Critical Care Outreach Team Practitioner

Job summary

Critical Care Outreach Team Band 7 - Permanent Part-time (0.84 WTE) contract ( 32 hours per week)

Do you possess excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to deliver a high standard of care to our patients in this demanding role?

An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of the Critical Care Outreach Team at Kingston NHS Foundation Trust. The first acute Trust in London to be rated Outstanding by CQC for Overall Quality and Leadership.

This role requires an enthusiastic, experienced and skilled allied health professional/nurse to join our dynamic team, and become an integral part of the Trust, providing a comprehensive service across the Hospital.

The Critical Care Outreach Team is closely aligned with the Critical Care Unit and works Trust-wide to deliver first class care to deteriorating patients in a variety of environments.

Main duties of the job

• To work autonomously throughout the trust (except Paediatrics) providing expertise in all aspects of acute critical care management of patients. To participate in the implementation of strategic approaches to the provision of acute critical care through communication andconsultation at all levels of the organisation. To help develop and implement educational strategies, programmes, audit and national recommendations to enhance the care of critically illpatients within the trust.
• To maintain a commitment to leading, co-ordinating and supervising nursing, medical and support staff to ensure the delivery of high standards of clinical care to patients within theinpatient areas of the trust.
• To comply with the Nursing and Midwifery (NMC) Code of Professional Conduct and Scope of Professional Practice and demonstrate knowledge of and application of trust operation policiesand procedures.
• When necessary to effectively rotate into Critical Care, and support staff to ensure patients in the Critical Care Unit receive high quality evidence-based care in accordance with the standards and framework of the NMC Code of Practice.

About us

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a district general hospital situated in a beautiful and remarkable part of the country - close to London yet surrounded by royal parks, historic buildings and the River Thames.We are located on a single site in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey and run several outpatient clinics in neighbouring areas including Raynes Park Health Centre and Teddington Memorial Hospital.

Trust Culture and ValuesThe Trust has defined its culture as one that is patient centred which puts safety first and where all staff take responsibility, are valued and value each other. To support this our five values are that we are all:-

Caring - we design and deliver care around each individual patient's needs and wantsSafe - we make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern (safety comes first)Responsible - all staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputationAnd that we:Value each other - we all value each other's contribution.Our training, policies, procedures, and practices are all intended to support behaviours in line with our values and all staff are expected to uphold these by 'Living Our Values Everyday"Inspiring - we always strive to empower each other to develop and deliver improvements to benefit our patients by inspiring people to be the nest they can be, encouraging ideas and learning from what works, and what doesn't work, embracing innovation to shape future services.

Employer details

Employer name

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kingston Hospital

Galsworthy Rd

Kingston Upon Thames

KT2 7QB

Employer's website

https://kingstonhospital.nhs.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kingston Hospital

Galsworthy Rd

Kingston Upon Thames

KT2 7QB

Employer's website

https://kingstonhospital.nhs.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

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