Critical Care Outreach Nurse

Forest Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a skilled Critical Care Outreach Nurse to join its dynamic team. The role involves leading a multi-professional team, managing patient care, and ensuring high standards in clinical practice. We are looking for an individual with critical care expertise who is confident in making autonomous decisions. This opportunity offers the chance to drive patient care improvements in a supportive and inclusive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in critical care and outreach environments.
• Ability to manage a diverse hospital-wide caseload with autonomy.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a multi-professional team.
• Manage 'at risk' patients with timely interventions.
• Drive continuous improvement in patient outcomes.

Skills

Critical care expertise

Strong communication skills

Leadership abilities

Job description

Overview

We're looking for an exceptional and confident Critical Care Outreach Nurse to join our dynamic team. This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled clinician who thrives in both critical care and outreach environments, delivering high-quality, evidence-based care to acutely unwell ward-based patients.

In this influential role, you will lead and inspire a multi-professional team, providing expert education, guidance, and support. You'll manage a diverse hospital-wide caseload with a high degree of autonomy, assessing and managing "at risk" patients, initiating timely interventions, and shaping best practice.

As part of our 24/7 service, you'll play a vital role in driving continuous improvement in patient outcomes and ensuring the highest standards of care across the organisation.

About Sherwood Forest Hospitals

Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals. Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.

Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

At Sherwood Forest Hospitals, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. As such, we particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, or Disabled. We believe that a diverse team better represents the communities we serve and brings a wealth of perspectives and experiences to our work.

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 give every patient a care experience akin to that of their own family member. 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.

Application Process and Information

Please note any genuine job offer letters will only be received if you have applied, interviewed, and received a verbal offer from the appointing manager for a vacancy within Sherwood Forest Hospitals. If you receive a job offer and you are not sure of its authenticity, please report it to the following email [email protected].

Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check. The Trust will pay for the check initially and then the money will be deducted from your first salary once you’ve commenced employment. The current price of a check is £26.40 for a standard check and £54.40 for an enhanced. If you are asked to complete a DBS check and have a previous identity that you do not wish to be disclosed to your employer and/or on your DBS certificate, you should call or email the dedicated sensitive applications team before submitting your application. The team is experienced in dealing with sensitive cases and will advise you of the process and what you need to do.