Critical Care Outreach Practitioner

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 7 Critical Care Outreach Nurse Practitioner for the Critical Care Outreach Team at St George’s Hospital in London. The role focuses on recognition and management of deterioration, with expert clinical assessment and timely escalation.

You will join a dedicated team, leading on education, quality improvement and service development while delivering compassionate, high-standard care to acutely unwell patients.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with UK NMC registration.
• Experience in caring for critically ill patients.
• Band 7 leadership and teaching responsibilities.
• Experience with safeguarding and DBS checks as part of role.

Responsibilities

• Triage acutely ill in-patients, autonomous assessment, intervention and documentation.
• Provide critical care treatment and timely escalation.
• Transfer patients to/from critical care and support ward staff training.
• Ensure documentation, audits and governance related to deteriorating patients.

Skills

Critical Care

Nurse Practitioner

Leadership

Education

Education

NMC Registration

Tools

ALS Provider

Job description

Main area Critical Care Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent and Fixed Term Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Internal rotation) Job ref 200-8254351-GO-ND

Site St George's Hospital Town London Salary £58,133 - £65,261 per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 13/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

We are seeking skilled and enthusiastic Band 7 nurses with extensive experience in caring for critically unwell patients to join our Critical Care Outreach Team at St George’s Hospital.

Established in 2019, our Critical Care Outreach Service is committed to providing excellent, compassionate care to acutely unwell and deteriorating patients throughout the hospital, alongside supporting education, clinical development and quality improvement.

As a Band 7 Critical Care Outreach Nurse Practitioner, you will play a key role in supporting the Trust’s approach to the recognition and management of deterioration, providing expert clinical assessment, timely intervention and escalation, while sharing your knowledge and developing the skills and confidence of colleagues across the Trust.

You will be joining a stable, dedicated and highly experienced team of Nurse Practitioners who are passionate about critical care outreach, supporting one another and continually developing the service. We are excited to welcome new colleagues who share our commitment to high standards of clinical practice, patient safety, education and compassionate care, and who are keen to contribute to the continued growth and development of our team.

Main duties of the job

As a Band 7 Critical Care Outreach Nurse Practitioner, you will undertake clinical, teaching and management responsibilities. You will be required to demonstrate significant experience in caring for critically ill patients, have a specialist course in a critical care or Emergency area and have a minimum of 2 years in a Band 6 role or above, with shift leading experience. This post requires motivation, flexibility and initiative, the ability to prioritise workload in challenging situations and excellent communication skills. The applicant should be able to demonstrate the use of evidence-based practice and be proactive in managing change.

The main duties of the role include:

• triage of acutely ill adult in-patients, autonomous rapid and advanced patient assessment, clinical intervention, care delivery and documentation
• providing critical care treatment where and when the patient needs it, irrespective of location
• safely transferring patients into critical care and supporting their needs holistically on step down from critical care
• supporting ward staff in caring for deteriorating patients and developing their skills through education and role-modelling
• responsible for identifying and assessing complex clinical and non-clinical issues, implementing resolutions and monitoring/auditing outcomes, leading quality improvement projects to promote the safety of adult patients and improve the care of deteriorating adults

Working for our organisation

Critical Care Outreach at St George’s began in December 2019 and was rapidly tested when the trust had to expand its critical care capacity for the COVID-19 pandemic. We are a 24/7 service with a combined focus on clinical, educational and quality improvement excellence to improve the care of deteriorating adult patients. CCOT is continuing to grow and develop in response to the changing needs of deteriorating ward patients. This gives you the opportunity to join a service that is dynamic, open-minded and exciting! The Critical Care services at St George’s University Hospital NHS Trust are expanding, with a plan to increase our 60 + critical care beds in a new state of the art facility on the Tooting site, there is also an ICU follow up service and research team. This means there is potential for development within critical care.

Serving a diverse population of 1.3 million and with nearly 9000 employees, St George’s University Hospitals Trust is the largest healthcare provider in South West London. It is crucial that the diversity of our workforce reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. St George’s is committed to building a workforce in which each employee can enjoy a strong sense of belonging and where diversity, difference and uniqueness are truly valued. Working towards a truly inclusive culture at St George’s not only improves the experience our of workforce but also offers significant benefits to our patients.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region. As well as acute hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist and community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010. St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. It provides services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people. The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.

We serve a diverse population, we are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all staff who meet the person specification and share our values of excellent, kind, responsible and respectful.

Come and join our rapidly developing multidisciplinary Critical Care Outreach team. Successful applicants will be part of a specialist team of nurses and doctors supported by an Outreach Matron/Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Critical Care Medical Consultant. We provide expert clinical skills, holistic care and support to the acutely unwell or deteriorating ward patients.

Requirements:

Registered Nurse

Leadership experience within ICU

Leadership skills in managing conflict, challenging situations

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Able to work independently

Transfer of critical care patient experience

Previous Band 7 experience

ALS Provider

Teaching/mentoring qualification at level 7

Person specification

Qualification

• Experienced Registered Nurse in Caring for Critically unwell patients
• Leadership experience shift leading and management experience
• Education and teaching experience
• Involvement with QI and audit
• Critical Care knowledge & experience
• Transfer of critical care patient experience
• Previous Band 7 experience
• Knowledge
• Achieved grade

Skills

• Experience
• Qualifications/Education
• Critical Care knowledge
• Leadership
• Achieved grade

Experience

• Experience

Safeguarding and DBS Checks
We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. For roles with direct access to these groups, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required. All staff are expected to understand and uphold their safeguarding responsibilities as part of their role.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.