Surgical Escalation Lead (SEL)

Job summary

The Surgical division at the Northwick Park Site are looking for a Band 6 RGN to work as a Surgical Escalation lead. This is a full time permanent post and the post holder will work across 7 wards, ensuring that all escalations are completed to ensure that the patients pathway through the trust is expediated.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have the nursing professional knowledge and leadership skills to take the lead in troubleshooting, communicating and assisting the ward discharge co-ordinators and lead nurses, Clinical Site Practitioners to ensure that all discharge delays are expediated quickly and efficiently.

They will be responsible for optimising hospital bed utilisation and help to reduce the length of stay by ensuring timely, safe transfer/discharge of patients to the most appropriate and agreed environment. This will include being the escalation lead for routine delays in a patient's pathway. any delays in booking EEG, CT scans, X-rays, Electronic discharge notes, Tablets to take home (this list is not exhaustive).

Instigate and co-ordinate daily meetings with ward discharge co-ordinators/ nurse in charge to understand and act upon required treatment plan, escalations. To attend all routine and emergency bed meetings to be given and feedback on escalations. To liaise with Head of Nursing and Matrons daily at the safety brief and represent the surgical division at bed meetings and provide required updates.

Be the divisional lead for ensuring that all CERNER discharge information is correct and updated so that all discharge audits are correct.

Be confident at working across divisions and directorates and have a proven track record at being able to undertake and lead challenging conversations with other members of the multidisciplinary team.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.