Critical Care Outreach Practitioner

NHS; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for an experienced Critical Care Outreach Practitioner at a leading NHS Trust. The role involves managing critical care responses, providing education, and leading a team to ensure high standards of patient care. Ideal candidates will have significant leadership experience and clinical skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years post registration experience in critical care.
• 2 years in a leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Provide rapid response to deteriorating patients.
• Deliver education and training across the Trust.
• Manage Band 6 practitioners.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical Skills

Health Assessment

Education

Degree in relevant subject

Evidence of Masters level study

NMC Registration

Job description

Go back University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Critical Care Outreach Practitioner

The closing date is 14 May 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated professional to join our friendly Critical Care Outreach Team (CCOT) at Royal Stoke University Hospital.

We are a major trauma centre caring for patients from a wide demographic area, whilst also being a specialist centre within the region for Neurosurgery, Cardiothoracic surgery, GI Services, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Cardiology, Women& ChildrenServices, and Oncology Services.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant would demonstrate a high level of professional standards; they would be a role model and would work autonomously whilst demonstrating the core trust values.

As a Band 7 Practitioner, leadership and management of the service and the Band 6 practitioner tier is essential.

They would provide a rapid response to patients whose condition is recognised as deteriorating and ensure timely appropriate interventions.

The team are ALS providers, attending cardiac arrest calls, medical emergency calls and trauma calls - excellent leadership qualities are required for this exciting and varied role.

Provide a timely, holistic discharge review of patients transitioning from critical care to the wards to ensure all clinical needs are addressed to prevent deterioration. In addition, supporting the wards with tracheostomy and laryngectomy patients.

Demonstrating an extensive knowledge base and range of high level clinical skills including physical health assessment and non-medical prescribing.

Delivering education and training across the Trust, both formally and informally surrounding the deteriorating patient and caring for patients in level one areas.

The role also involves taking calls as part of Martha's Rule, the Trust has been part of the phase one pilot scheme and has successfully rolled out this service across over 50 wards, the Emergency Department and paediatrics.

About us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description.

Wed love to hear from you if you are an experienced critical care nurse with the desire to help others and make a real difference, please contact [e-mail] for any further information.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Non-medical prescribing
• Health Assessment Course
• NMC Registration
• Degree in relevant subject
• Assessor & Supervisor or equivalent course
• IRMER
• Evidence of Masters level study

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years post registration experience in critical care to include 2 years in a leadership role

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.

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust