Critical Care Outreach and Resuscitation Pra - London, United Kingdom - Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

We are seeking motivated individuals with excellent leadership skills and a minimum of two years' critical care, acute care or A&E experience at band 6 or 7, to join our well-established and highly regarded Critical Care Outreach and Resuscitation Service (CCOARS).

In collaboration with the Outreach Consultant, this practitioner-led service provides expert care to critically unwell and deteriorating patients, whilst supporting the ward teams and wider MDT.

In addition, the team delivers a robust resuscitation training programme, contributing to audit, quality improvement and patient safety initiatives across the Trust.

As a CCOARS practitioner you will be delivering patient care in a variety of clinical settings, assessing, developing and implementing a management plan, and treating patients in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team.

Good knowledge on the management of patients with tracheostomy tubes and Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) is also required.

The role includes a strong educational element with the delivery of resuscitation training, tracheostomy, NIV and the ALERT course to all grades of Trust staff, therefore excellent teaching and assessment skills are required.

As well as providing resuscitation training sessions, you will be expected to respond to Emergency calls as a specialist member of the Resuscitation team.

To avert admissions to Critical Care by timely recognition and intervention, or to ensure that admissions to Critical Care are timely

To enable discharge from Critical Care by supporting the continuing recovery of discharged patients on wards

To act as a resource to other professionals on Critical Care and associated treatments and issues.

To deliver a programme of resuscitation training to ensure all Trust staff are trained to an appropriate level which meets the mandatory training requirements.

Actively develop and promote the service through teaching and supervision. Develop policies, guidelines, audit and research to facilitate the development of the service.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme.

Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert