Senior ECMO Nurse Specialist | University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 30 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £47,810 - £54,710 pa pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 29 August 2025 |
| Location: | Bristol, BS1 3NU |
| Company: | University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7382009/387-S2009-GB |
Summary
The Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) service commenced in Bristol in November 2022, serving the South West of England and providing a new location for this specialist, life saving treatment. It is delivered in partnership between University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) and North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT), with nursing staff from each of the adult critical care units.
Working predominantly clinical shifts, the senior ECMO nurse specialists (ENS) provide clinical expertise and leadership, a daily visible and accessible presence, and role modelling exemplary nursing care. They line manage the band 6 ENS's and undertake shared management responsibilities. They are required to monitor and evaluate the performance of the service to provide high quality and safe patient care with the best experience possible for patients and their families.
The ENS's provide expert patient care and continuous monitoring and management of the extracorporeal life support system. They are key members of the multi-disciplinary team and must employ excellent communication and team-working skills. They are essential to the delivery of the service; developing skills and competencies in a creative and innovative way to ensure high quality, responsive, safe and compassionate care. We are seeking an expert clinical practitioner to lead the ENS team and bring enthusiasm for continuous improvement, thriving on challenge to deliver positive patient outcomes.
You will need to be competent in the delivery of ECMO to patients, a practicing intensive care nurse with experience of leadership and management and a desire to develop these skills further. You should have a passion for quality improvement, service development and gold standard patient care.
You will be required to work long days throughout the week (including weekends), with currently no expectation to work nights. When there is no ECMO activity the band 6 ENS's work within the General ICU or Cardiac ICU, with the senior ENS's maintaining a skeleton rota for the ECMO service, with ongoing responsibility for receiving referrals and managing the team.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
The Senior ENS's are expected to cover long days (0700 to 1930) seven days a week, between them. This includes regular weekends. Night shifts are not currently required.
This advert closes on Wednesday 13 Aug 2025
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