Band 8a Lead Nurse Specialist Practice (PARRT)

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To operationally lead and manage the Patient at Risk team, and the Trust Resuscitation Service to provide clinical expertise, using advanced clinical judgment, in the care and management of acutely unwell patients leading the medical emergency team response as appropriate.
• To take responsibility for own evidence based practice and implement and add to the body of knowledge that supports clinical practice related to acutely unwell patients within the trust, nationally and internationally.
• To lead and innovate nursing, allied health care professional & medical practice in the specialty of resuscitation and patients at risk to ensure all trust staff are best prepared to manage life threatening emergencies encountered during the course of their work within the Trust and provide educational support for health care professionals and non-medical health care professionals external to the trust, i.e. other acute trusts and PCTs.
• To lead and promote educational strategies for professionals groups with regard to assessment, care and management of patients at risk from critical illness and becoming acutely unwell and the further care and management of the acutely unwell patient, particularly those discharged from intensive care and those requirement rehabilitation.

Person Specification

Education & professional Qualifications

Essential

• RGN or equivalent
• Post-registration critical care and teaching and assessing or equivalent relevant courses
• Degree/Diploma level education in progress / achieved

Desirable

• Master's level education in progress/achieved
• Accredited resuscitation Instructor
• Management qualification

Experience

Essential

• Extensive acute experience ideally critical care experience

Desirable

• Team leadership experience
• Strategic planning experience2

Skills and aptitudes

Essential

• Demonstrate advanced clinical expertise
• Experienced mentor/teacher
• Evidence of researched-based practice and understanding of current developments in caring for acutely unwell adults
• Evidence of understanding professional issues in nursing
• Capable of analysing complex emotional situations and acting appropriately
• Excellent listening and communication skills
• Powers of concentration to mentally process complex clinical situations and support and coordinate the multidisciplinary team

Personal Qualities & attributes

Essential

• Evidence of recent self development
• Emotional intelligence
• Resilience and effective coping strategies

Desirable

• Physically Fit (the role requires a presence throughout the Trust)
• Skilled in: Management of change o Team building o Resource and budget management o Formulation and monitoring of policies/guidelines

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

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Free hospital

Pond street

Hampstead

NW3 2QG

Employer's website

https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)