Critical Care Outreach Nurse

Sherwood Forest Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Mansfield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a confident Critical Care Outreach Nurse to support the hospital’s 24/7 outreach service at King's Mill Hospital, Sutton in Ashfield. You will assess deteriorating ward patients, provide expert clinical advice, and lead education and bedside support across the trust.

The role offers Band 6 remuneration within the Agenda for Change framework, with opportunities to influence patient care and develop practice through education and

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in Critical Care nursing and experience in critical care outreach.
• Proven ability to teach and deliver multi-professional education.
• Strong clinical leadership and ability to work autonomously in a ward-based setting.

Skills

Critical care experience

Outreach nursing

Teaching skills

Advanced assessment

Hospitals ward experience

Education

Registered General Nurse

Critical care/acute care qualification

ILS/Advanced life support (ALS)

ENB 998/FLIPS or equivalent

ENB 100/advanced critical care

Degree-level qualification or above

Job description

Job summary

Are you an experienced, motivated nurse who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about delivering exceptional care to deteriorating patients? We are looking for a confident and dynamic Critical Care Outreach Nurse to join our team and make a real difference across the hospital. This is an exciting opportunity to use your critical care expertise beyond the ICU, supporting the early recognition and management of acutely unwell ward-based patients. You will work with a high degree of autonomy, assessing patients, initiating timely interventions and supporting the multidisciplinary team to prevent deterioration and improve outcomes. You will be at the heart of our 24/7 Critical Care Outreach Service, providing expert clinical advice, leadership and support across the hospital. Every day will bring new challenges, opportunities to develop your practice and the chance to influence patient care at a critical moment. Alongside your clinical role, you will inspire and empower colleagues through education, training, coaching and bedside support, helping to build confidence in recognising and responding to the deteriorating patient. If you are passionate about critical care, enjoy working collaboratively and want to make a visible difference to patient safety and outcomes, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation. We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

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Details

Date posted: 15 September 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 214-SRG-8273155

Job locations: King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton in Ashfield, NG17 4JL, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

• Substantial experience in Critical Care nursing
• Experience of working in critical care outreach
• Insight into working within the ward environment
• Teaching experience

Qualifications Academic/ Craft/ Professional

Essential

• Registered General Nurse
• Post basic qualification in critical /acute care- or working towards (Degree level or above)
• Aims / ILS/ equivalent
• ENB 998 / FLIPS or equivalent
• ALS qualification or willingness to complete
• ENB 100 / equivalent
• Advanced level of critical /acute care knowledge
• Experience of implementing change Commitment to continuing professional development
• Teaching skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Positive and enthusiastic
• Adaptable and flexible
• IV drug administration
• Experience of delivering multi professional educational programmes
• Advanced physical assessment skills Commitment to furthering critical care education and practice
• Cannulation/venopuncture
• ECG analysis

Contractual Requirements

Essential

• Ability to present information logically and concisely
• Highly motivated and self-directed individual
• Team player

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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