Job summary
This role is for a Band 7 Sepsis Specialist Nurse - 12months maternity cover.
It is a Trust wide role which will require you to act as the clinical expert and provide clinical leadership, education and training to all clinical areas so to improve the outcomes for patients with suspected and confirmed sepsis.
This will be done through the implementation of regular clinical study days and direct clinical support.
You will be working as an autonomous practitioner which is integrated into the wider infection control team and patient safety teams. With a focused approach on improving Patient safety and striving to achieve both local and national targets. You will be expected to be able to report the overall sepsis compliance to relevant committees by monitoring and analysing sepsis data and identify trends for service improvement escalation.
You will need to have high level of experience in oncology and acute care nursing with a have sound clinical knowledge and have a passion to ensure best practice is adhered to. You must be able to demonstrate managerial and leadership abilities and feel confident to act as an advocate for both patients and staff when required.
Main duties of the job
- Act as a clinical expert in sepsis, providing guidance and support to nursing and medical staff across the Trust.
- Develop, implement, and evaluate sepsis protocols and guidelines to ensure best practices are followed.
- Conduct educational sessions, workshops, and training programs to enhance staff knowledge and awareness of sepsis management.
- Lead and participate in clinical audits and quality improvement initiatives related to sepsis care.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to optimize patient pathways and improve clinical outcomes.
- Provide direct patient care and support in complex cases, ensuring timely identification and management of sepsis.
- Monitor and analyse sepsis data to identify trends and inform service improvement strategies.
- Actively participate in Infection Control and Patient Safety initiatives, aligning sepsis management with broader Trust goals
About us
The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.
We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years.
We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- Accountable for own actions in accordance with NMC Code of Professional Conduct. Will contribute towards corporate objectives, acting within local, The Christie Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times.
- Act as a resource of specialised knowledge and clinical expertise to ensure care delivery to patients is appropriate, optimum and evidence based. Demonstrates clinical expertise by role modelling patient centred practice to others.
- Highly developed communication skills, enabling maintenance of high quality service within a complex and challenging environment throughout the Trust.
- Regularly manage expected and unexpected clinical events requiring high but unpredictable levels of physical effort according to patient dependency/clinical need.
Management
- Provides leadership that facilitates professional decision making and effective multi-disciplinary team working.
- An effective change agent with the ability to initiate clinical audit and research to monitor clinical practice and processes and follow up using a benchmarking approach to ensure compliance with best practice clinical guidelines.
- Participates in the monitoring and audit of standards of care within the defined policies, procedures and guidelines for sepsis and Acute Oncology Team to ensure adherence to and delivery of a high quality service.
- A resource for staff, advising on national, local and Trust policy and procedures/guidelines, ensuring that clinical governance is embedded in practice.
- Formulate protocols/policies and clinical guidelines in liaison with the Clinical Leads for sepsis
- Work alongside the information team to develop and adapt assessment and reporting tools such as dashboards.
- Participate in the achievement of local and national CQUINS in conjunction with identified leads
- Liaise with performance and information team to provide clinical assurance/validation for internal and external data.
- Lead or participate in sepsis steering group meetings
Training & Education
- Lead and present the training agenda for sepsis
- Initiate and undertake research and audit which will influence practice
- Attend and present at appropriate conferences.
PERSONAL
- Demonstrate a pleasant and approachable manner and help create and promote a good working relationship.
- Show professional and courteous manner whilst practicing excellent communication skills at all levels
- Being aware of ones own limitations, maintain confidentiality and adherence to NMC Professional Code of Conduct
- Cooperate in own performance review by indicating learning goals and support needs.
- Actively seek mentorship / supervision to enable reflection and development within the role.
- Exercise effective leadership using sound organisation skills and judgement, upholding equality and diversity of colleagues and patients.
- Demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trusts values.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- Accountable for own actions in accordance with NMC Code of Professional Conduct. Will contribute towards corporate objectives, acting within local, The Christie Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times.
- Act as a resource of specialised knowledge and clinical expertise to ensure care delivery to patients is appropriate, optimum and evidence based. Demonstrates clinical expertise by role modelling patient centred practice to others.
- Highly developed communication skills, enabling maintenance of high quality service within a complex and challenging environment throughout the Trust.
- Regularly manage expected and unexpected clinical events requiring high but unpredictable levels of physical effort according to patient dependency/clinical need.
Management
- Provides leadership that facilitates professional decision making and effective multi-disciplinary team working.
- An effective change agent with the ability to initiate clinical audit and research to monitor clinical practice and processes and follow up using a benchmarking approach to ensure compliance with best practice clinical guidelines.
- Participates in the monitoring and audit of standards of care within the defined policies, procedures and guidelines for sepsis and Acute Oncology Team to ensure adherence to and delivery of a high quality service.
- A resource for staff, advising on national, local and Trust policy and procedures/guidelines, ensuring that clinical governance is embedded in practice.
- Formulate protocols/policies and clinical guidelines in liaison with the Clinical Leads for sepsis
- Work alongside the information team to develop and adapt assessment and reporting tools such as dashboards.
- Participate in the achievement of local and national CQUINS in conjunction with identified leads
- Liaise with performance and information team to provide clinical assurance/validation for internal and external data.
- Lead or participate in sepsis steering group meetings
Training & Education
- Lead and present the training agenda for sepsis
- Initiate and undertake research and audit which will influence practice
- Attend and present at appropriate conferences.
PERSONAL
- Demonstrate a pleasant and approachable manner and help create and promote a good working relationship.
- Show professional and courteous manner whilst practicing excellent communication skills at all levels
- Being aware of ones own limitations, maintain confidentiality and adherence to NMC Professional Code of Conduct
- Cooperate in own performance review by indicating learning goals and support needs.
- Actively seek mentorship / supervision to enable reflection and development within the role.
- Exercise effective leadership using sound organisation skills and judgement, upholding equality and diversity of colleagues and patients.
- Demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trusts values.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RN Level 1
- Degree or Diploma in Nursing Studies
- Post Registration Certificate in oncology or acute medicine Qualification in teaching & assessing or equivalent
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Recent clinical experience in oncology or an acute care setting
- Participation in service development and implementation of change
- Teaching and assessing
Desirable
- Audit or research experience
- Experience of working within a given resource and ability to demonstrate imaginative and effective use of resources
- Management of patients with complex needs
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent IV skills
- Excellent assessment skills
- Ability to deliver a high quality of care
- Computer literacy (eg excel)
- Leadership skills
- Presentation skills
Desirable
- Understanding of need for evidence based practice
Knowledge
Essential
- An understanding of current issues relating to the NHS including local and national targets and guidance related to sepsis and neutropenic sepsis
- Knowledge of Clinical Governance
- Demonstrate evidence based knowledge in relevant clinical specialty
Values
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RN Level 1
- Degree or Diploma in Nursing Studies
- Post Registration Certificate in oncology or acute medicine Qualification in teaching & assessing or equivalent
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Recent clinical experience in oncology or an acute care setting
- Participation in service development and implementation of change
- Teaching and assessing
Desirable
- Audit or research experience
- Experience of working within a given resource and ability to demonstrate imaginative and effective use of resources
- Management of patients with complex needs
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent IV skills
- Excellent assessment skills
- Ability to deliver a high quality of care
- Computer literacy (eg excel)
- Leadership skills
- Presentation skills
Desirable
- Understanding of need for evidence based practice
Knowledge
Essential
- An understanding of current issues relating to the NHS including local and national targets and guidance related to sepsis and neutropenic sepsis
- Knowledge of Clinical Governance
- Demonstrate evidence based knowledge in relevant clinical specialty
Values
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours
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).
