Critical Care Outreach Team Sister / Charge nurse
For questions about this job, contact:
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Name Zara O'Grady
Position Band 7 Critical Care Outreach Deputy Matron
Email zara.o'grady@nhs.net
Phone number 0113 2068526
Job Summary
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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Critical Care Outreach Team in a substantive post as Sister/Charge Nurse. This role offers successful candidates the opportunity to develop new skills and gain experience as an Outreach team member, contributing to the clinical assessment of the deteriorating patient. The post holder will be an experienced qualified healthcare professional in the field of Critical Care and hold a Critical Care Course or equivalent competencies.
The post holder will play an essential role in assisting the Critical Care Outreach Team to provide extensive clinical advice, education and support to ward based multi\-disciplinary teams, across clinical areas throughout the Trust. Providing comprehensive assessment and care of the deteriorating/acutely ill adult, leading to early intervention and treatment. The post holder will work in partnership with the Multi\-disciplinary Team to initiate appropriate care to prevent further physiological deterioration and identify and refer those patients who require ICU/HDU admission.
Why you should join our Team
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The Critical Care Outreach service are a team of experienced individuals, who focus is to provide the highest quality of care, to patients experiencing a deterioration in their clinical condition.
Our vision: \#OutstandingCriticalCare
“To achieve the best outcomes in the safest environments alongside an outstanding patient experience”
Adult Critical Care is committed to embedding good equality and diversity practice so that our organisation is an inclusive, welcoming, and inspiring place to work, regardless of age, disability, trans identity or history, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.
What you will bring to the role
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The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the skills, experience and qualifications below and those in the attached job description.
Essential to the role are;
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Level 1\)
- Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
- Critical Care Course or equivalent competencies
- Evidence of theoretical, educational and clinical development related to the field of critical care
- Working with a wide range of professionals including medical, nursing and management colleagues
- Ability to communicate effectively within a multi\-disciplinary team
- Ability to teach, supervise and assess qualified and unqualified staff
- Ability to manage time and prioritise own workload
- Self\-motivated and able to work without direct supervision
- Insight into current issues in nursing/professional issues
- Standards of professional practice
- Professional and patient focused with a strong commitment to providing high quality care
- Ability to remain calm and polite under pressure
- Flexible, adaptable, capable of lateral thinking
- Excellent interpersonal skills with effective oral and written communication skills
- Clinical role model
- Motivator
- Able to identify and manage stress in self
- Compassionate
About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
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Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:
Patient\-centred
Collaborative
Fair
Accountable
Empowered
All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values
We’re committed to recruiting exceptional people to deliver outstanding services across Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and helping every colleague reach their full potential. We’re looking for a compassionate, inclusive, and collaborative leader who shares our values and can build strong partnerships. We warmly invite applications from people from a variety of backgrounds and sectors, and are especially keen to hear from individuals from a minority ethnic background. We’re dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, supported, and has a true sense of belonging, as we work together to deliver the best in healthcare to the people of Leeds and beyond.
Sponsorship Eligibility
To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.
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