Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Critical Care Outreach Nurse / Practitioner
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Exciting Opportunity in Critical Care Outreach Team
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our established and highly respected Critical Care Outreach Team. The team delivers a 24/7 service across Stoke Mandeville and Wycombe General Hospitals at Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust.
About the Role
We are looking for a highly motivated, innovative, and critical care practitioner to deliver patient-focused care to acutely ill, deteriorating, and critically ill patients across the trust. The successful candidate will need to display excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills, be able to respond to rapidly changing, high-pressure situations, and priorities. You will be able to work autonomously and as part of a team and have good critical thinking and decision-making skills. You will be instrumental in the early recognition of deterioration and deliver an effective response, liaising with the patient’s own team. You will be able to facilitate smooth transitions of care for patients stepping down from Intensive and High Dependency Care to the general wards and be involved in the provision of a range of education for the multidisciplinary team.
Responsibilities
The post holder will be an experienced practitioner providing early intervention to acutely unwell adults utilizing appropriate assessment and observation skills to develop treatment plans. Under supervision of the senior Critical Care Outreach (CCO) team, they will assist in promoting the development of expanded practice throughout the Trust whilst ensuring the role of the CCO service evolves to meet changing demands.
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Objectives
The following objectives for Critical Care Outreach Services (DoH, 2000) are key components of the role:
- Avert admissions by identifying patients who are deteriorating and either helping to prevent admission or ensuring admission to a critical care bed happens in a timely manner.
- Enable discharges by supporting the continuing recovery of discharged critical care patients and their significant others.
- Share critical care skills with staff in wards, ensuring enhancement of training opportunities and skills practice and to use information gathered from the ward and community to improve critical care services for patients and relatives.
Why Work for Us?
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Benefits
As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression. We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension, and access to NHS discount schemes. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
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Our Values
We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect. Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve. A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.
Vision and Mission
Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities, and be a great place to work. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time. Our care values are collaborate, aspire, respect, and enable.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Michelle Mcgiff
- Job title: Critical Care Outreach Advanced Practitioner
- Email address: michelle.mcgiff@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 07816 076363
For further information, please contact the critical care outreach team on bleep 566 via Stoke Mandeville Hospital or bleep 3932 at Wycombe General Hospital.
Or contact CCOT on the SMH baton phone on 07816 076363.
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