Job summary
The PERRT Band 7 role is suitable for nurses with significant experience in intensive care and in critical care outreach, and who wish to develop further in the four pillars of advanced practice.
If you are driven by values that align with those of UCLH, and are motivated to improve outcomes for deteriorating patients, then this might well be the perfect job for you.
PERRT at UCLH is a 24/7 nursing service, that provides leadership and hands on clinical response to deteriorating patients and supports the staff caring for them.
Main duties of the job
This is not an easy role, and there are many challenges which will help you grow and develop personally and professionally.
The PERRT role provides opportunity to develop in all 4 pillars of the advanced practice framework, and we work closely with our academic partners. We are fortunate to have a senior lecturer in an honorary nurse consultant position with PERRT.
All our staff are supported to undertake advanced life support courses and a level 7 advanced physical assessment module within the first 6-12 months of starting in role.
Currently 25% of PERRT staff are undertaking the MSc ACP at City, University of London. Non medical prescribers are supported by our critical care PERRT medical consultant.
About us
In addition to the RCUK and ALSG life support courses we also deliver courses developed locally from the ground up, such as the MERRT course for our dental colleagues, and the enhanced care QiS (accredited at level 7) for our nursing colleagues.
Senior PERRT nurses also facilitate trainee ACPs during the skills days of the advanced physical assessment module at City, University of London.
A typical shift includes assessment of patients already under PERRT review, responding to 2222 calls across the site, delivery of resuscitation training, reflective learning from events, supporting junior PERRT colleagues, assessing and managing risks, liaising with numerous MDT colleagues, and enjoying the challenges and learning that are inherent in the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Our recruitment process is designed so that you have the opportunity to best demonstrate your skills and expertise.
We strongly advise informal visits, so please do get in touch with us to have a chat and arrange a visit.
If you do not have all the essential criteria for PERRT band 7, consider contacting us about options for a band 6 development role. (note that you must already have significant intensive care nursing experience as a minimum for the band 6 role).
Job description
Job responsibilities
Our recruitment process is designed so that you have the opportunity to best demonstrate your skills and expertise.
We strongly advise informal visits, so please do get in touch with us to have a chat and arrange a visit.
If you do not have all the essential criteria for PERRT band 7, consider contacting us about options for a band 6 development role. (note that you must already have significant intensive care nursing experience as a minimum for the band 6 role).
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- RGN, RN or equivalent professional qualification.
- Honours degree in relevant subject
- 3 years’ experience at senior band 6 level (clinical and leadership).
- Advanced physical assessment course (Masters level)
- Recognised mentorship/ teaching course.
- Relevant post qualification clinical course (intensive care )
- Masters degree or on Masters pathway / willingness to undertake
- Resuscitation Council (UK) ALS Provider
- Resuscitation Council (UK) ILS/pILS Instructor
- Evidence of involvement in research or QI activity
Desirable
- Evidence of leadership and management development
- Resuscitation Council (UK) EPALS or ALSG APLS Provider
- Resuscitation Council (UK) ALS Instructor
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a critical care outreach team
- Experience of ‘learning from events’ understanding of risk management/ governance, investigating incidents and closing the loop.
- Understanding of risk management/ governance issues related to resuscitation/ deteriorating patients’ practices
- Experience of teaching MDT and responding to learners’ individual needs.
- Experience of working as a band 6 within a Critical Care level 3 service
- Experience in managing deteriorating patients.
- Experience in managing cardiac arrests.
- Experience of leading teams
- Ability to effectively manage self
Desirable
- Experience of working within a resuscitation training service
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to competently manage a deteriorating patient/cardiac arrest clinical event.
- Demonstrates awareness of the importance of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Able to communicate effectively and sensitively: both verbally and in writing (including electronic).
- Able to articulate appropriate and relevant reasons for desire to work in this clinical area.
- Able to communicate with all levels of Trust staff
- Able to work effectively and collaboratively in a team
- Skills used to debrief team after resuscitation attempts
- Lives the Trust’s values
Personal and People Development
Essential
- Experience as a preceptor/facilitator/mentor
- Reflective in Practice
- Proven experience of and demonstrates evidence of ability to effectively lead
- Demonstrates up to date knowledge, self-development and expertise in the specialty.
- Cost effective with resources
- To have an understanding of audit and risk assessments and contribute to the development of strategies
- Efficiently manage multiple tasks and deadlines
- Experience of auditing
- Can translate national / local polices relating to health care delivery in to resuscitation practice
Desirable
- Evidence of guideline / policy development
Service Improvement
Essential
- Demonstrates awareness of quality improvement, research and evidence – based practice
- Willing to provide support to other clinical areas within the division
- Participates in quality improvement, research and audit projects, taking responsibility for completion of particular process or outcome measurements
- Able to work across organisational and professional boundaries
- Able to negotiate effectively with different disciplines
- Understanding of relevant national strategy / policy and how this relates to the service
- Innovative approach to service delivery
- Experience in contributing to developing service strategies
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Flexible approach to work patterns
- Physically able to attend cardiac arrest calls and assist as a member of the team
- Able to facilitate the safe moving of equipment for training such as manikins
- Good dexterity to carry out emergency procedures e.g. defibrillation, cannulation within their own scope of practice
- Ability to work with electronic health record systems
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- RGN, RN or equivalent professional qualification.
- Honours degree in relevant subject
- 3 years’ experience at senior band 6 level (clinical and leadership).
- Advanced physical assessment course (Masters level)
- Recognised mentorship/ teaching course.
- Relevant post qualification clinical course (intensive care )
- Masters degree or on Masters pathway / willingness to undertake
- Resuscitation Council (UK) ALS Provider
- Resuscitation Council (UK) ILS/pILS Instructor
- Evidence of involvement in research or QI activity
Desirable
- Evidence of leadership and management development
- Resuscitation Council (UK) EPALS or ALSG APLS Provider
- Resuscitation Council (UK) ALS Instructor
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a critical care outreach team
- Experience of ‘learning from events’ understanding of risk management/ governance, investigating incidents and closing the loop.
- Understanding of risk management/ governance issues related to resuscitation/ deteriorating patients’ practices
- Experience of teaching MDT and responding to learners’ individual needs.
- Experience of working as a band 6 within a Critical Care level 3 service
- Experience in managing deteriorating patients.
- Experience in managing cardiac arrests.
- Experience of leading teams
- Ability to effectively manage self
Desirable
- Experience of working within a resuscitation training service
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to competently manage a deteriorating patient/cardiac arrest clinical event.
- Demonstrates awareness of the importance of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Able to communicate effectively and sensitively: both verbally and in writing (including electronic).
- Able to articulate appropriate and relevant reasons for desire to work in this clinical area.
- Able to communicate with all levels of Trust staff
- Able to work effectively and collaboratively in a team
- Skills used to debrief team after resuscitation attempts
- Lives the Trust’s values
Personal and People Development
Essential
- Experience as a preceptor/facilitator/mentor
- Reflective in Practice
- Proven experience of and demonstrates evidence of ability to effectively lead
- Demonstrates up to date knowledge, self-development and expertise in the specialty.
- Cost effective with resources
- To have an understanding of audit and risk assessments and contribute to the development of strategies
- Efficiently manage multiple tasks and deadlines
- Experience of auditing
- Can translate national / local polices relating to health care delivery in to resuscitation practice
Desirable
- Evidence of guideline / policy development
Service Improvement
Essential
- Demonstrates awareness of quality improvement, research and evidence – based practice
- Willing to provide support to other clinical areas within the division
- Participates in quality improvement, research and audit projects, taking responsibility for completion of particular process or outcome measurements
- Able to work across organisational and professional boundaries
- Able to negotiate effectively with different disciplines
- Understanding of relevant national strategy / policy and how this relates to the service
- Innovative approach to service delivery
- Experience in contributing to developing service strategies
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Flexible approach to work patterns
- Physically able to attend cardiac arrest calls and assist as a member of the team
- Able to facilitate the safe moving of equipment for training such as manikins
- Good dexterity to carry out emergency procedures e.g. defibrillation, cannulation within their own scope of practice
- Ability to work with electronic health record systems
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).