East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Acute Care Team Practitioner
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Job Role
The post holder will be a clinically credible registered practitioner who is highly experienced and proficient in the management of the acutely unwell patient with a comprehensive background of experience in acute care. They will utilize their clinical expertise and specialist knowledge to deliver high-quality, evidence/research-based care to the critically ill patient. They will review referred and ongoing patients and assess these patients who are considered “at risk” by the referring multi-professional team. They will act as a role model providing support, education, and training to the multi-professional team caring for the critically ill patient. The post holder will have a degree of autonomy where they will be responsible for a caseload of patients across a number of specialties, to include an element of lone working.
Responsibilities
- Use their experience to support the implementation of clinical and non-clinical governance and to modernise patient services.
- Participate in clinical audit and nursing research.
- Work flexibly as a member of the ACT team to ensure standards are being maintained, evaluated, and where necessary, improved.
- Develop a range of additional skills or techniques that fall outside the usual scope of nursing practice.
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Competencies
- Meet National Outreach Forum competencies and work within service specification for critical care services.
- Demonstrate the use of evidence-based specialist skills and practice in the care of critically ill patients, including the use of an effective communication tool (SBAR).
- Demonstrate the use of specialist knowledge and skills in the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care delivered to the critically ill patient, ensuring the appropriate documentation is maintained and completed.
- Demonstrate the interpretation and delivery of appropriate action/treatment/therapy to the critically ill patient, ensuring records are updated and maintained. This includes the transfer of patient’s intra-hospital.
- Monitor and evaluate the condition of patients using the National Early Warning Scoring system, recognizing and alerting staff to changes in the patients’ condition.
- Assist and participate in the follow-up care of patients discharged from critical care.
- Negotiate with the ward multi-professional team to improve clinical care given to the “at risk” patient.
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About East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal, and effective care. We currently provide high-quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued, and appreciated.
Contact Information
For further details/informal visits contact:
- Name: Lyndsay Turner
- Job title: Lead ACP - Acute Care Team
- Email address: lyndsay.turner@elht.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 01254 734151
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