Senior Nurse - Critical Care Outreach

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking an experienced Critical Care Outreach Nurse to join their team. This role involves managing acutely deteriorating patients, educating ward staff, and supervising junior staff. Candidates should have significant critical care experience, relevant qualifications, and a commitment to clinical excellence. Opportunities for further training and development are available.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Extensive experience of working autonomously at an advanced level within Critical Care Outreach.
• Evidence of Audit or QI activity.
• Experience in supervising and managing junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support acutely deteriorating patients.
• Provide education programmes for ward staff.
• Line manage Band 6 staff and develop them.

Skills

Autonomous working

Problem analysis

Leadership

Adaptability

Education

Degree level education at 2:2 minimum

Recognised ITU course or equivalent experience

Teaching and assessing qualification

ALS provider

Job description

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Job overview

Critical Care Outreach Band 7

If you are looking to develop your Career in a clinical post with advanced practice, and are passionate about making a difference to acutely deteriorating patients and providing positive support to ward level staff to develop their ability, then contact us today.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a nurse to join our established team in Critical Care Outreach which expanded to a 24/7 service last year.

We support acutely deteriorating patients in two of our hospital sites in Basingstoke and Winchester. We have implemented Marthas Rule across the acute site hospitals and continue to improve this service. As well as standard Outreach role we run Rehabilitation from critical illness service via our Physiotherapy team member.

We provide Trust wide education programmes to enhance the skills of ward staff and facilitate a level 7 accredited Deteriorating patient module.

This post is for a senior member of the team who will also line manage Band 6 staff and help develop them in the role.

This post comes with the opportunity to apply to develop further by undertaking the Advanced Clinical Practitioner MSc. With credentialling via NOrF Advanced Competency Structure.

Further training is provided for individual needs to achieve and maintain the skills and knowledge to undertake this role effectively.

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

All requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

If you have any questions aout the role, please contact us as per details below.

Person specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Recognised ITU course or equivalent experience
• Teaching and assessing qualification
• Degree level education at 2:2 minimum
• ALS provider

Desirable criteria

• MSc ACP pathway
• ENB or equivalent other degree level education in relevant subject.
• Leadership course or equivalent

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

Essential criteria

• Extensive experience of working autonomously at an advanced level within Critical Care Outreach
• Evidence of Audit or QI activity
• Experience in supervising and managing junior staff

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of participation in audit/Q.I
• Evidence of participation in research

Skills and Ability

Essential criteria

• Able to prioritise and meet deadlines working autonomously
• Analyses problems and implements appropriates solutions
• Able to be adaptable in an ever changing work environment.
• flexible to the needs of the servcie
• Demonstrates use of human factors elements of interwork communications

Desirable criteria

• Have a good understanding of the principles of budget management.

Our commitment to you:

We are committed to equality and diversity in both the provision of our services and how we recruit and manage our staff. Applications are encouraged from everyone with the necessary attributes for the job, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.

Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.

The paperwork:

• HHFT is committed to putting the safety and care of our patients first - as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues. Therefore, we would recommend that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 and that you understand that we are treating COVID-19 positive patients within our services.
• Shortlisted candidates will be contacted at least 5 working days before the scheduled interview date. Applications will be submitted directly into our preferred third party recruitment system (Trac). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs via email - please ensure to check your junk/spam folders.
• All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
• In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.
• This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. If you intend to apply you are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.
• We believe that using technology wisely reflects strong time management and a commitment to innovation. However, it's essential to personalise your recruitment application to showcase your unique skills and experiences. Over-reliance on generic, AI-generated content may result in rejection if multiple candidates submit applications with similar language or structure. In such cases, recruiting managers may reach out for further clarity where applications appear consistent with others, to better understand your individual strengths.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Sister/Charge Nurse Critical Care Outreach - Job Description (PDF, 499.5KB)
• HHFT Employee Rewards & Benefits (PDF, 723.8KB)
• Tackling Climate Change at Hampshire Hospitals (PDF, 4.9MB)