This is a rare and exciting opportunity to join the Critical Care Outreach Team (CCOT) as a Band 6 nurse on a 6 month fixed term contract, to cover maternity leave.

The Critical Care Outreach Team (CCOT) offers intensive care skills to patients with, or at risk of, critical illness in areas outside of the critical care unit. We are about to provide a 24 hour, 7 day a week service reviewing patients throughout the hospital. Consequently you will be expected to work both days and nights shifts. The team consists of Band 6 nurses with a band 7 team leader and the Lead Nurse for Critical Care Outreach.

We respond to all patients reaching trigger thresholds for NEWS2 scoring in line with national guidance, attend cardiac arrests and medical emergencies as part of the MET and arrest team, and review all patients stepped down from ICU/HDU to the wards.

Our goal is to improve patient outcomes through early recognition and response to deterioration, reduce length of stay, avoid adverse events such as cardiac arrest, and prevent admission / readmission to critical care.

Main duties of the job

As part of the CCOT you will be responsible for providing high quality nursing support and care to all acutely unwell adult patients within Wirral University Teaching Hospital.You will:

oBe responsible for the management of a caseload of critically ill patients in the ward environment.o Work in collaboration with medical and allied health professionals to provide safe, equitable and high quality care for all acutely unwell, critically ill and recovering patients on a 24-hour shift basis across the Trust.o Review all patients stepped down from the ICU/HDU in a timely fashion to ensure they are progressing and prevent readmissiono Work towards achieving the enhanced level of national critical care outreach competencies (2022)o Attend adult cardiac arrest and medical emergency calls, utilising Advanced Life Support skills where necessary.o Provide support with patients with tracheostomies and those receiving High Flow oxygen therapy on cohort wards.o Recognise and respond appropriately to incidences of sepsis in line with national guidanceo Participate in the delivery of local training courses including AIM (Acute Illness Management)o Other duties as shown in the full job descriptionand person specification

About us

All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as competent and caring staff by our patients.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral's only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.

We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of �337m.

The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for further details regarding the Critical Care Outreach Nurse role.

Person Specification

Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training

Essential

• Registered Nurse
• Minimum of 5 years critical care experience, and recent critical care outreach experience
• Post graduate Critical Care Course (level 6 or 7)
• Post graduate teaching qualification (e.g., ENB 998)
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Proficient in all areas of critical care competency framework.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• ENB 998 (or Work based assessors course)
• Ability to support the critical care team.
• Maintain skills and teach staff appropriately to maintain and stabilise patients on the wards/ departments.
• Commitment to research-based practice.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Ability to understand the stresses of those not used to the critical care environment.
• IT skills in word processing, spread sheets, e-mail and power point presentations.
• Able to manage own workload, plans the work of others and works autonomously.
• Good time management
• Excellent communication skills
• Sensitive and empathic

Desirable

• Experience in managing and leading a team.
• Demonstrate leadership in service development projects.

Other Requirements

Essential

• Flexible /adaptable as work needs determine
• Ability to work in highly emotional/stressed situations
• Ability to work in an unpredictable environment
• Ability to frequently concentrate for long periods of time
• Ability to identify own work needs and those of others

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Demonstrate ability to organise and plan own work and others.
• Be aware of national, local, and professional guidelines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to handle conflict

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Values and respects individuals by actively adopting the core values of WUTH
• Self-motivated

Other Requirements

Essential

• Enthusiastic
• Self-confident

Employer details

Employer name

Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Wirral University Teaching Hospital

Arrowe park Road

Birkenhead

CH49 5PE

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