Critical Care Outreach Nurse | The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 08 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £51,883 - £58,544 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 August 2025 |
| Location: | Sutton, SM2 5PT |
| Company: | The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7329688/282-SB666 |
Summary
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is the largest comprehensive Cancer Centre in Europe and leader in the field of cancer care with successful record of innovation in nursing care, pioneering new treatments and development of anti-cancer drugs. An exciting opportunity has arisen within our proactive Critical Care Outreach Team for a substantive contract. We are seeking an enthusiastic experienced and highly motivated critical care nurse who will work with the team to support us in the delivery of a high-quality 24-hour service across both Chelsea and Sutton sites. You will work collaboratively to provide acute oncology care to at risk or deteriorating cancer patients. You will be expected to work with ward and critical care clinicians and demonstrate excellent clinical skills and evidenced based decision making. You will carry out advanced assessment and care of deteriorating patients leading to early intervention and treatment. Excellent communication skills and the ability to work autonomously is essential. You will be part of the Resuscitation team/Hospital@Night and would be required as an ALS provider to lead rescue interventions and facilitate transfers to and from critical care. You will work a mixture of days and nights as well as weekends within the team. This post will be based in Sutton but will require cross site work.
To be an active member of the Critical Care Outreach Team assessing and treating the acutely deteriorating patient, or to initiate treatments to prevent a patient from deteriorating and requiring admission to the Critical Care Unit (CCU).
To provide advanced knowledge and skills as a critical care outreach practitioner to the unwell/deteriorating cancer patient in accordance with the National Outreach Forum competency framework.
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.
At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
For further information please refer to the job description and personal specification
To work in line with Trust values
To provide a 24-hour, 7 days a week Critical Care Outreach (CCO) service across the Chelsea and Sutton site.
To identify patients who are acutely deteriorating and are for active treatment. Ensuring appropriate escalation and timely management of the critically ill patient.
To lead and advise in the clinical management of the acutely unwell and deteriorating patients
To provide a service which improves the recognition and response to deteriorating patients in the wards based on NICE clinical guideline 50 (Acutely ill patients in hospital: recognition of and response to acute illness in adults in hospital).
To develop the service through clinical expertise, leadership, education, audit and quality improvement.
Formal and informal education is an integral part of this role and you will take an active part in education and training for junior staff around the management of deteriorating patients, induction programmes, and acute illness management courses. You will be involved in the service development, improvement and participate actively in audit and research. You would need to demonstrate leadership and managerial expertise as a Band 7 Charge Nurse/Sister in Critical Care Outreach.
This advert closes on Tuesday 22 Jul 2025
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