Peninsula Base Lead - Critical Care Transfers

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust; Kingswood; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced senior clinician to lead the Peninsula Base Nurse/Practitioner for ACCTS. You will drive operational delivery, develop transfer protocols, and manage a multi-professional team across Cornwall and the South West region.

This role offers leadership progression within a high-profile national service. The post involves budget oversight, governance, quality indicators, and close collaboration with Clinical Directors and base leads.

Qualifications

• Significant, recent clinical experience in high-acuity settings such as critical care or emergency medicine.
• Proven ability to lead and manage a multi-professional team.
• Understanding of clinical governance, audit and quality indicators.
• Experience in staff management, HR processes and budgeting.
• Ability to develop and implement transfer protocols and guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead operational delivery and development of the base with a multi-professional team.
• Develop transfer protocols and guidelines with senior stakeholders.
• Oversee training and in-house education programmes for skills development.
• Lead base strategy, budgeting, performance data and risk management.
• Represent the service regionally and nationally and ensure quality standards.

Skills

Leadership

Critical care

Quality improvement

Change management

Team management

Education

Nursing/Allied Health degree

Leadership training

Masters in health or leadership (desirable)

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Teams

Job description

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced senior clinician to lead the Peninsula Base Nurse/Practitioner for ACCTS. You will drive operational delivery, develop transfer protocols, and manage a multi-professional team across Cornwall and the South West region.

This role offers leadership progression within a high-profile national service. The post involves budget oversight, governance, quality indicators, and close collaboration with Clinical Directors and base leads.