Job overview

Are you looking for a new and exciting challenge, do you want to progress your career within Oldham Care Organisation, one of 4 hospitals within the Northern Care Alliance?

Do you have career aspirations to develop your current nursing role to include working as an autonomous practitioner, continually developing a highly specialised knowledge base and clinical assessment skills?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Critical Care Outreach Practitioner within the Critical Care Directorate at The Royal Oldham Hospital.

Do you want to impact directly on improving the quality of care delivered to our patients by working with the medical, nursing, and wider MDT to ensure that care provided meets Care Organisation policy, safety standards, and evidence base guidelines? If this is you and you have the drive, commitment, and enthusiasm to successfully implement change we want to hear from you?

We understand that starting a new role is a big step and we are committed to supporting you, both during this transition and after. Our teams will continue to support you in all aspects of your role, from day-to day management of patients to providing bespoke training for your continuing development.

In return you will work in a well-established nursing, medical and managerial team and be provided with excellent personal and professional support and development opportunities.

Main duties of the job

The post will offer opportunities to remain continually up to date with your mandatory training and also allow staff to develop further by completing extra training, expanding their knowledge and clinical skills and being part of a faculty training staff, i.e., AIM and ILS.

We believe continuous professional development is a key element of developing staff capabilities.

In line with Trust policy, we support various flexible, working options where they can be sustained without being detrimental to our service provision

You must have the ability to multi-task and prioritise under pressure, work within a large multidisciplinary team, and ensure the Trust Values are incorporated into practice. You will be enthusiastic, motivated, and committed to wanting to help drive advanced skills within this challenging but exciting environment.

Development of skills in patient experience, patient safety, clinical governance, and regulatory compliance. Fundamental to this, is the development of a culture where excellent quality patient care is at the heart of all that we do.

Working for our organisation

Oldham Care Organisation is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS Organisations in the country. Oldham is responsible for delivering a range of acute and community health services across the local area and at The Royal Oldham Hospital. As a designated major trauma site for Greater Manchester and one of only three vascular centres in Greater Manchester, Oldham is a specialist hospital for acute surgery and provides state of the art onsite pathology services to the North West

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

If you are an International Nurse without a current NMC PIN, please do not apply for this role. To find out more about the current international nursing opportunities available to you here at the NCA, please contact

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the job description and personal specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached candidate information pack or by visiting our careers website:

In line with the Trust’s Single Equality Scheme we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, marital status, social background or trade union membership. However, as members of ethnicity minority groups and individuals with disabilities are currently under-represented at this level of post, we would encourage applications from members of this group. Appointments will be based on merit alone.

Person specification

Registration

Essential criteria

  • Registration with NMC or other professional body.

    • Essential Qualification

    Essential criteria

  • Post-basic qualification to minimum degree level or equivalent experience
  • Post basic qualification in Critical Care/Acute Respiratory care
  • Care/Acute Respiratory care Recognised Teaching qualification
  • ILS (Resuscitation Council UK) provider
  • Current ALS provider/or willingness to undertake the course.

    • Desirable criteria

  • Non-Medical prescribing course
  • Clinical Skills and assessment course

    • Knowledge, skills training and experience

    Essential criteria

  • Substantial post registration experience in a high care speciality, with knowledge and clinical expertise.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the NMC Code of Conduct
  • Highly motivated and able to work in a challenging environment, experience of and effective change agent.
  • Good communication skills with patients, families, and colleagues
  • Demonstrates an attitude of professionalism
  • Willingness to undertake further relevant study as required for the post
  • IT literate
  • Able to work collaboratively with other disciplines and departments
  • Demonstrate a sound knowledge of audit and research experience
  • Evidence of ongoing personal and professional development
  • Demonstrate a sound knowledge of clinical governance, infection control and Health and Safety
  • Demonstrate an understanding of HR policies and procedures, including experience of recruitment and selection of staff
  • Able to work independently or as part of a team