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Critical Care Outreach Team
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (Part time hours considered (30 hours per week))
Job ref
164-6193533
Employer
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Trust Wide
Town
Nottingham
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

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Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust logo

Critical Care Outreach Deputy Sister/ AHP

Band 6

Job overview

Band 6 Critical Care Outreach Deputy Sister/ Charge Nurse/ AHP  

Full time  - 37.5 hours per week, part time hours considered.

Permanent/ Secondment roles.

Critical Care Outreach Team (Adult)

Main duties of the job

In addition to the below summary you need to familiarize yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.

Are you looking for a rewarding job, enjoy clinical variety and would like to join an uniquely dynamic, forward thinking specialist team? An exciting opportunity has arisen once again within the Adult Critical care Outreach Team at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust (NUH). As one of the largest Trusts in the UK the Critical care Outreach Team provides a diverse and comprehensive CCOT service to all adult patients within NUH which includes specialties such as: Neurosurgery, Haematology, Major Trauma, Renal and Infectious diseases.

 

 

Working for our organisation

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

 

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

 

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The CCOT team provides a 24/7 service, 365 days a year across both City and Queens’s campuses.  The post holders will therefore be expected to work a combination of day and night shifts.

All staff work across both campuses in order to provide a truly flexible service to meets the ever-changing needs of the critically ill/ deteriorating ward patient throughout NUH. alongside, Participation in the Critical Care/ CCOT rotation programme and works in Critical Care areas as service requires. This makes this role a truly exciting job unlike any other.

Applicants should have a minimum of 4 years’ experience at Band 5 within the acute setting, ideally 1 of which should be within a critical care area.

The band 6 CCOT role requires the individual to have excellent communication skills to be able to present and receive complex information and escalate information to the CCOT band 7 and MDT. In addition you will need to demonstrate the ability to use critical care skills outside of the critical care environment and respond to, prioritise and analyse complex problems and situations to ensure effective interventions and timely escalation is implemented.

The post holder must be willing to develop an extensive knowledge of common clinical situations encountered within the range of specialties across the Trust as well as providing both formal and informal teaching to staff at all levels and contributing to the on-going development of the service.

You will be supported with a formal induction and training programme. All members of the CCOT are expected to complete specific competencies related to the role as part of their development. There will be opportunities for additional training and education, and you will be supported by experienced Band 7 CCOT Clinical Nurse Educator and the Critical Care and CCOT matron. Specific Band 6 objectives are also in place to ensure career progression and opportunities within the team.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Current level one NMC registration or registration with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
  • Possession of a mentoring course
  • Diploma or degree in health/ nursing/ physiotherapy related studies
  • Teaching and Assessing Qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • significant experience at Band 5 within the acute setting, ideally 1 of which would be within critical care/ acute care setting
  • Evidence of ability to utilise critical care skills outside of critical care environment
  • Evidence of appropriate delegation, support and supervision of peers and junior staff
Desirable criteria
  • Providing staff with feedback on their individual performance
  • Understanding of conflict management skills
  • Evidence of mangement and leadership skills

Communication and relationship

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills
  • Produce timely, accurate written/ electronic records and documents
  • Can minimise interpersonal conflict and barriers to communication
  • Ability to convey sensistive information in an empathetic manner to patients, relative/ carers and staff
Desirable criteria
  • Demonstration of team working and ability to work within a team

Analytical and Judgement skill

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrate an ability to assess, plan, deliver, prioritise and evaluate patient care
  • Ability to identify own learning needs
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of data collection and analysis

Planning organisation skills

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrate an ability to prioritise own workload and recognise, prioritise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations
  • Demonstrate an ability to supervise and support others in the prioritisation of their patient care
Desirable criteria
  • Demonstrate effective time mangement and effective resource mangement
  • Demonstrate leadership skills and ability to effectively lead a team
  • Demonstrate an ability to recognise when workload and priorities of others are inappropriate and intervene as required

Physical skills

Essential criteria
  • Physically able to perform the full range of nursing duties
  • Able to demonstrate advanced patient assessment skills
  • Demonstrate dexerity and accuracy in undertaking clinical skills, use of equipment and documentation

Other requirements

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work 12 hour shifts, weekends and nights and cross- site working

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Melissa Astley
Job title
CCOT Sister
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07812269986
Additional information

Melissa Astley, CCOT Band 7 via email [email protected], mobile 07812 269986.

Holly Braizer, CCOT CNE via email [email protected].

CCOT band 7team, [email protected]