Sepsis Nurse Specialist - Paediatrics

Job summary

This role is for a Band 7 Sepsis nurse specialist role within Paediatrics.

The Paediatric Sepsis Specialist Nurse will be a Trust wide role, providing clinical leadership, education and training to improve the outcomes for patients with sepsis. The role will include raising awareness of sepsis, ensuring early recognition, assessment and interventions through clinical education and direct clinical support. The post holder will be instrumental in the delivery of trust wide multi-disciplinary teaching. They will be a driver of qualitative, innovative, productive, safe evidence-based nursing care, which promotes best practice and best outcomes for patients and will act as a clinical expert and resource for members of the multi-disciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

Visibility and awareness - coordinating a trust wide sepsis communication strategy

Training - ensure we have a consistent mandatory training across all areas; develop e-learning materials, deliver face-to-face and simulation training.

Documentation - looking at digital solutions with Screening of sepsis tied to National Early Warning Score (NEWS and PAWS) scores

Staff empowerment -Frontline staff will be engaged in improvement cycles and development of new ideas to support improvement with sepsis

Assurance - As well as coordinating providing audit data by specialty, the nurse will provide regular feedback to all clinicians involved in the audited patients' care to encourage reflection on performance. Sepsis performance figures will be presented monthly to the sepsis committee and escalated to trust executive and governance meetings

Culture change - this role will support leaders to change the culture regarding the importance of sepsis recognition. Look at developing local personal stories; sharing their experiences and illustrating the need for early recognition and aggressive management.

Staff empowerment -Frontline staff will be engaged in improvement cycles and development of new ideas to support improvement with sepsis

Training - ensure we have a consistent mandatory training across all areas; develop e-learning materials, deliver face-to-face and simulation training.

About us

Doncaster & Bassetlaw NHS FT is one of Yorkshire's Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 420,000 across South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire, and the surrounding areas. Our services are based over three main hospital sites employing over 6,000 colleagues.

It is our goal to give those who join Team DBTH the tools and opportunities to grow their career, so whether you spend just one year or fifty with us, it's our pledge to help youDevelop,BelongandThrive,Here.

As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to support a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

We offer a range of benefits including:o Extensive range of learning opportunitieso NHS Pension Schemeo Generous holiday entitlement commencing at 27 days holiday per year plus bank holidays (pro rata).o Comprehensive health and wellbeing supporto NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice schemeo Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.