Critical Care Outreach Practitioner

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the critical care outreach team for a dynamic, innovative and enthusiastic individual who will take on the role of a band 6 critical care outreach practitioner.

We are looking for a self-motivated, adaptable and knowledgeable registered nurse who is clinically confident, who can work independently but also as part of a team.

The successful candidate should have excellent communication skills, strong decision making ability and clinical expertise, together with a drive and passion for improving the way healthcare is provided.

So if you have the skills to deliver autonomous practice then we would like to hear from you.

The successful candidate will be an experienced critical care nurse with a high level of knowledge surrounding the deteriorating patient. They will be required to drive early recognition and management of the deteriorating patient at ward level.

The successful applicant will be part of a specialist nursing team who provide 7 day's a week, twenty four hour service provision and they will be required to work flexibly.

Excellent communication skills are essential to facilitate the effective multi-disciplinary approach in the recognition, escalation and management of the Deteriorating Patients Trust wide.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve.

We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards;
The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

To deliver compassionate person
-centre care and to treat patients, service users, their families and their carers with consideration, dignity and respect you would want for yourself and family.

To be responsible and professionally accountable for the assessment of care needs; development of personalised plans of care, implementation and evaluation of care without supervision.

Provide specialist nursing care for deteriorating/high risk patients in the hospital including Level 3 transfers to other clinical areas or hospitals.

Provide a Follow up Service of patients discharged from ICCU with, and for patients in the wider Trust, with Tracheostomies.

1.2 Evidence-based, clinically effective practiceEnsuring the planning and delivery of care is aligned to professional values of care, compassion and respect, act as a change agent, developing clinically effective practice through the effective utilisation and integration of evidence based practice.

1.3 Continuous quality improvementSupport the Senior Sister / Charge Nurse in ensuring a culture of protecting patients from harm and deprivation of basic rights ensuring a safe and effective service with continuous quality improvement.

1.4 Patient safetyPromote a clean and safe environment for staff, patients and visitors by ensuring compliance with legislation, policies and protocols including health and safety, healthcare associated infection prevention, clinical governance, including risk management and critical incident reporting and route cause analysis.

Ensure a high standard of basic care and record keeping in accordance with Nursing and Midwifery Council, Health Professions Council, national legislation and local standards.

Demonstrating safe and effective care including; timely administration of medicines; effective observation of Patients and demonstrate effective communication with…