We are recruiting for Clinical Nurse Specialist - Hospital at Night Coordinators who share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
You will be responsible for expert, safe, effective triage and coordination of all clinical tasks across all specialities and divisions, ensuring patients receive the right care at the right time securing positive clinical outcomes and increased efficiency. The HAN coordinators will also be expected to assess and manage acutely unwell and deteriorating patients and take part in clinical audit, education and present at appropriate.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Expert clinical triage and prioritisation of key clinical tasks
Effective and timely communication with teams across all specialities and divisions
Clinical assessment and management of acutely deteriorating patients
Develop the skills of generalist nursing staff and other members of the MDT to provide high standards of care for the deteriorating patient
Provide specialist support and advice to all stakeholders ensuring positive outcomes for patients
Communicate highly sensitive and complex information in dynamic and complex environments
Utilisation of software and systems to coordinate activity seamlessly
Clinical audit, evaluation of data and implementation of improvement projects and practices
Responding to calls made as per Martha's Rule
Key member of emergency response team
Close liaison with Critical Care Unit team, coordination of Critical Care discharges to ensure safe transfer to ward level care
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
This advert closes on Tuesday 28 Jan 2025