Acute Care Nurse Specialist

Job summary

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals is offering an exciting opportunity to recruit within the Acute Care Team.

The team is highly regarded, supporting both medical and nursing staff in the care of the deteriorating patients and those transitioning from Intensive care to wards. This role encompasses critical care outreach, acute kidney injury specialist nursing and site management.

We are looking for nurses with extensive experience with caring for critically ill patients who wish to seize the opportunity to develop themselves and the service, whilst being given formal and bedside training to support existing clinical expertise.

This post is ideal for skilled practitioners who are passionate about patient safety and clinically effective care for patients at risk of deterioration and those post critical illness. Experience in clinical assessment and treatment of acutely ill patients in an acute setting is an essential for this post, as is a questioning nature and keen eye for detail.

The successful candidates will be able to work well within a team and be willing to work a mixed shift pattern including days, weekends and nights.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will be responsible for

• Attending clinical emergencies and providing care to deteriorating adult inpatients
• Reviewing patients with acute kidney injuries, working closely with our renal consultants
• Autonomously providing clinical review, including physical examination, assessment and diagnosis of deteriorating patients
• Reviewing critical care patients post-discharge, co-ordinating MDT care to ensure opportunities for physical and emotional rehabilitation are maximised
• Maintaining accurate patient documentation in-line with professionals body's requirements for all patients reviewed or where advice has been provided
• Providing site management out of hours in conjunction with the off site on-call manager, being responsible for the allocation of staffing resources, managing incidents and supporting staff, patients and their relatives.

The post holder is required to have excellent interpersonal skills with ability to liaise effectively with the multidisciplinary team and act as an excellent role model, maintaining a positive workplace culture. They will be expected to work in partnership with a variety of nursing and medical teams across the Trust.

About us

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.