Severn Transfer Practitioner - Retrieve, Adult Critical Care Transfer
Band 6
Main area: Adult Critical Care Transfer Service
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 30.37 hours per week (Flexible shifts including nights, evenings and weekend work)
Job ref: 387-S-6304-GB
Site: Retrieve Severn Base
Town: Bristol
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pa pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 29/12/2024 23:59
Interview date: 06/01/2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced member of critical care staff to take up a role as a Transfer Practitioner, working for Retrieve (Severn Base).
Retrieve is the South West’s dedicated Adult Critical Care Transfer Service, commissioned by NHS England South West Specialised Commissioning, hosted by University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust and supported by the South West Critical Care Network (SWCCN). We are looking for registered critical care practitioners who can deliver high-quality transfer care to critically unwell patients across the South West.
As a Band 6 Transfer Practitioner, following completion of the appropriate additional training, you will assume responsibility for the specialised care required to transfer critically ill adults. There is an expectation that you continue to develop your clinical and management skills by demonstrating an ability to work remotely in the referring centres, in partnership with the local teams.
On occasion, the role involves working independently, providing Practitioner-delivered transfers of Level 2 (high dependency) and Level 1 (ward level) patients. This is supported remotely by the Retrieve Duty Consultant and will typically involve collaborative working with a doctor from the referring hospital.
You will be expected to support and mentor new members of the multi-professional team, demonstrating an active role in the ongoing education programmes.
In partnership with the SWCCN, the post holder will support the relationship between the Service and referring centers.
Supported by the Lead Nurses and Senior Transfer Practitioner, successful applicants will be involved with service projects, audit and research, delivery and completion of education and outreach.
There will be a requirement to work shifts including nights, evenings and weekends, with the occasional potential to overrun. There will be a requirement to work with highly infectious patients and therefore a necessity to comply with infection prevention and control guidance.
Main duties of the job
This role will provide an opportunity to join a dynamic team of Transfer Practitioners, Transfer Doctors and Duty Consultants across the southwest. Joining the service will allow you to further extend your critical care skills and become an expert in the transfer of critically ill patients. The Transfer Practitioner role requires the skills of experienced ITU staff to care for these vulnerable patients. Join us as we provide excellent critical care in transfer 24 hours a day across our region.
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
* Relevant professional registrations with the NMC
* Educated to Degree level or working towards completion
* Speciality qualification in Adult Critical Care (or equivalent)
* Assessing and mentoring qualification or willingness to undertake
* Advanced life support (ALS) or willingness to undertake
* Teaching qualification
Public Sector Language Competency
* Be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard
Knowledge and Experience
* Recent operational experience in speciality of Intensive Care
* Recent relevant experience with intra-hospital transfer
* Understanding of professional and current issues in critical care transfers
* Portfolio of evidence showing achievements in practice / speciality
* Evidence of presentations at local and regional level
* Evidence of delivering teaching programmes to staff groups
Skills and Abilities
* Excellent critical care clinical skills
* Ability to work in a highly demanding environment
* Effective managerial, leadership and organisational skills
* Excellent communication and leadership skills
* Able to work across professional team and organisational boundaries
* Previous experience of change management and problem solving
* An understanding of audit and research methodologies
* Ability to demonstrate effective use of resources
* Ability to work with advanced technologies
* Flexibility in working practices (unsocial hours / internal rotation)
* Self-motivated and able to motivate others
* Delivery of evidence-based practice
* Competent in the use of IT packages such as Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
* Good knowledge of clinical information systems
* Competent to utilise medical databases and search engines to access current evidence and literature
* Competent in the use of databases and spreadsheets
* Further evidence of continued leadership / management development
* Previous experience of research, audit and benchmarking
We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.
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