Outreach Nurse – ITU

HCA Healthcare UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London seeks an experienced Outreach Nurse for their Critical Care Outreach Team. You will have a significant role in delivering patient safety, mentoring ward teams, and responding to emergencies. The ideal candidate is a Registered General Nurse with at least 3 years of acute care experience. This part-time position offers competitive salary, ITU bonus, and benefits including private healthcare. The role requires flexibility in shift patterns including nights and weekends.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Private Healthcare Insurance

Private pension contribution

Season Ticket Loan

Cycle to Work scheme

Group Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay

Corporate staff discounts

Qualifications

• At least 3 years' experience in critical or acute care.
• Specialist skills in Neuro, Cardiac, or General ITU/HDU.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a nurse-led Outreach Service 24/7, providing expert support to patients.
• Monitor patients transferred from ITU to wards and advise on deterioration.
• Educate and mentor ward teams to optimize patient care.
• Be a key member of the hospital resuscitation team.

Skills

Registered Nurse

Critical care experience

Communication skills

Time management

Prioritization skills

Education

Registered General Nurse with a valid NMC pin

Completion of a Critical Care Course (60 credits)

Job description

Overview

Outreach Nurse – ITU.

Location: The Wellington Hospital, St John’s Wood, London.

Salary: Competitive + ITU Bonus + Benefits (pension, health cover, flexible benefits, and excellent career development opportunities).

Shift times: 8:00am – 8:30pm and 8:00pm – 8:30am.

Hours: 31.25 per week (part-time).

Pattern: Mixture of nights and weekends, with flexibility required to work across seven days.

Why Join Us?

At The Wellington Hospital, we’re proud to deliver world‑class care in one of London’s leading private hospitals. We’re now looking for an experienced and passionate Outreach Nurse to join our Critical Care Outreach Team (CCOT) – a dedicated team that plays a vital role in safeguarding patient wellbeing across the hospital.

This is your chance to be part of a highly skilled, multidisciplinary team that makes a real difference every day. You’ll be at the forefront of patient safety, supporting ward staff, responding to emergencies, and ensuring the highest standards of care for patients at risk of deterioration.

What You’ll Do

• Deliver a nurse‑led Outreach Service 24/7, providing expert support to patients who are acutely unwell or deteriorating.
• Hospital‑based role: Monitor patients transferred from ITU to wards, identify deterioration, and advise if patients need to return to ITU.
• Work alongside ward teams to educate, mentor, and optimise patient care.
• Be a key member of the hospital resuscitation team, responding to peri/ cardiac arrests and major haemorrhage events.
• Support the safe transfer of patients from lower acuity wards to HDU or ITU.

What We’re Looking For

• Registered General Nurse with a valid NMC pin.
• At least 3 years’ experience in critical or acute care.
• Specialist skills in Neuro, Cardiac, or General ITU/HDU.
• Completion of a Critical Care Course (60 credits).
• A motivated, forward‑thinking professional with excellent communication, time management, and prioritisation skills.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday each year (plus bank holidays) increasing with service, with option to buy or sell leave to suit you.
• Private Healthcare Insurance for treatment at our leading hospitals.
• Private pension contribution which increases with length of service.
• Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work scheme.
• Group Life Assurance from day one.
• Critical illness cover.
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay.
• Corporate staff discount for all facilities including Maternity packages at The Portland.
• Comprehensive range of flexible health, protection and lifestyle benefits to suit you.
• Discounts with over 800 major retailers.

Culture and Values

At HCA UK we believe exceptional care starts with our people. We celebrate the unique perspectives and different experiences each of us bring as we know that when you feel seen, heard and supported you can be at your best for our patients, and each other.

Our mission is simple, above all else we’re committed to the care and improvement of human life, a clear statement that extends to both our patients and colleagues. To achieve this, we live and breathe four core values:

• Unique and Individual: We recognise and value everyone as unique and individual.
• Kindness and compassion: We treat people with kindness and compassion.
• Honesty, integrity and fairness: We act with absolute honesty, integrity and fairness.
• Loyalty, respect and dignity: We trust and treat one another as valued members of the HCA UK family with loyalty, respect and dignity.

Reasonable Adjustments

We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their full self to work and be afforded the same opportunities. As a Disability Confident committed organisation, we’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements to suit your needs as well as offer reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, and in the workplace, to anyone that needs them.