Senior CCOT Practitioner

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH

Person specification

Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential criteria

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's "We are here for you" behavioural standards

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Current registration with the relevant professional body
• Post-basic training critical care course
• Competent in medicines management
• Teaching and Assessing Qualification
• Possession of Mentoring Course
• Degree in health / nursing/physiotherapy related studies or equivalent level of study
• Evidence of extension CPD/Reflective profile
• Able to demonstrate advanced patient assessment skills
• NORF enhanced competencies
• CC3N Step Competency steps 1-4
• Formal leadership and management training
• Resus UK advanced life support qualification

Desirable criteria

• Masters in health / nursing/physiotherapy related Studies
• Research training/ experience
• Non medical prescribing
• Advanced clinical assessment module at level 7
• Clinical reasoning and decision-making module level 7
• ALS instructor

Planning and organisation

Essential criteria

• Able to prioritise own and others workload and respond appropriately in urgent and emergency situations within an unpredictable working environment
• Awareness of budget constraints and ordering of specialist supplies
• Excellent triage skills
• Demonstrate effective time and effective resource management skills

Desirable criteria

• Experience of reviewing the service ensuring compliance with national standards
• Formal QI training

Communication skills

Essential criteria

• Demonstrate ability to communicate highly complex and emotive information through written, verbal routes including SBAR
• Evidence of minimising interpersonal conflict and barriers to communication using negotiating and influencing skills
• Demonstrates ability to convey sensitive information in an empathic manner to relatives/ carers, patients and staff
• Evidence off leading productive team working
• Demonstrates enhanced IT and keyboard skills

Desirable criteria

• Advanced communication course
• Mediation training

Analytical skills

Essential criteria

• Able to lead on assessment, planning, delivery ,prioritisation and evaluation of patient care in context of acute deterioration
• Can act autonomously in decision-making within the specialty and competence
• Able to recognise own level of competence and limitations and communicate these appropriately
• Able to lead on the development, implementation and monitoring of local objectives and plans
• Able to interpret and analyse highly complex clinical and non-clinical information, applying enhanced clinical reasoning skills to support care and intervention planning
• Able to support other staff members in the prioritisation of the care they deliver
• Able to critically analyse and evaluate research findings and apply these to practice
• Has knowledge of current issues relating to the NHS and critical care outreach services

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience at Band 6 level within critical care environment or equivalent
• Experience of managing team of autonomous practitioners 24 hrs of the day
• Experience of tracheostomy management, weaning and decannulation
• Budget management
• Experience of utilising critical care skills outside of the critical care environment
• Experience of delegation to , support and supervision of peers and junior staff
• Experience of teaching staff members complex concepts
• Experience of producing timely, accurate and electronic patient records and documents
• Experience of using hospital IT systems proficiently
• Experience of leading a portfolio of work with tight timelines
• Experience of delivering an audit cycle
• Experience of delivering feedback and use of KSF
• Experience of managing staff through NHS HR policies and procedures in a kind and compassionate way

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of participation in audit or research within a clinical area
• Evidence of presenting at meetings/ conferences
• Evidence of writing for publication
• Evidence of experience of change management
• Experience in forming policy at local or national level

Physical skills

Essential criteria

• Able to perform full range of clinical duties including CPR, assist in intubation and other urgent medical procedures
• Demonstrate dexterity and accuracy in undertaking clinical skills and use of equipment and documentation
• Able to use DSE equipment for prolonged periods of time
• Able to mobilise long distances with equipment or patients
• Able to undertake patient and non-patient manual handling manoeuvres, including moving heavy medical devices in line with policy and procedure

Other requirements

Essential criteria

• Flexible, adaptable and confident
• Caring, enthusiastic and well-motivated
• Enhanced CRB clearance
• Ability to work 12 hour shift, bank holidays, weekends and nights
• Able to work flexibly on either hospital campus and from home
• Participate in the CCOT/critical care rotation programme and work in critical care areas as service demands

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process.

Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.

Easy read application: if you have a disability and find it difficult to complete our online application form, you can apply via our easy read application which you can find on the intranet https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/easy-read-job-application

NUH are now able to offer application completion support and interview preparation support. Please follow the link to book onto our sessions: Support for NUH Job Applications

If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:

• Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
• Start an Apprenticeship
• Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training

For more details visit; School leaving age - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are 'at risk' of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

International Recruitment: If you are applying for a role with us from outside of the UK then please read the guidance on applying for a health or social care job in the UK from abroad.

ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent:

• Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
• Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£49.50 for enhanced and £21.50 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month's pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Senior CCOT Practitioner JD (PDF, 904.2KB)
• Senior CCOT practitioner PS (PDF, 296.4KB)
• Mindful Employer (PDF, 242.5KB)
• Equality and Diversity (PDF, 122.3KB)
• Equal Opportunities (PDF, 57.4KB)
• Disability Confidence Scheme (PDF, 51.0KB)
• Rehabilitation of Ex Offenders (PDF, 106.0KB)