care patients following discharge from the Intensive Care Unit. The ability to carry out a comprehensive patient assessment and recognise areas of concern is essential.

The ability to communicate clearly is a necessary skill as not only will the individual be involved in emergency situations but an important part of the role is to educate and support ward staff.

The individual will be an important part of the Critical Care staff and as such will work clinically in this area.

You will be required to provide excellent assessment and observation skills of critically ill patients in a variety of clinical settings. A good professional leadership quality is imperative to ensure the care of the critically ill patient is optimised.

Our vision in Critical Care is to deliver holistic care to critically ill patients.

We endeavour to promote and establish evidence based practices and the highest level of individualised care for our patients and their families, whilst ensuring that the privacy and dignity of patients is maintained and religious and cultural beliefs are respected.

To achieve this we work in a collaborative manner, with a multidisciplinary approach encouraging good communication which ensures that all patients are cared for in a safe caring and compassionate environment.

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Please see attached a full job description setting out the details of the role and responsibilities.

We look forward to your application.

This advert closes on Friday 21 Nov 2025