Critical Care Outreach Nurse

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

An NHS Foundation Trust in Sutton-in-Ashfield is seeking an exceptional Critical Care Outreach Nurse to deliver high-quality care to acutely unwell patients. This role involves leading a multi-professional team, providing guidance, and managing patients with high autonomy. You will be responsible for driving improvements in patient outcomes and shaping best practice in a critical care setting. Ideal candidates will have substantial experience in critical care nursing and relevant qualifications. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in healthcare delivery.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in Critical Care nursing required.
• Registered General Nurse with additional qualifications in critical care.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to teach.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a multi-professional team in critical care.
• Manage a caseload of at-risk patients and initiate timely interventions.
• Drive continuous improvement in patient outcomes.

Skills

Substantial experience in Critical Care nursing

Excellent interpersonal skills

Teaching skills

Adaptable and flexible

IV drug administration

Education

Registered General Nurse

Post basic qualification in critical/acute care

Aims / ILS or equivalent

Job description

Go back Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Critical Care Outreach Nurse

The closing date is 01 January 2026

We’re looking for an exceptional and confident Critical Care Outreach Nurse to 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.

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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Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

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

Qualifications Academic/ Craft/ Professional

• 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 provider or willingness to complete
• ENB 100 / equivalent

Experience

• Advanced level of critical/acute care knowledge
• Experience of implementing change
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Adaptable and flexible
• IV drug administration
• Commitment to continuing professional development
• Teaching skills
• Positive and enthusiastic
• 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

• 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.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust