Job overview
We are recruiting for a Deputy Lead Nurse- Critical Care Outreach who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
An exciting opportunity for a committed, passionate, compassionate and expert practitioner in acute deterioration has opened up with the Critical Care Outreach Team as Deputy Lead Nurse.
You will work alongside the Lead Nurse for CCOT and a team of highly credible and skilled Clinical Nurse Specialists, developing the service as we expand to deliver the highest quality care for patients, education for staff and lead on national mandates relating to deterioration, namely Martha's Rule.
The role is a mix of management, leadership and clinical practice demanding strong leadership and high levels of clinical acumen.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
Support the Lead Nurse in ensuring the effective day to day safe delivery of the Critical Care Outreach Team and be responsible for operational delivery of key service provision.
Work as a senior autonomous practitioner, particularly during assessment of the deteriorating patient, leading resuscitation emergencies and other medical emergencies, clinical stratification and management of escalations.
Provide clinical leadership to staff, promoting evidence based practice and deliver a training and education framework to a wide range of multi-disciplinary staff across the organization.
To lead, implement and evaluate a seamless specialist service in Critical Care Outreach that is aimed at continuously improving standards of patient care and facilitating multi-professional working
Lead on, and deliver against, national mandates such as Martha’s Rule
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
* The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
* New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
* Hertford County, Hertford
* Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential criteria
* Registered general nurse or equivalent professional qualification
* Undergraduate degree, or equivalent experience
* Master’s level qualification, or equivalent experience
* Evidence of continued professional development
* Recognised post graduate qualification relating to Critical Care, Acute Care, deteriorating patient or equivalent experience
* Independent and supplementary prescribing, or working towards this
* ALS provider
* PILS provider
Desirable criteria
* Training or Education qualification
* Coaching qualification
* Leadership qualification
* ALS instructor
* APLS instructor
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
* Substantial experience in providing clinical expertise, using advanced clinical judgment
* Demonstrable experience in an acute care service settings
* Demonstrable experience in supporting a trust wide educational portfolio that supports all health care professionals
* Experience of leading and delivering teaching content related to aspects of recognising and managing the deteriorating patient, including resuscitation content
* Experience of effectively leading and innovating nursing, allied health care professional and medical workforce teams in the safe management of the deteriorating patient
* Experience and high confidence of working with minimal supervision
* Experience of driving strategic portfolios to improve the quality of patient care
* Ability to support a range of staff and quality/ clinical services /professional activity
* Experience in setting objectives and performance management and holding people to account
Desirable criteria
* Understanding of quality improvement techniques
* Experience of presenting at conference and writing for publication
* Experience in group facilitation and coaching for change
* Experience of change management / service re-design
Skills
Essential criteria
* Highly credible clinical expert in the assessment and management of the deteriorating patient including patients post ITU discharge; sepsis; tracheostomy care; non-invasive ventilation therapies and end of life care.
* Competently lead and deliver advanced skills required during medical emergency and resuscitation care
* Provide an extensive range of advanced practise skills such as airway management, fluid resuscitation, defibrillation, and initiating vasoactive drug therapies.
* Ability to deal confidently with staff at all levels of an organisation
* Well-developed interpersonal skills with the ability to work with a range of professionals
* Ability to make decisions and solve complex problems
* Advanced planning and organisational skills
* Excellent leadership, Influencing and motivational skills
* Excellent abilities in concise and accurate report writing and presentation of information
* Excellent verbal, written communication and interpersonal skills
* Confidently present to audiences both internally and externally to organisation
* Proficient in the use of MS Office applications: Microsoft Word, Outlook, Access, Explorer, PowerPoint and Excel
* Advanced coaching skills
Desirable criteria
* Skilled in applying quality improvement tools and techniques
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Expert knowledge of the assessment and management of the deteriorating patient
* Demonstrable experience of national guidance and recommendations of statutory educational requirements related to all aspects of recognising and managing the deteriorating patient
* Ability to collate and analyse statistical and qualitative information.
* Experience of effective working within a team and alone
* Experience of working with minimal supervision
* Knowledge of the components of quality domains, quality governance, risk management and assurance function; current NHS national policies, standards, requirements and directions that relate to measuring and improving the quality and safety of patient care
* Ability to support a range of staff and quality/ clinical services /professional activity
Desirable criteria
* Experience of implementing change projects
* Knowledge of Human Factors Science
* Management of change
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
* Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
* Role model our Trust values every day
* Understands the impact on equality, diversity and inclusion issues in all aspects of service delivery and planning
* Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role
* Ability to deputise for the Lead Nurse when required
* Self-motivated, can do attitude with evidence of the ability to motivate and inspire others
* Evidence of self-awareness – acknowledgement of own limitations and development required to improve