# Critical Care Outreach Practitioner CNS Band 7 > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/critical-care-outreach-practitioner-cns-band-7/75d801ca-06b7-481b-acca-500e13923098 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/critical-care-outreach-practitioner-cns-band-7/75d801ca-06b7-481b-acca-500e13923098.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust - **Location:** St Helier Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £55,524 - £62,652 pro rata per annum inclusive of HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Cross site. Long days/Nights - internal rotation - nights, weekends and BHs.) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-25T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-11T13:21:28.428Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Carshalton/Epsom_St_Helier_University_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Acute_Response_Teams_Critical_Care_Outreach_Hospital_at_Night/Acute_Response_Teams_Critical_Care_Outreach_Hospital_at_Night-v8232491 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8232491?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview ### Critical Care Outreach Practitioner CNS, Band 7 ### Permanent 37.5 hours per week We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated nurse with significant critical care and clinical leadership experience to join our Critical Care Outreach team (CCOT) as we expand our service to provide 24/7 cross site cover. The successful applicant will join a supportive and dynamic team, leading on delivering high standards of care to acutely unwell patients across our site. CCOT teams are a nurse led service supported by the critical care consultant team. You will have the opportunity to work both as a team and independently, identifying patients at risk of clinical deterioration or that are deteriorating have their needs prioritised with appropriate assessment, intervention and on-ongoing management. Teaching and delivering education to ward teams is an essential part of the role together with leading on deteriorating patient quality improvement work across site. We will provide learning opportunities to develop clinical skills within the CNS role. ### Main duties of the job - Collaboratively work as an integral member of the Multidisciplinary Team to providing safe and effective care in ward areas. - Recognise and respond to acutely ill and deteriorating patients ensuring timely interventions by the most appropriate member of the healthcare team particularly out of hours. - Respond to clinical emergencies as they arise. - Teach and assess clinical skills in practice as the opportunity arises. - Act as a professional role model for acute care. - Audit patient outcomes and service delivery and work collaboratively with other key personnel to introduce change for service improvement The successful applicant will join a supportive and dynamic team, leading on delivering high standards of care to acutely unwell patients across our site. Our Hospital at Night and CCOT teams are a nurse led service supported by the consultant team. You will have the opportunity to work both as a team and independently, identifying patients at risk of clinical deterioration or that are deteriorating have their needs prioritised with appropriate assessment, intervention and on-ongoing management. Teaching and delivering education to ward teams is an essential part of the role together with deteriorating patient quality improvement work across site. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For further information please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification attached to this post ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Advanced Patient Assessment and Critical Thinking Skills - Established Team / Shift Leading Skills - Collaborative MDT Working - Record of Teaching and Assessing Clinical Practice - Excellent Communication Skills - Able to Prioritise Work load **Desirable** - Research Skills - Audit Skills ### Experience **Essential** - Relevant recent Critical Care Experience - Leadership and shift leading Experience - Change Management experience **Desirable** - Previous outreach experience - Previous band 7 experience ### Qualifications **Essential** - RN BSc - Recognised post registration Critical Care (ICU) course - Clinical Reasoning Advanced Patient Assessment Course **Desirable** - MSc - Non Medical Prescribing Course ## Documents - [dbs policy (pdf, 101.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=677) - [ccot b7 cns (pdf, 888.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10542884) - [we're here to care (doc, 39.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=678) - [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2413) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.