Job summary
- Main area
- Surgical and Anaesthetics Services
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: This post is a development post starting at band 6 working towards band 7
- Hours
- Full time - This post covers days and nights across a 24 hour 7 days per week service
- Job ref
- 435-S147-25
- Employer
- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- East Lancashire Hospital Trust
- Town
- Blackburn
- Salary
- £38,682 - £54,710 Band 6 / 7 dependent on qualifications and experience
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Acute Care Team Practitioner - Band 6/7
Band 6
At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.
Job overview
The post holder will be a clinically credible registered practitioner who is highly experienced and proficient in the management of the acutely unwell patient with a comprehensive background of experience in acute care. They will utilize their clinical expertise and specialist knowledge to deliver high quality evidence / research based care to the critically ill patient. They will review referred and ongoing patients and assess these patients who are considered “at risk” by the referring multi-professional team. They will act as a role model providing support, education and training to the multi-professional team caring for the critically ill patient. The post holder will have a degree of autonomy where they will be responsible for a caseload of patients across a number of specialties, to include an element of lone working.
The post holder will be expected to use their experience to support the implementation of clinical and non-clinical governance and to modernise patient services. In addition the post holder will be responsible for participating in clinical audit and nursing research.
They will be required to work flexibly as a member of the ACT team to ensure standards are being maintained, evaluated and where necessary improved. In addition, to the obligatory advanced clinical skills, the practitioner may be required to develop a range of additional skills or techniques that fall outside the usual scope of nursing practice.
Main duties of the job
- Meet National Outreach Forum competencies and work within service specification for critical care services
- Demonstrate the use of evidence-based specialist skills and practice in the care of critically ill patients, including the use of an effective communication tool (SBAR)
- Demonstrate the use of specialist knowledge and skills in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care delivered to the critically ill patient, ensuring the appropriate documentation is maintained and completed.
- Demonstrate the interpretation and delivery of appropriate action / treatment / therapy to the critically ill patient, ensuring records are updated and maintained. This includes the transfer of patient’s intra-hospital.
- Monitor and evaluate the condition of patients using the National Early Warning Scoring system, recognising and alerting staff to changes in the patients’ condition.
- Assist and participate in the follow up care of patients discharged from critical care.
- Negotiate with the ward multi-professional team to improve clinical care given to the “at risk” patient
Working for our organisation
At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will be working within the Acute Care Team Critical Care Outreach service at East Lancashire Hospital Trust and will be banded appropriate to knowledge and skills. Those banded as 6 will be expected to work towards band 7 and will undertake appropriate training and development required for this post. The main roles and responsibilities will sit with in the management of deteriorating patients outside of the critical care unit and will facilitate admission avoidance, safe transfer and management of those patients identified for safe step down outside of the critical care. Additional to this the role requires the delivery of education around deteriorating patients, core role on the cardiac arrest team and daily case load of AKI patients. The post covers both the acute and peripheral Burnley site and the remote management of patients in the community sites as an out of hours service.
Person specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current first level NMC registration or equivalent
- Mentorship qualification
- Medicines management competency
- Acute Speciality qualification
Desirable criteria
- Degree or working towards
- Evidence of CPD level 7
- Leadership training
- ALS
- Non-Medical Prescribing qualification (essential for band 7 post)
- Assessment diagnostic qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post registration experience, ideally within critical care or acute setting
- Demonstration of evidence based practice
- Evidence of ability to apply critical care skills outside of the critical care environment
- Evidence of appropriate delegation and leadership skills
- Understanding of change management
- Recognition of own limitations
Desirable criteria
- Involvement in project work
- Evidence of conflict management skills
- Involvement in guideline development
- Evidence of leadership or management skills
- Ability to provide feedback
- Proven track record of teaching experience
Attributes
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Effective team worker
- Ability to identify learning needs
- Able to respond to stressful situations
- Flexibility to work across divisions and teams
- Supportive of junior staff
- Drive to continuously improve
Skills / Abilities
Essential criteria
- Can demonstrate ability to undertake comprehensive patient assessment
- Working knowledge of the current NHS agenda and issues
- Ability to work independently
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to manage own workload
- Computer literate
- Commitment to education and training programmes
Desirable criteria
- Experience within a Leadership Role
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to work across the 24 hour period
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lyndsay Turner
- Job title
- Lead ACP - Acute Care Team
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01254 734151
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