Paediatric Critical Care Transport Nurse

Job overview

The Children's Acute Transport Service (CATS) is a 24-hour service dedicated to delivering the highest standard of paediatric intensive care to critically ill children and their families, from first point of contact through to arrival at their destination unit.

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and experienced Band 6 PICU nurse with a particular interest in the stabilisation and transfer of critically ill children. This is an exciting opportunity to join a friendly, dynamic, multi-professional team at the forefront of paediatric retrieval medicine.

You will demonstrate a commitment to innovation and service improvement, and will be responsible for delivering high-quality, evidence-based care to children requiring intensive care transport. Excellent communication skills, sound clinical judgement, and the ability to work confidently and effectively in unfamiliar and challenging environments are essential requirements of this post

Main duties of the job

To ensure clinical practice reflects all current NMC documentation regarding nursing practice

To work within the Trust’s Policies and Procedures and the parameters set down in agreed local clinical protocols and guidelines and national guidelines such as those published by NICE

Maintains accurate multidisciplinary clinical records

Maintain clinical expertise in specialty area

Advise staff in relation to specialist area of practice

Identify learning needs in relation to specialist area of practice

Develop and evaluate teaching / learning resources

Provide teaching and learning support in a variety of settings

Establish and maintain internal and external links to promote and develop the service

Contribute to the development of specialist service in collaboration with CATS senior leadership team

To be proactive in developing own professional practice, demonstrating evidence of increased clinical judgment and decision-making skills

To participate in the Trusts’ system of annual appraisal and personal development planning

To assist in ensuring safety on transfer. Risk management is a major part of the PCC transfer process and the participation in clinical audit, clinical risk and quality issues, including the managing and reporting of clinical incidents is essential

To ensure effective communication between all members of the multidisciplinary team, referring hospital departments, receiving hospital departments, relatives and visitors

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 documents please view the attachment/s below.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.