To lead the implementation of Martha's Rule across adult and paediatric services, ensuring compliance with national guidelines. This includes facilitating rapid escalation pathways for deteriorating patients, staff education, and promoting staff and family-initiated escalation and Patient Wellness Questionnaire (Intentional Rounding) and reporting to NHSE every month on implementation. The role requires collaboration with multidisciplinary teams (MDTs), patients, and families to enhance Patient safety in both Adult and Paediatric care settings.
Main duties of the job
Implementation of Martha's Rule
* Ward level triaging for adult patients
* 24/7 access to a critical care/paediatric teams for patients/families to request urgent reviews.
* Clear paediatric and adult-specific escalation protocols (e.g., integration with PEWS/NEWS2).
* Ensure paediatric safeguarding policies align with family-initiated escalation.
Audit & Compliance
* Reporting to NHSE monthly basis with standardised toolkit.
* Monitor adherence across all wards (including paediatrics), track escalation outcomes, and report to leadership.
* Collaborate with paediatric clinical teams to address unique challenges (e.g., parental anxiety, safeguarding).
Patient & Family Advocacy
* Act as a point of contact for families in adult and paediatric settings, ensuring concerns are escalated appropriately.
* Promote family-centred care and transparency in paediatric environments.
Multidisciplinary Collaboration
* Work with paediatric teams, safeguarding leads, and adult critical care teams to refine pathways.
* Participate in paediatric and adult incident reviews related to deterioration.
About us
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
* Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
* Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
* Cycle to work scheme
* Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
* Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice
Job responsibilities
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focuses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.
The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person Specification
Shortlisting
* Band 6 or equivalent.
* Excellent communication with families and children (where applicable).
* Ability to navigate paediatric safeguarding and family dynamics
* Qualification in nursing, patient safety, or clinical education.
* Knowledge of deterioration tools (PEWS/NEWS2) and escalation protocols.
* Experience in critical care or escalation systems.
Shortlisting
* Hybrid role: Clinical shifts (e.g., paediatric/adult) and office-based work.
Shortlisting
* Advocate for child and adult patient safety.
* May involve emotional challenges; clinical supervision provided.
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.
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