Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Critical Care Outreach Charge Nurse

The closing date is 21 November 2025

Job summary

The Southend Outreach service is looking for a motivated conscientious individual to join them.

The Outreach team at Southend is part of the Critical Care Department and works closely with the Critical Care Staff . They are integral in reviewing patients who are deteriorating on the wards to ensure that they receive timely and appropriate treatment as well as supporting Critical Care patients following discharge from the Intensive Care Unit. The ability to carry out a comprehensive patient assessment and recognise areas of concern is essential.

The ability to communicate clearly is a necessary skill as not only will the individual be involved in emergency situations but an important part of the role is to educate and support ward staff.

The individual will be an important part of the Critical Care staff and as such will work clinically in this area.

Main duties of the job

You will be required to provide excellent assessment and observation skills of critically ill patients in a variety of clinical settings. A good professional leadership quality is imperative to ensure the care of the critically ill patient is optimised.

You will be required to provide excellent assessment and observation skills of critically ill patients in a variety of clinical settings. A good professional leadership quality to ensure the care of the critically ill patient is optimised.

Our vision in Critical Care is to deliver holistic care to critically ill patients.

We endeavor to promote and establish evidence based practices and the highest level of individualised care for our patients and their families, whilst ensuring that the privacy and dignity of patients is maintained and religious and cultural beliefs are respected.

To achieve this we work in a collaborative manner, with a multidisciplinary approach encouraging good communication which ensures that all patients are cared for in a safe caring and compassionate environment.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Details

Date posted

14 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

390-T&A-SO-6725

Job locations

Southend

Prittlewell Chase

Southend on Sea

SS0 0RY


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached a full job description setting out the details of the role and responsibilities.

We look forward to your application.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached a full job description setting out the details of the role and responsibilities.

We look forward to your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • RGN
  • BSc

qualification

Essential

  • Band 6 experience

Desirable

  • post critical care course

experience/qualification

Desirable

  • critical care course
  • consultation and assessment
  • ALS
  • qualification/experience in mentoring students
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • RGN
  • BSc

qualification

Essential

  • Band 6 experience

Desirable

  • post critical care course

experience/qualification

Desirable

  • critical care course
  • consultation and assessment
  • ALS
  • qualification/experience in mentoring students

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).

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.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Southend

Prittlewell Chase

Southend on Sea

SS0 0RY


Employer's website

https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Southend

Prittlewell Chase

Southend on Sea

SS0 0RY


Employer's website

https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Senior Sister Outreach

Dana Horeanga

dana.horeanga@nhs.net

017023855998937

Details

Date posted

14 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

390-T&A-SO-6725

Job locations

Southend

Prittlewell Chase

Southend on Sea

SS0 0RY


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