Outreach Clinical Nurse Specialist - Critical Care Outreach Team CCOT

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of the Critical Care Outreach Team at East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust. The available post is predominately based at Colchester Hospital site.

We are looking for a highly motivated individual to work as a band 6 CCOT practitioner and join our well established Critical Care Outreach Team for 23 hours per week.

Our Critical Care Outreach Service comprises a team of Band 7 and Band 6 nurses delivering a 24/7 service with the focus on supporting the recognition and management of acutely unwell and deteriorating patients. You must be able to seek out and identify patients who are or have the potential to clinically deteriorate and support staff to implement appropriate management plans.

The team is also responsible for improving practice through audit and delivering TRUST wide education events and the post-holder will be expected to support these aspects of the role.

You must also have an appreciation of current acute and critical care issues as well as a working knowledge of the current health agenda.

Main duties of the job

You will exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy in the deployment of emergency and critical care skills within all clinical settings as required. The CCOT possess decision-making skills that satisfy the demands and expectations of the role whilst augmenting and strengthening the nursing contribution to compassionate patient care.

You will provide consultation and assessment for the deteriorating patient outside of the Critical Care environment, to include support and advice for the Multi-Disciplinary Team. The post-holder will work collaboratively with the critical care team to support admission, safe transfers, rehabilitation, and follow-up.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you

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Date posted

28 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

432-HR1698-24

Job locations

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience leading teams
Clinical expertise
Coaching/Mentoring experience
Experience in managing change
Evidence of managing and improving the patient experience

Desirable

Previous experience at Band 6
Evidence of involvement in research and audit
Evidence of teaching/assessing
Interviewing recruitment skills
Vascular Experience

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse First Level
Post registration qualification relevant to area up to post graduate diploma level.
ILS certificate as relevant to the area
Student assessor

Desirable

Nursing / Management degree
Willingness to undertake further academic study.
NVQ assessors' qualification

Knowledge

Essential

Sound evidence of clinical ability
Articulates understanding role of Band 6
Articulates understanding of prioritising clinical issues.
Articulates understanding of managing clinical risk
Provides evidence of ability to make changes in nursing practice.
IT skills

Desirable

Sickness absence management
Rota management
Bed management and patient flow
Vascular Interest

Skills

Essential

Leadership skills
Good organisational skills
Good people skills
Time management and prioritisation skills
Critical analysis skills

Desirable

Ability to teach
Ability to influence at all levels

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience leading teams
Clinical expertise
Coaching/Mentoring experience
Experience in managing change
Evidence of managing and improving the patient experience

Desirable

Previous experience at Band 6
Evidence of involvement in research and audit
Evidence of teaching/assessing
Interviewing recruitment skills
Vascular Experience

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse First Level
Post registration qualification relevant to area up to post graduate diploma level.
ILS certificate as relevant to the area
Student assessor

Desirable

Nursing / Management degree
Willingness to undertake further academic study.
NVQ assessors' qualification

Knowledge

Essential

Sound evidence of clinical ability
Articulates understanding role of Band 6
Articulates understanding of prioritising clinical issues.
Articulates understanding of managing clinical risk
Provides evidence of ability to make changes in nursing practice.
IT skills

Desirable

Sickness absence management
Rota management
Bed management and patient flow
Vascular Interest

Skills

Essential

Leadership skills
Good organisational skills
Good people skills
Time management and prioritisation skills
Critical analysis skills

Desirable

Ability to teach
Ability to influence at all levels

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.