Specialist Nurse CCOT/MET | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 07 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £46,148 - £52,809 pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 07 May 2025 |
| Location: | Liverpool, L9 7AL |
| Company: | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7036707/287-ASUR-43-25 |
Summary
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Critical Care Nurse to join the Critical Care Outreach Team/Medical Emergency Team
This is a part time role for 24 hours
The successful candidate will have the chance to gain experience in the care and rehabilitation of patients stepped down from Critical Care to the general ward areas and develop their teaching and educational skills by participating in ward based clinical teaching and support of ward staff. There will also be the opportunity to get experience as a faculty member on the Trust wide BEACH and AIM courses.
We will aim to get the successful candidate on the ALS provider course (if they don’t already hold this qualification) and they will work as a Nurse responder on the Trust wide MET attending calls to all acutely deteriorating patients and cardiac arrest situations.
They will also gain experience as part of the AKI and Sepsis surveillance service and we will provide the opportunity during the secondment to develop the clinical skills required for the CCOT/MET Specialist Nurse role and those within the National Outreach Forum Critical Care Outreach Practitioner Framework.
This is a Specialist Nurse role on the front line of acute care, working across the Aintree site. The role is multi-faceted, including review and care of Critical Care step down patients, working as the primary Nurse responder on MET calls and also providing Sepsis and AKI surveillance support for all at risk patients identified on our database. The successful candidate will be a dynamic enthusiastic Registered Nurse able to work autonomously and as part of the MDT. They will have good decision making and critical thinking skills. They will also have a keen interest in education and be able to support and train junior ward Nursing and Medical staff and maintain good professional relationships across the organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.
Provides expert clinical knowledge to Nursing and Junior Medical Staff and acts as a clinical role model, demonstrating skills in identifying patients at risk and initiating treatment to critically ill patients regardless of location
Perform autonomous comprehensive assessments of critically ill patients, plan, implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health needs and varying levels of complexity
Independently identifying patients at risk, both prior to and following discharge from Critical Care
Maintenance of track and trigger score and escalation when required
Active member of ward based MDT working to rehabilitate Critical Care step down patients, identify psychological problems, offering informal support and where appropriate referring on for formal investigation or follow up by the relevant specialty
Coordinate and maintain effective communications between Critical Care and other ward/departments, managing conflicting views where necessary
Works collaboratively with other specialties to provide specialist care for patients recently ‘stepped down’ from Critical Care, those at risk of acute deterioration and those requiring specialist support for example, tracheostomy and laryngectomy patients in general/cohort wards
Responds as part of the Aintree Medical Emergency Team, coordinating calls and assigning Team member’s roles and responsibilities.
Initiates prescribed treatment to the acutely ill ward patient during an emergency and ensures full management plan delivered and evaluated
Coordinates the inter hospital transfer of acutely ill level 1,2 and 3 patients for investigations or to an area for a higher level of monitoring
Reviews and responds to patients alerting with Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) and Sepsis as part of the Trust Avoidable Mortality Reduction Programme instigating use of appropriate care bundle, treatment and monitoring and meeting all of the role specific competencies for the AKI Specialist Nurses
Member of Trust Sepsis and AKI working groups attending relevant meetings and delivering Trust wide education
Leads in the delivery of education, training and development of staff throughout the general/cohort wards on tracheostomy and laryngectomy care
This advert closes on Monday 21 Apr 2025