Team Lead-Senior Critical Care Outreach and Resuscitation Practitioner

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking a motivated individual for clinical leadership in the Critical Care Outreach and Resuscitation Service. The ideal candidate must be a Registered Nurse with a post-registration qualification in critical care and possess strong teaching and management skills. This role offers opportunities for career development, flexible working, and participation in cutting-edge patient care initiatives.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Staff recognition scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Car lease schemes

Season ticket loan

Membership options for onsite leisure facilities

Qualifications

• Substantial post registration experience at band 7 or above, including relevant experience in critical care outreach.
• Experience of advanced decision making to manage complex patients.
• Experience of teaching and assessing others.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the delivery of high quality, safe and effective care.
• Provide clinical leadership for the critical care outreach and resuscitation service.

Skills

Excellent organisational skills

Advanced communication skills

Clinical leadership

Advanced ICT skills

In-depth knowledge of speciality

Education

Registered Nurse (level 1)

Post registration qualification in critical care

MSc Advanced Practice or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHNT) is seeking a motivated individual with excellent leadership skills, extensive critical care outreach and resuscitation experience at AFC band 7 level, to join the Critical Care Outreach and Resuscitation Service (CCOARS). This practitioner-led team provides care to critically ill and deteriorating patients, delivers a skilled resuscitation service, a robust resuscitation training programme and contributes to audit, quality improvement and patient safety initiatives across the Trust.

You will provide site-based clinical leadership and management of the Critical Care Outreach and Resuscitation service by leading and managing an experienced clinical team to oversee the delivery of high quality, safe and effective care focused on improving outcomes and experiences for patients, families and carers. You will develop mechanisms for sharing good practice within the clinical setting and Trust-wide. The role includes a strong educational element with the delivery of resuscitation training to all grades of Trust staff; you will therefore need proven teaching/assessment skills. You will also respond to Cardiac Arrest calls as a specialist member of the Resuscitation team.

Main duties of the job

• To oversee the delivery of high quality, safe and effective care focused on improving outcomes and experiences for patients, families and carers.
• To provide clinical leadership for the critical care outreach and resuscitation service.

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Optional benefits include Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities. We encourage staff to have the Covid vaccination.

Note: it is an operational requirement to comply with infection prevention and control procedures within the Trust.

As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually. We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider flexible, part-time or job-share applications.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification

Education/ qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse (level 1)
• Post registration qualification in critical care
• MSc Advanced Practice or equivalent

Desirable

• Independent prescriber
• Quality improvement training/experience

Experience

Essential

• Substantial post registration experience at band 7 or above, including relevant experience in critical care outreach.
• Experience of advanced decision making to manage complex patients.
• Experience of teaching and assessing others

Desirable

• Experience of leading and managing others
• Research experience and publication

Skills/knowledge/abilities

Essential

• Excellent organisational skills and advanced ICT skills, including Microsoft Office
• Able to demonstrate advanced communication skills and clinical leadership
• In-depth knowledge of the speciality and use of evidence-based practice
• Ability to work autonomously and demonstrate high-level decision-making skills in clinical practice

Desirable

• Ability to design and deliver education programmes

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK government website.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer details

Employer name

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

St Mary’s Hospital, London, W2 1NY