Critical Care Outreach Sister/Charge Nurse (XR07)

NHS; Leeds; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A national healthcare provider in Leeds is looking for a Senior Sister/Charge Nurse to join their Critical Care Outreach Team. The successful candidate will lead shifts, provide advanced clinical assessments, and manage team workload, all while ensuring high-quality patient care. The role requires a Registered Nurse with significant experience in Critical Care and demonstrated leadership skills. Competitive compensation and a supportive work environment are offered.

Qualifications

• Evidence of theoretical, educational and clinical development related to critical care.
• Advanced Life Support provider.
• Evidence of continued professional development in clinical practice within the last 12 months.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced clinical assessment of deteriorating adult patients.
• Coordinate safe running of the team and workload.
• Deliver education on recognition and management of deteriorating patients.

Skills

Professional and patient focused

Excellent interpersonal skills

Flexible and adaptable

Team worker

Advanced oral and written communication

Ability to organise and prioritise workload

Education

Registered Nurse (Level 1)

Postgraduate degree or equivalent experience

Recognised teaching/assessing qualification

Post registration certificate in advanced practice

Job description

Critical Care Outreach Sister/Charge Nurse (XR07)

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Critical Care Outreach Team as a Senior Sister / Charge Nurse. The post holder will be experienced in the field of Critical Care, experience working as part of the Critical Care Outreach Team is desirable.

The successful candidate will be allocated to take charge of shifts, where they will coordinate the safe running of the team and workload.

This includes cross site working, lone working and providing ongoing support and leadership to junior Critical Care Outreach team members.

The successful candidate will provide advanced clinical assessment of the deteriorating adult patient in a variety of clinical areas throughout the Trust, deliver education to ward-based teams on the recognition and management of the deteriorating adult patient and support the Deputy Matron and Deteriorating Patient Lead to implement Trust wide quality improvement initiatives.

Main duties of the job

The role provides extensive clinical advice, education and support to wardbased multi-disciplinary teams across a variety of clinical areas throughout the trust.

The post holder will work as an accountable, autonomous practitioner to provide comprehensive advanced assessment and care of the deteriorating / acutely ill adult patient leading to early intervention and treatment.

The post holder will work in partnership with the Allied Healthcare Professionals Team to initiate appropriate care to prevent further physiological deterioration, identifying and referring those patients who require admission to critical care.

The post holder will act as a clinical role model, promoting quality evidence-based practice. Multi-disciplinary team liaison, education and training in the care and management of the deteriorating / acutely ill adult will be key responsibilities.

About us

The Critical Care Outreach service are a team of experienced individuals, who focus is to provide the highest quality of care, to patients experiencing a deterioration in their clinical condition.

To achieve the best outcomes in the safest environments alongside Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles.

Job responsibilities

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (Level 1).
• Evidence of theoretical, educational and clinical development related to the field of critical care.
• Recognised teaching/assessing qualification.
• National Outreach Framework Enhanced Competencies achieved or in progress.
• Educated to postgraduate degree level or equivalent experience.
• Advanced Life Support provider.
• Post registration certificate in advanced practice.

Experience

• Evidence of continued professional development in clinical practice within the last 12 months.
• Significant Critical Care experience at sister/charge nurse level.
• Working with a wide range of professionals including medical, nursing and management colleagues.
• Insight into current issues in nursing / professional issues.

Person Specification

Skills & behaviours

• Professional and patient focused with a strong commitment to providing high quality care.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Flexible, adaptable and capable of lateral thinking.
• Team worker, ability to motivate others, compassionate.
• Advanced oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to organise and prioritise own and others workload.

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.