Job summary
This post holder will work as senior member of the Critical Care team, providing support and specialist advice for level 2 and level 3 patients in conjunction with effective leadership of the critical care team. This will be achieved by delivering and ensuring the provision of high quality, safe and effective care.
To act as a team leader to maintain a high standard of quality care and co-ordinate the operational activities during a span of duty.
To make the best use of resources within critical care and develop good practice maintaining high standards of patient care.
They will ensure that they contribute to the senior team, by demonstrating effective leadership and management so that safe, high quality, evidence-based nursing care is delivered to patients whilst respecting and involving families and carers as partners in care.
Main duties of the job
Provide clinical expertise within critical care and ensure high standards of patient care are delivered providing team members with supports, encouragement, training and become effective safe practitioners working a complex multi-agency environment
Actively contribute to the overall department objectives by being a visible leader and supporting the senior nursing team within critical care.
Ensure safe and adequate workforce delivery under the supervision of the ward manager.
Demonstrate compliance with trust policy and delivery of guidelines in practice.
Ensure appropriate escalation of concerns so they can be manged safely and quickly.
Deputise for the Clinical Shift Lead/ Ward Manager
Assist in preventing and controlling infection control and ensuring policy is adhered to within the department.
Ensure safety is maintained and appropriate utilising advanced knowledge and skill of the critically ill patient.
About us
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust now form University Hospitals Tees and as such you may be required to work at any site across both Trusts.
At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, we want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development.
We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Enhanced Critical Care Nurse, to join the critical care senior nursing team. This is an opportunity for a highly skilled nurse to join the senior team to ensure clinical expertise and visible leadership is delivered within the department to ensure high quality and safe patient care is achieved. The post holder will utilise their extensive experience and knowledge to ensure departmental aims and objects are achieved, whilst also ensuring specialist care for level 2 and level 3 patients is delivered. They will deputise for the clinical shift lead when required and will coordinate patient flow efficiently within the department and escalate as per policy and guideline. They will work with the team to ensure policy, standards and performance is maintained whilst supporting staff development, quality improvement delivery and safety within the department.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Enhanced Critical Care Nurse, to join the critical care senior nursing team. This is an opportunity for a highly skilled nurse to join the senior team to ensure clinical expertise and visible leadership is delivered within the department to ensure high quality and safe patient care is achieved. The post holder will utilise their extensive experience and knowledge to ensure departmental aims and objects are achieved, whilst also ensuring specialist care for level 2 and level 3 patients is delivered. They will deputise for the clinical shift lead when required and will coordinate patient flow efficiently within the department and escalate as per policy and guideline. They will work with the team to ensure policy, standards and performance is maintained whilst supporting staff development, quality improvement delivery and safety within the department.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC registration
- BSc in Nursing or related topic
- Critical Care Qualification
- Completion of STEP competencies 1,2 and 3
- Trained in using CVVH D
- Trained for transfer of the critically ill patient
- Relevant and recent experience of working within critical care
Desirable
- Teaching qualification
- Leadership qualification
- ALS qualified
- Experience of being in charge/ coordinating the unit/department
- Previous band 6 experience
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC registration
- BSc in Nursing or related topic
- Critical Care Qualification
- Completion of STEP competencies 1,2 and 3
- Trained in using CVVH D
- Trained for transfer of the critically ill patient
- Relevant and recent experience of working within critical care
Desirable
- Teaching qualification
- Leadership qualification
- ALS qualified
- Experience of being in charge/ coordinating the unit/department
- Previous band 6 experience
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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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 Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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 Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
