Job summary
We are recruiting for a Clinical Nurse Specialist who share/s our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
The Critical Care Outreach Team provide support and expert clinical intervention to patients all around the Trust 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We advise, intervene and advocate for any patient who has a need relating to deterioration, we support staff and manage patients when they step down from Critical Care to ward level.
We are looking for someone with advanced clinical assessment skills, high levels of empathy and compassion and the ability to the patient at the heart of all they do.
Main duties of the job
Provide expert clinical assessment for all and any patients showing signs of deterioration
Provide oversight of patients with laryngectomies and tracheostomies in ward areas
Deliver assessment and be a compassionate advocate for patients under Martha's Rule
Deliver training around the deteriorating patient both formally and ad hoc
Involvement in quality improvement projects, audit and data analysis
Participation in After Action Reviews and Patient Safety Incident Investigations
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential
- Undergraduate Degree or equivalent professional qualification
- Masters level qualification or equivalent experience
- Recognised post graduate qualification relating to critical care, clinical care related to the deteriorating patient speciality or working towards with relevant experience
- ILS provider
- Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable
- Training or education qualification
- ALS provider
- Coaching qualification
- Leadership qualification
- ALS/APLS Instructor status
- APLS provider
- Independent and supplementary prescribing
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience in providing expert clinical care, using advanced clinical judgment in the management of the deteriorating patient and resuscitation care needs.
- Experience in an acute care service setting
- Experience in supporting a trust wide educational portfolio that supports all health care professionals, including relevant training to the deteriorating patient and resuscitation skills requirements.
- Experience of leading change projects
- Experience of supporting nursing, allied health care professional and medical workforce teams in the safe management of the deteriorating patient
- Experience and high confidence of working with minimal supervision
- Experience of driving strategic portfolios to improve the quality of patient care
- Ability to support a range of staff and quality/ clinical services /professional activity
- Experience in setting objectives and performance management and holding people to account.
- Experience in participating in complex, sensitive and sometimes difficult conversations.
Desirable
- Experience in teaching on resuscitation courses
- Experience of working in the community or liaising with community staff
- Experience of presenting at conference and writing for publication
Skills
Essential
- Clinical leadership skills, ability to motivate and develop others
- Clinical skills in advanced clinical assessment and treatment planning
- Immediate resuscitation provider skills
- Advanced resuscitation provider skills
- Drive and enthusiasm for quality improvement with a high Degree of personal motivation
- Decision making skills
- Effective role model
- Clinical expert/reflective practitioner
- Ability to think creatively to help identify innovative solutions to problems
- Computer skills
- Presentation skills
Desirable
- Advanced resuscitation provider skills
- Ability to develop effective local and national networks
- Coaching skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent understanding of principles and evidence based practice of management the acutely unwell and deteriorating in patient
- Excellent knowledge of Resuscitation Council UK provider standards
- An understanding and experience of staff management and organisational development
- Knowledge and skills in developing educational packages.
- Knowledge of the components of quality domains, quality governance, risk management and assurance function; current NHS national policies, standards, requirements and directions that relate to measuring and improving the quality and safety of patient care.
Desirable
- Knowledge of human factors sustems thinking principles
Other Requirements
Essential
- Required to travel between hospital sites
- Experience and evidence of engagement around the equality, diversity and inclusion agenda. Able to actively support the development of a culture that recognises and promotes equality, values diversity, and actively leads by example in deploying these qualities
- Understands the impact on equality, diversity and inclusion issues in all aspects of service delivery and planning
- Role model our Trust values every day
- Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role
- Ability to deputise for the Lead Nurse when required
- Self motivated, can do attitude with evidence of the ability to motivate and inspire others
- Evidence of self awareness - acknowledgement of own limitations and development required to improve
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential
- Undergraduate Degree or equivalent professional qualification
- Masters level qualification or equivalent experience
- Recognised post graduate qualification relating to critical care, clinical care related to the deteriorating patient speciality or working towards with relevant experience
- ILS provider
- Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable
- Training or education qualification
- ALS provider
- Coaching qualification
- Leadership qualification
- ALS/APLS Instructor status
- APLS provider
- Independent and supplementary prescribing
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience in providing expert clinical care, using advanced clinical judgment in the management of the deteriorating patient and resuscitation care needs.
- Experience in an acute care service setting
- Experience in supporting a trust wide educational portfolio that supports all health care professionals, including relevant training to the deteriorating patient and resuscitation skills requirements.
- Experience of leading change projects
- Experience of supporting nursing, allied health care professional and medical workforce teams in the safe management of the deteriorating patient
- Experience and high confidence of working with minimal supervision
- Experience of driving strategic portfolios to improve the quality of patient care
- Ability to support a range of staff and quality/ clinical services /professional activity
- Experience in setting objectives and performance management and holding people to account.
- Experience in participating in complex, sensitive and sometimes difficult conversations.
Desirable
- Experience in teaching on resuscitation courses
- Experience of working in the community or liaising with community staff
- Experience of presenting at conference and writing for publication
Skills
Essential
- Clinical leadership skills, ability to motivate and develop others
- Clinical skills in advanced clinical assessment and treatment planning
- Immediate resuscitation provider skills
- Advanced resuscitation provider skills
- Drive and enthusiasm for quality improvement with a high Degree of personal motivation
- Decision making skills
- Effective role model
- Clinical expert/reflective practitioner
- Ability to think creatively to help identify innovative solutions to problems
- Computer skills
- Presentation skills
Desirable
- Advanced resuscitation provider skills
- Ability to develop effective local and national networks
- Coaching skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent understanding of principles and evidence based practice of management the acutely unwell and deteriorating in patient
- Excellent knowledge of Resuscitation Council UK provider standards
- An understanding and experience of staff management and organisational development
- Knowledge and skills in developing educational packages.
- Knowledge of the components of quality domains, quality governance, risk management and assurance function; current NHS national policies, standards, requirements and directions that relate to measuring and improving the quality and safety of patient care.
Desirable
- Knowledge of human factors sustems thinking principles
Other Requirements
Essential
- Required to travel between hospital sites
- Experience and evidence of engagement around the equality, diversity and inclusion agenda. Able to actively support the development of a culture that recognises and promotes equality, values diversity, and actively leads by example in deploying these qualities
- Understands the impact on equality, diversity and inclusion issues in all aspects of service delivery and planning
- Role model our Trust values every day
- Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role
- Ability to deputise for the Lead Nurse when required
- Self motivated, can do attitude with evidence of the ability to motivate and inspire others
- Evidence of self awareness - acknowledgement of own limitations and development required to improve
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
