This is an exciting opportunity to join a new and evolving team centered around the early identification, recognition, assessment, and treatment of deteriorating patients across CHFT.
The post holder will be a member of the Resilience, Acute Flow, and Transformation directorate sitting within the Corporate Division, working effectively with fellow ward teams and Divisional Matrons to deliver quality services for patients efficiently. There is a specific focus on the deteriorating patient and improving outcomes for patients. As part of the interview process, all candidates will have an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) assessment in addition to the Panel interview.
The post holder will be responsible for:
1. Assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care to acutely deteriorating and critically ill patients, including non-medical prescribing, ultrasound-guided cannulation, arterial blood gas sampling, and spirometry out of hours.
2. Review of all tracheostomy/laryngectomy patients and liaising with Critical Care.
3. Providing clinical and managerial leadership for nursing and other healthcare professionals.
4. Advising and supporting wider members of the multi-disciplinary team.
5. Facilitating the stepdown of patients from Critical Care to ward areas.
6. Providing informal and formal education to all healthcare professionals within the Trust.
7. Proactively managing the clinical workload at night as necessary.
8. Leading the coordinated response team to ensure safe and effective patient care.
9. Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care to deteriorating patients referred by the ward teams and NEWS2 escalation.
10. Working closely with medical, surgical, and critical care registrars and junior teams, attending medical handovers.
11. Providing expert clinical advice and guidance to ward staff in the support of patients 24/7.
12. Managing and supporting the Nursing associates' triage requests via the out-of-hours Management system to coordinate the delivery of care during out-of-hours periods.
13. Establishing and maintaining effective communication with all members of the multi-disciplinary teams.
14. Liaising and working closely with medical and nursing staff within Critical Care.
15. Working in partnership with ward managers to ensure that prescribed standards of patient care are met.
16. Supporting the Clinical lead with Quality Improvement projects across the Trust, taking the lead when required.
17. Providing relevant and clear information, education, and advice for patients, carers, and families at all times.
18. Initiating, leading, and coordinating management of patients identified as ‘clinically at risk’, referring to appropriate colleagues when necessary.
19. Ensuring timely and appropriate care is delivered by the relevant healthcare professionals.
20. Undertaking a comprehensive assessment of patients, participating in assessing, planning, implementation, and evaluation of individualised programmes of care.
21. Coordinating clinical emergencies, i.e., cardiac arrest.
22. Acting as an innovative and enthusiastic role model, providing leadership, guidance, and advice to staff on clinical, operational, and professional issues.
23. Demonstrating clinical expertise by role modelling patient-centered practice.
24. Ensuring that staff adhere to the systems and processes in place to support the provision of patient-centered care to agreed standards.
25. Ensuring adherence to the CHFT and NMC guidelines for the safe handling, administration, storage, and custody of medicinal products.
26. Maintaining good communication between staff and relatives to assist in their understanding of care, treatment, and progress of the patient.
27. Maintaining personal and professional development in accordance with NMC Code of Professional Conduct and within the Scope of Professional Practice.
28. Participating effectively in the multi-professional team providing an expert nursing perspective.
29. Contributing to the audit process in line with the National Outreach Forum Standards and utilizing results in practice.
30. Ensuring staff are aware of and work in line with Trust policies.
31. Supporting patient care using technology relating to task management, observations, and handover.
We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, as well as in community sites, health centers, and in patients’ homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.
We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynecology; critical care; children’s and young people’s services; end of life care; and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.
We continue to modernize and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS – yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members – patients, staff, and the local community.
Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.
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