Senior Nurse / ACP (critical care outreach and resuscitation) PERRT

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Job overview

The Patient Emergency Response and Resuscitation Team (PERRT) at University College Hospital provides a 24/7 service to critically ill and deteriorating patients, alongside delivery of education programmes, quality improvement and patient safety initiatives across the Trust.
This nurse-led team is well established and provides a nursing career development pathway through bands 6 to 8.

We are now recruiting for senior nurse / advanced practitioner B8a roles.
These roles are for experienced critical care outreach nurses who have significant education and resuscitation experience, and with excellent leadership skills.

Our staff are supported to develop across all 4 pillars of advanced practice. There is a wide variety of clinical specialities across our sites, with extensive opportunity to learn new skills.As a senior nurse /advanced practitioner you will be expected to take a leadership role during the multidisciplinary management of deteriorating / at risk patients.

We work closely with our academic partners and PERRT senior nurses are honorary lecturers at City St Georges, University of London.
We have an honorary nurse consultant on the team, strengthening our research pillar and supporting clinical academia.

Main duties of the job

PERRT are firmly embedded within the Trust quality and safety team, working alongside the Q&S leads to ensure 'work as done' is reflected in the planning and delivery of safety initiatives.

A senior nurse role on PERRT will afford you many opportunities to continue your professional and personal development in all four ACP pillars: delivering educational programmes, leading cardiac arrests, facilitating debriefs and learning reviews, delivering psychological support to patients and families, practising viva voce with staff in ACP programmes, chairing resuscitation committee meetings, taking PERRT lead on governance meetings, being an honorary lecturer, rolling out Martha's Rule, delivering quality improvement initiatives, supporting research, embedding PSIRF, developing policies that reflect work as done, audit, site management, service development, leading your team, and lots more that won't fit in the advert!

We very much encourage informal visits, so that you can get a better feel for the service and the team, and insights that will support your preparation for the interview process.

Working for our organisation

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)

• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals

• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building

• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine

• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre

• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases

• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

UCLH top trust to work at in England - for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

*In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England - for the second year in a row.

UCLH top trust to work at in England - for the second year running! University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?

Person specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

Essential criteria

• RGN, RN or equivalent professional qualification
• Honours degree in relevant subject
• Educated to Masters level, including advanced physical assessment and diagnostic reasoning
• Non medical prescribing or willingness and ability to undertake
• Recognised mentorship/ teaching course.
• Relevant post qualification clinical course in Critical Care
• Resuscitation Council (UK) ALS Provider
• Resuscitation Council (UK) ILS/pILS Instructor
• Involvement in research and /or or QI activity

Desirable criteria

• Resuscitation Council (UK) EPALS or ALSG APLS Provider
• Resuscitation Council (UK) ALS Instructor
• Resuscitation Council (UK) national course director

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience of effective senior leadership and management within a critical care outreach service.
• Experience of 'learning from events', PSIRF, understanding of risk management/ governance, investigating incidents and closing the loop.
• Experience of teaching MDT and responding to learners' individual needs.
• Significant Experience of working as a band 6 /7 within a Critical Care Unit with level 3 patients
• Extensive experience in managing deteriorating patients.
• Experience in managing cardiac arrests.
• Experience of auditing
• Experience as a preceptor/facilitator/mentor

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working within a resuscitation training service

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Ability to competently manage a deteriorating patient/cardiac arrest clinical event.
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to effectively manage self
• Understanding of risk management/ governance issues related to resuscitation/ deteriorating patients' practices
• Cost effective with resources
• Efficiently manage multiple tasks and deadlines
• Ability to audit and risk assess and contribute to the development of strategies
• Up to date knowledge, self-development and expertise in the specialty.

Values

Essential criteria

• Demonstrate ability to meet Trust Values of safety, kindness, teamwork and improving

Communication

Essential criteria

• 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
• Communicates with patients, carers and colleagues in an empathetic manner
• effectively present to small and large groups both in formal and informal settings
• Skills used to debrief team after resuscitation attempts
• Reflective in practice

Personal and People Development

Essential criteria

• Evidence of extensive leadership development
• Development and delivery of training programmes in emergency response/deterioration and resuscitation practices to clinical staff of all grades and specialities.
• Innovative and creative approach to supporting learning

Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion

Essential criteria

• Demonstratable understanding of the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and/or Knowledge of the NHS obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duties

Specific Requirements

Essential criteria

• Flexible approach to work patterns
• Able to respond as a clinical member of emergency response and resuscitation teams whilst attending clinical emergency calls across the Trust
• 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
• Able to travel to all Trust sites as necessary to deliver 'in person' requirements of the role
• The postholder will need to be passed fit to perform full duties of the post, this will be determined through occupational health with any reasonable aids provided wherever possible.)

At UCLH, we have a real 'One Team' ethos, and our values - safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.

At UCLH we take equality of opportunity seriously and are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer, with a culture that creates a real sense of belonging and trust. It is our fundamental aim, to recruit, retain and promote a diverse mix of people who are representative of our local communities. Applications are encouraged from candidates of all backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives to support our world class research, innovation and creativity.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff and has a dedicated policy which allows staff to apply for flexible working right from the beginning of employment. For more information please go to: https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/work-with-us/why-choose-uclh/flexible-working.

We offer our permanent staff an interest free season ticket loan for travel, all our staff have access to free independent and confidential support, large retail discounts, a staff discount platform, cycle to work scheme and on-site accommodation to name a few.

Additionally, UCLH Arts and Heritage's staff wellbeing programme, Creative Comfort, offers a variety of ways to engage with the arts as a member of UCLH staff. You can try out the weekly choir, weekly art club and join the Culture Club for exclusive access to free and discounted tickets for opera, exhibitions, theatre and more.

We recognise, reward and thank colleagues by nominating them for our annual Celebrating Excellence Awards, which are funded by UCLH Charity.

We are also members of www.mytrustbenefits.co.uk/ which offers discounts on high street retail stores, offers on travel deals, and also to take advantage of cash back schemes.

This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.

Please note that all correspondence regarding your application will be via email. The emails will be sent to you via TRAC.jobs and not via NHS Jobs, we encourage you to check your inbox regularly.

Please note that if you are at present in a training position on the 2016 new junior doctor's contract and are applying for a Trust doctor role your salary will not be pay protected.

You will be placed on the appropriate point of the Trust Doctor pay scale based on your previous experience.

Please note that if you have not heard from us within 3 weeks of the closing date of the advert to assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

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

• Job description (PDF, 608.3KB)
• Functional requirement (PDF, 262.3KB)
• UCLH Values (PDF, 860.9KB)