Nurse Practitioner - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Description

Job summary

This is a dual role job comprising a role as an Out of Hours Nurse Practitioner delivering direct clinical care to patients, and a Site Manager providing senior nursing leadership of the hospital site.

Working as part of a team, the Nurse Practitioner/Site Manager team delivers a 24/7 service across long days and night shifts.

The post holder will provide professional and advanced clinical nursing support andadvice to the junior doctors, nursing staff and the multidisciplinary team within LUHFTundertaking presentations as required.

To provide senior nursing and managerial support and advice to all clinical areaswithin the Trust, and to undertake advanced patient assessment and clinicalinterventions, which may include prescribing.

To participate in and co-ordinate the Trust's Emergency Response Teams to fire,security alerts, cardiac arrests and other clinical emergencies.

To be responsible for the co-ordination and first line "Management of Major and Serious Untoward Incidents", as required at Broadgreen Hospital (BGH).

Responsibility 'out of hours' for the operational management of the Trust (BGH),implementing process and procedures as required and providing support and adviceto all Trust employees, as the senior nurse manager on site.

Contributing to the implementation of the Acute Illness In-reach Service.

Main duties of the job

Clinical:

SITE MANAGEMENT:

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About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

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Job responsibilities

CLINICAL1. The Post holder will be an experienced practitioner, demonstrating a highlevel of practice, knowledge and autonomy, participating in direct patient Using a high level of interpersonal skills and knowledge, filter all calls tomedical staff. Refer clinical problems as required or as per guidelines. Triageand prioritise all calls to junior doctors using a high level of interpretation andjudgement. Provide clinical advice and support to PRHO/SHO on To provide senior nursing support, professional and clinical advice to all areaswithin the Lead and co-ordinate the Team to ensure optimum patient Act as a clinical expert, using highly developed specialist knowledge in theprovision of support and advice to ward & medical To communicate effectively with senior medical staff (Anaesthetist,Registrar, ITU SPR, Consultant) ensuring optimum patient care is maintainedin all clinical areas by having the ability to provide, receive and interpret highlycomplex and sensitive To support staff in the management of patients requiring Level 2/3-type careand to provide an escort for patients requiring this level of care while beingtransported to the appropriate clinical To respond to and provide senior nursing support in the event of a clinicalemergency or as a member of the Trust Resuscitation Team, at times willrequire the post holder to lead the emergency often as the first Participates in a variety of education programmes to develop knowledge andskills across the multidisciplinary team, providing formal education, , ILS, venepuncture and cannulation and informal supervision ofclinical skills to SHO/HO/Nurses including bedside teaching as To assist in developing and implementing Patient Group To support the Director of Nursing and Quality in examining To contribute on a strategic level in developing Trust-Wide policies, To be an active participant in various steering groups, Hospital at To effectively use the hospital clinical systems to order specific investigations,request bloods and obtain results (ICE) to enhance clinical practice andimprove patient To ensure effective communication, accurate record keeping is maintained bydocumenting all clinical interventions in the patient case notes, adhering toclinical care pathways where Provide a service within the extended role of the nurse practitioner, including:- Arterial blood gas sampling, analysis & advice Advise and management of high flow oxygen therapies includingCPAP, BIPAP & Hi-Flow X-ray requisition according to guidelines Verification of expected deaths Venepuncture, sample analysis & advice Cannulation and IV access advice. Insertion of peripheral mid lines Administration of IV Drugs Management of Central Lines, PICC Lines, 2021 Male catheterisation CPR and Advanced Life Support To work closely with Pain Control Team and Critical Care OutreachTeam (CCOT) including `out of hours` support for patients withepidural infusions, patient controlled analgesic (PCA) and to providesupport in the management of critical care patients. Advise nursing staff re drug availability, usage and refer to thepharmacist as needed Review patient falls Escort critically ill patients to other care or diagnostic areas. Work with Out Reach Team and provide out of hours cover for at riskpatients. Patient Group is not an exhaustive list.

Operational And Site Management1. Ensure compliance with the policies and guidelines of the To ensure the smooth, efficient and effective operation of the Trust Out OfHours (BGH)3. The Implementation of Trust Transfer Policy. (Combining both clinical andoperational knowledge/skills)4. To ensure there is timely and appropriate communication with all NursePractitioners and all members of the multidisciplinary team, ensuring that theyare aware of any issues, and are regularly informed of difficult and untowardsituations on both To provide senior managerial support and advice to all areas of the TrustSep 2021(BGH), liaising with the relevant staff when appropriate, on operational The immediate co-ordination and first line management of the Trustemergency response to Fire, Major incident, Security Alert and SeriousUntoward Incidents. (Adhering to Trust Major Incident Action Card and Policy)7. To redeploy staff to cover for unexpected sickness, absence, patient transferand to improve skill mix to optimise patient care. (BGH)8. To act as a trouble-shooter, and give managerial direction, support andadvice to all Trust employees.

Qualifications

Essential

Desirable

Skills

Essential

Other

Essential

Experience

Essential