Retrieve ACCTS Base Lead Nurse/Practitioner Peninsula region-Cornwall

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

Retrieve ACCTS Base Lead Nurse/Practitioner Peninsula region-Cornwall

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced senior clinician to join Retrieve as Peninsula Base Lead Nurse/Practitioner (Band 8a) on a secondment or 12-month fixed-term basis.

Retrieve is the South West's dedicated Adult Critical Care Transfer Service (ACCTS), part of a national network of services commissioned by NHS England. Operating 24/7/365 from two bases, Peninsula (Launceston, Cornwall) and Severn (Bristol), we manage referrals and safely transfer critically ill and injured adults between hospitals across the region. Both bases deliver an identical service, so every patient in the South West gets equal access to our care.

We are looking for an experienced clinician with established management experience who is ready to take the next step in their career. You may come from a nursing or Allied Health Professional background, with a strong grounding in critical care, emergency medicine, anaesthetics, theatres or another high-acuity setting. You will be a confident leader and a professional role model, with a passion for improving care for some of the sickest patients in our region.

This is a rare chance to lead in a unique, high-profile regional service, to influence how critical care transfers are delivered across the South West and nationally, and to develop your leadership career in a supportive, forward-thinking team.

Main duties of the job

As Peninsula Base Lead, you will be responsible for the operational delivery and continued development of the base. You will lead and inspire a skilled multi-professional team, drive quality improvement, and work in close partnership with the Severn Base Lead, Clinical Director and Base Lead Consultants to shape the service across the South West. You will also oversee training and education, manage the service budget, and use audit and data to measure our performance against national quality indicators.

About us

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations,operatingfrom three main sites at Southmead, Bristol citycentreand Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that theSouth Westhas to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Job responsibilities

As Peninsula Base Lead Nurse/Practitioner, you will:

• Lead and be a role model for the multi-professional team, making sure clinical care is of the highest quality and in line with national guidance and the NHS England Service Specification
• In partnership with the Clinical Director, Base Lead Consultants and key stakeholders develop and maintain up to date, evidence-based transfer protocols and guidelines.
• Oversee the Training and Education team to support the delivery of a high-quality in-house education programme that develops and maintains the skills of the team.
• Develop and deliver the Peninsula base strategy and business plan, working closely with the Severn Base Lead to keep the service consistent across both bases.
• Co-lead clinical governance, including protocols, complaints, incidents, risk and audit benchmarked against NHS England Quality Indicators.
• Manage the Peninsula base budget,
• Advocate for patients and families, and work closely with Critical Care Units, partner services and contractors across the South West.
• Use transfer data, trends and incident reports to manage risk and continuously improve the service.
• Monitor staffing, absence, training compliance and resources, and recruitment.
• Make sure data submitted to national databases is accurate and timely, and that documentation meets professional and Retrieve standards.
• Represent Retrieve regionally and nationally, including through the South West Critical Care Network Transfer Group and the national ACCTS Operational & Clinical Group

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details.

For an informal discussion, please contact Caroline Hindley Peninsula base Lead Nurse 07885589223

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

• oAbility to demonstrate significant and recent clinical experience in a high-acuity setting, such as critical care, emergency medicine or anaesthetics (E)
• oAbility to lead and manage a team (E)
• oUnderstanding of the principles and application of effective staff and HR management/appraisals (E)
• oUnderstanding the theory and application of clinical governance (E)
• oUnderstanding and evidence of the use of audit in clinical practice (E)
• oAbility to act as a role model, providing excellent patient care and promoting a culture where staff feel valued (E)
• oPrevious experience of change management and problem solving (E)
• oPrevious experience of ensuring a safe environment (E)
• oLeadership Program or equivalent (D)
• oALS provider (D)

Skills and Abilities

• oAttention to detail in the development, production and dissemination of documents and information (E)
• oAbility to work in a highly demanding specialist environment and use of reflective practice (E)
• oStrong organisational skills - prioritising complex situations (E)
• oAble to work across professional team and organisational boundaries (E)
• oDemonstrates ability to implement and utilise audit data to improve quality (E)
• oAble to advise on and implement improvements to the quality and efficiency of care for patients in the service (E)
• oAbility to analyse, interpret and compare complex facts or situations and act appropriately (E)
• oAbility to work with advanced technologies (E)
• oFlexibility, adaptability to meet needs of a changing service (E)
• oSelf-motivated and able to motivate others (E)
• oEvidence of continued leadership / management development (E)
• oKnowledge of national and local specialty specific issues (E)
• oPrevious experience of research and audit (E)oExperience of presentations at local and regional level (D)
• oCritical care clinical skills

IM & T

• oCompetent in the use of IT packages such as Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint (E)
• oCompetent in videoconferencing using Microsoft Teams (E)
• oGood knowledge of, and experience of the management of, Electronic Patient Record systems (D)

Qualifications and Training

• oCurrent Professional Registration (E)
• oDegree or equivalent clinical qualification (E)
• oQualification in Teaching, Assessing and mentoring (E)
• oEvidence of Masters level academic study or willingness to work towards Masters (in relevant health related subject) (E)
• o Completion of Step 1-3 competencies or equivalent experience in critical care. (E)

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.

£57,528 to £64,750 a yearper annum, pro rata