Critical Care

Job overview CCOT deliver a 24/7 service across both our Stoke Mandeville and Wycombe General Hospitals. Main duties of the job The key components of the role are: To 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 mannerTo enable discharges by supporting the continuing recovery of discharged critical care patients and their significant others.To 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. Working for our organisation Listen to why colleagues think we are a great place to work! - What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you? 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. Why work for us? 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. What do we stand for? 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. Person specification Education, Qualifications and Training Essential criteria Registered Nurse (Level 1)/ AHP/ODPRecognised mentorship/teaching and assessing courseFirst degree in relevant professional studies desirableEvidence of further continued professional developmentPost qualification Critical Care Course or equivalent experience Desirable criteria Masters level education or working towardsAccredited Leadership/Management CourseALS providerRecognised history taking and physical assessment course or willingness to undertakeNon-medical prescribing course or willingness to undertake Experience Essential criteria Recent extensive experience as a Band 6 in ICU or equivalent Critical Care/Acute areaPrevious experience as shift/team leaderExperience of teaching/mentoring/ coaching of the multi-professional team Desirable criteria Experience of performing outreach roleExperience of involvement in Quality Improvement/ successful change management Skills, Knowlege and Abilities Essential criteria Excellent personal and communication skills (written & verbal)Knowledge of current developments in nursing practice and critical care outreachManagerial, leadership and interpersonal skillsDemonstrates ability to think laterally, creatively and innovatively to enhance patient careHighly motivated and ability to motivate others and Able to facilitate and support learning in practiceExcellent IT skills, able to work with a range of software i.e. Microsoft office, Excel, Word etcGood facilitation/presentation, teaching and assessing skillsAbility to work autonomously and within a team, displaying excellent team working SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES Essential criteria Ability to work required shift pattern and special circumstances Desirable criteria Ability to travel to other sites PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.If you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before to the closing date. Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited. Employer certification / accreditation badges