Critical Care Outreach and Resuscitation Practitioner

Job overview

We are seeking a motivated individual with excellent leadership, critical care, acute care or A&E experience to join our well-established and highly regarded Critical Care Outreach and Resuscitation Service (CCOARS). In collaboration with the Outreach Consultant, this practitioner-led service provides expert care to critically unwell and deteriorating patients, whilst supporting the ward teams and wider MDT. The team delivers a robust resuscitation training program, contributing to audit, quality improvement and patient safety initiatives across the Trust.

As a CCOARS practitioner, you will be delivering patient care in a variety of clinical settings, assessing, developing and implementing a management plan, and treating patients in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team. The role includes a strong educational element with the delivery of resuscitation training, tracheostomy, NIV, transfer and the ALERT course to all grades of Trust staff, therefore excellent teaching and assessment skills are required. You will also be expected to respond to Emergency calls as a specialist member of the Resuscitation team.

You will be allocated to a home site but are expected to work on all 3  sites (SMH, HH and CXH), as part of the 24/7 CCOARS.

Main duties of the job

• Provide specialist advice to support and facilitate high quality, individualised care to critically ill patients/clients and relatives/carers, without supervision, in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team in line with local and national targets and guidelines.
• To undertake comprehensive physical and psychological patient assessment resulting in a clear plan of care for critically or acutely ill ward patients. To implement appropriate measures to enhance patient care and prevent further clinical deterioration and to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions and to re-assess at appropriate intervals.
• Participate as a member of the cardiac arrest and medical emergency teams, acting as an effective role model and expert to all members of the Trusts staff.
• To facilitate appropriate resuscitation training according to the Trust’s Resuscitation Policy.
• To provide specialist clinical support and guidance in all matters relating to Critical Care Outreach and Resuscitation.
• Ensure the audit process is adhered to in line with Resuscitation Council (UK) Guidelines and Trust policies. Identify record and report all clinical incidents according to the Trust policy.
• Willing to develop with the service providing a 24 hour, 7-day model for acutely unwell patients.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.