Critical Care Professional Nurse Advocate

Job responsibilities

The post holder will act as a deputy to the Well-being and Professional Nurse advocate Lead.

In addition to the summary below you will need to Familiarise yourself with the full job description and person specification documents attached to this advert.

• Advocate for patients, reinforcing that every nurses role is to support patients and their families.
• Demonstrate inspirational, motivational and visible leadership in the workplace
• Act as a role model promoting psychological safety and situational awareness.
• Acquiring and maintaining an appropriate repertoire of management skills, engaging in continuing professional development appropriate to the field of practice and continuing to develop competency in line with agreed personal development plans, including leadership skills and enabling the empowerment of other members of the Unit teams. Engage in booster sessions.
• Have suitably accredited Critical Care course and promote to others Identifying opportunities for staff to access appropriate education and training programmes, and other learning opportunities such as shadowing, mentoring and action learning, ensuring equity and fairness of access
• Taking an active role in self-development and identifying ones needs, taking appropriate steps to meet those needs.
• Support a culture of autonomy, belonging and contribution to inspire continuous improvement and empower staff in all positions to innovate.
• Demonstrate safe, compassionate, consistent and appropriate practice and expert advice using up-to-date knowledge and evidence to assess, plan, deliver, and evaluate support. Communicate findings, influence changes and promote health and best practices within critical care services. Make person-centred, evidence-based judgements in partnership with others involved to ensure optimum restorative practice.
• Using the A-equip model through restorative clinical supervision, discuss any professional issues, including clinical incidents, team dynamics, stress, burnout, bullying, career progression, interview preparation and quality initiatives, and personal matters. Facilitate feedback on themes and learning to influence education and quality improvement initiatives
• Following a traumatic or stressful event or clinical incident allows (or creates) the opportunity for reflection to reduce stress and enable learning, limit compassion fatigue and improve confidence.
• Coach staff through reflection on incidents they may have experienced with a focus on the system and processes. Participate in learning from incidents, including reflection and action in practice.
• Collate data on the effectiveness of restorative clinical supervision (RCS) for staff and the benefit of the PNA role through data collection and staff feedback.
• Portray an understanding of personal and professional resilience, developing this attitude in others
• Contribute to and, where required, lead on initiatives that are aimed at improving staff wellbeing and staff experience. Where appropriate, suggest changes which are aimed at improving standards.
• Provide a high-quality service from referral to assessment and review, referring to other specialists as required.
• Recognise and act to avoid situations that may be detrimental to the health and well-being of staff. Advise on promotion of health and prevention of illness, speculating concern as required to appropriate members of MDT.
• Report and raise concerns about safeguarding and accessing advice at the point of need. Be conversant with the trust policies, procedures and systems.
• Support the Unit Sister/Charge Nurse and Well-Being and PNA Lead in:
• Ensuring that best practice undertaken is shared with colleagues in the speciality, directorate and the Trust.
• Helping staff to use clinical information within the Unit or department to help improve the quality of patient care.
• Encouraging staff to be involved in service changes and developments using processes defined within the directorate/division.
• Participating in a communication strategy that enables effective, two-way communication between the clinical area, the directorate, and the division.
• Demonstrating clear lines of communication within a defined clinical area results in clear responsibilities being identified within the multi-professional team.
• Creating a culture where staff have appropriate authority over issues that contribute to providing essential care and enable them to secure and achieve the highest quality standards.
• Being a visible point of contact for patients, visitors, relatives and staff, acting as a resource for problems and needs and presenting the patients view to others.
• Assisting in establishing, motivating and developing the clinical team with a clear focus and direction.
• Providing an authoritative and credible source of knowledge and specialist clinical advice and support to the team.
• Be a significant instrument of change within the clinical area in response to clinical incidents and/or demand.
• Compile themes from completing exit interviews of staff leaving critical care and from RCS sessions to recognise improvement

  initiatives to aid staff retention and job satisfaction.

Training & Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse ( Nursing &Midwifery Council registration)
• Relevant post-basic qualification in Critical Care specialist pathway (ENB 100 or equivalent)
• Evidence of academic learning at Level 6 or equivalent
• Possession of NMC Mentoring Course
• Relevant post- basic course in the provision of A-EQUIP model of supervision.
• Completion of any local competency packages
• Maintains professional updating and awareness/ CPD/revalidation

Desirable

• Continuing professional development/ reflective profile
• Research training/experience

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's "We are here for you" behavioural standards

Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience at Band 5 within the acute setting, and within critical care
• Supervision of non- registered staff, pre -registration and post basic students
• Evidence of ability to mentor
• Evidence of well developed leadership, clinical expertise, management & time management skills
• Evidence of change management in nursing

Desirable

• Demonstrate an involvement in link nurse, or project work
• Conflict management skills
• Ability to demonstrate negotiation skills

Communication and Relationship Skills

Essential

• Recognition of own level of competence and limitations and able to communicate these to appropriate staff
• Can minimise interpersonal conflict and barriers to communication
• Ability to convey sensitive information in an empathetic manner to patients, relative/carers and staff.
• Able to respond to problem situations and to ensure that effective interventions are put in place

Desirable

• Evidence of negotiation and influencing skills
• Demonstration of team working and ability to work within a team

Analytical and Judgement Skills

Essential

• Audit or research within the clinical area
• Providing staff with feedback on their individual performance and use of the knowledge and skills framework
• Ability to identify own learning needs
• Able to contribute to the development of implementation and monitoring of local objectives and action plans

Planning and Organisation Skills

Essential

• Demonstrate an ability to prioritise own workload and recognise, prioritise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations
• Able to contribute to the development of implementation and monitoring of local objectives and action plans
• Demonstrate an ability to supervise and support others in the prioritisation of their patient care

Desirable

• Demonstrate leadership skills and ability to effectively lead a team
• Demonstrate an ability to recognise when workload and priorities of others are inappropriate and intervene as required
• Demonstrate effective time management skills and effective resource management

Physical Skills

Essential

• Physically able to perform the full range of nursing duties
• Dexterity and accuracy in undertaking clinical skills, use of equipment and documentation
• Competent and capable of using medical equipment
• Able to undertake patient manual handling manoeuvres and non-patient manual

Desirable

• Evidence of moving and handling training

Other requirements specific to the role (eg be able to drive or work shifts)

Essential

• Flexible, adaptable and confident Caring, enthusiastic and well -motivated

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).