Job summary

An exciting opportunity to join our Critical Care Outreach and Intensive Care Teams. Critical Care Outreach provides cover over 24 hours, 7 days a week. Critical Care Outreach offers a rewarding acute experience in unprecedented times. This post will help facilitate development of the current service, improving care for acutely unwell patients throughout the Trust, day and night.

This post will also offer the opportunity to rotate on to the intensive care units as a Band 6 sister/charge nurse on a 6 monthly basis.

We are looking for an applicant with Critical Care and Acute Illness Management who have an interest in working closely with other members of the critical care multidisciplinary outreach team to develop and contribute to the improvement of services for the unwell, deteriorating patient within the hospital.

Why work with us?

We recognise that our staff are our most precious resource and we are committed to reaching your potential by offering a structured development and education pathway. We have an experienced and well-resourced education team and your development and learning will be supported by our dedicated Senior Nursing leadership team.

Your future Career

Choosing a career in Critical Care nursing will open many doors for you. We will invest in your future development and this could lead you into exciting roles within Critical Care such as a Senior Sister/Charge Nurse, Matron, Education Practice Facilitator or Advanced Critical Care Practitioner.

Main duties of the job

MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

To work according to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines as a named nurse for a defined group of patients and take responsibility for:

  • The assessment of care and health education needs;
  • The development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care including discharge planning for each patient.

To be designated to manage the ward/department and/or act as a deputy to the person holding continuing responsibility.

Develop leadership skills and experience in the management of the ward/department.

To promote and participate in the implementation of the RUH Nursing strategy:

Reviewing nursing practice and implementing appropriate changes based on research/best practice;

Developing and implementing Audit, Quality and Risk Management initiatives.

Participate in clinical supervision programmes as appropriate, and to teach and act as a facilitator/mentor/preceptor to nursing or non-nursing staff.

About us

At the RUH we’re proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.

Date posted

10 February 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£33,706 to £40,588 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

427-4979947

Job locations

Royal United Hospitals foundation trust

Combe Park

Bath

BA1 3NG

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.

Person Specification

physical and emotional effort

Essential

  • Able to work and cope with flexible 12 hour shift working over 7 days of the wee
  • Manually handle patients and appropriate lifting aids on a number of occasions each shift
  • Dealing with death / bad news frequently – Ability to sensitively inform service users on emotional and complex issues such as patient death, diagnosis and treatment, complaints investigation and resolution.
  • Conflict – Ability to deal with conflict in the ward team, with service users and involving patients with mental health problem

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse part 1,2,12
  • post basic qualification in Critical Care Nursing / completion of National framework Step 2 competencies
  • registered with the nursing and midwifery council
  • post basic qualification in education (ENB 998/ FLAP) or equivalent.

Desirable

  • Diploma/ Degree in health related subject
  • Ability to use hospital information systems and familiarity with use of Microsoft Office
  • Experience with data processing and manipulation of numbers (e.g. Excel)

Experience

Essential

  • minimum 2 years critical care nursing at band 5
  • Thorough unto date knowledge of nursing theory and best practice, particularly within the specialist area
  • Understanding of equality & diversity and how to apply it to self and managed staff.
  • Understanding of NMC Code of Practice and requirements of it for the practice & behaviour of managed staff and self
  • Understanding of the basic principles of effective staff management

Desirable

  • recent Band 6 experience in critical care
  • Demonstrates experience of taking charge and delegating duties within the speciality

specific skills

Essential

  • Demonstrates evidence of well-developed clinical practice within critical care. This includes knowledge and experience of the management of invasive and non-invasive monitoring and non-invasive treatment such as inotropes therapy and non-invasive ventilation /CPAP/ nasal high flow.
  • Demonstrates ability to work within a small team.
  • Demonstrates an empathetic and caring approach to patients and relatives and ensure that patients’ dignity & respect is maintained at all times.
  • Able to prioritise own workload and that of others as appropriate.
  • Demonstrates ability to ensure that confidentiality is maintained at all times by self and ward / unit staff.
  • Able to act as an advocate to service users.
  • Able to take charge of urgent situations and delegate duties effectively
  • Able to work under own initiative within boundaries of role.

professional development and education

Essential

  • Demonstrates evidence of commitment to professional development.
  • Demonstrates an awareness of role of facilitator.
  • Demonstrates evidence of ability to educate others.

leadership and management skills

Essential

  • Able to support and supervise Registered Nurses, HCA’s and students effectively through effective monitoring, feedback, mentoring, clinical supervision and reflective practice.
  • Committed to specialty / clinical area of work and able to motivate others in it.

physical rskills

Essential

  • Undertakes specific nursing procedures involving physical skills for example intravenous injections,
  • Typing skills – to use computerised system for accessing patient information, developing a data base of staff training records and typing of correspondence and meeting minutes.
  • handle patients and appropriate lifting aids to maintain patient comfort and assist in rehabilitation
Person Specification

physical and emotional effort

Essential

  • Able to work and cope with flexible 12 hour shift working over 7 days of the wee
  • Manually handle patients and appropriate lifting aids on a number of occasions each shift
  • Dealing with death / bad news frequently – Ability to sensitively inform service users on emotional and complex issues such as patient death, diagnosis and treatment, complaints investigation and resolution.
  • Conflict – Ability to deal with conflict in the ward team, with service users and involving patients with mental health problem

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse part 1,2,12
  • post basic qualification in Critical Care Nursing / completion of National framework Step 2 competencies
  • registered with the nursing and midwifery council
  • post basic qualification in education (ENB 998/ FLAP) or equivalent.

Desirable

  • Diploma/ Degree in health related subject
  • Ability to use hospital information systems and familiarity with use of Microsoft Office
  • Experience with data processing and manipulation of numbers (e.g. Excel)

Experience

Essential

  • minimum 2 years critical care nursing at band 5
  • Thorough unto date knowledge of nursing theory and best practice, particularly within the specialist area
  • Understanding of equality & diversity and how to apply it to self and managed staff.
  • Understanding of NMC Code of Practice and requirements of it for the practice & behaviour of managed staff and self
  • Understanding of the basic principles of effective staff management

Desirable

  • recent Band 6 experience in critical care
  • Demonstrates experience of taking charge and delegating duties within the speciality

specific skills

Essential

  • Demonstrates evidence of well-developed clinical practice within critical care. This includes knowledge and experience of the management of invasive and non-invasive monitoring and non-invasive treatment such as inotropes therapy and non-invasive ventilation /CPAP/ nasal high flow.
  • Demonstrates ability to work within a small team.
  • Demonstrates an empathetic and caring approach to patients and relatives and ensure that patients’ dignity & respect is maintained at all times.
  • Able to prioritise own workload and that of others as appropriate.
  • Demonstrates ability to ensure that confidentiality is maintained at all times by self and ward / unit staff.
  • Able to act as an advocate to service users.
  • Able to take charge of urgent situations and delegate duties effectively
  • Able to work under own initiative within boundaries of role.

professional development and education

Essential

  • Demonstrates evidence of commitment to professional development.
  • Demonstrates an awareness of role of facilitator.
  • Demonstrates evidence of ability to educate others.

leadership and management skills

Essential

  • Able to support and supervise Registered Nurses, HCA’s and students effectively through effective monitoring, feedback, mentoring, clinical supervision and reflective practice.
  • Committed to specialty / clinical area of work and able to motivate others in it.

physical rskills

Essential

  • Undertakes specific nursing procedures involving physical skills for example intravenous injections,
  • Typing skills – to use computerised system for accessing patient information, developing a data base of staff training records and typing of correspondence and meeting minutes.
  • handle patients and appropriate lifting aids to maintain patient comfort and assist in rehabilitation

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).