# Retrieve Operational Senior Transfer Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/retrieve-operational-senior-transfer-practitioner/8f18e0d7-1f27-4f73-8b8c-da07384c6617 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/retrieve-operational-senior-transfer-practitioner/8f18e0d7-1f27-4f73-8b8c-da07384c6617.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Bristol - **Region:** South West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Contract type:** Secondment: 12 months - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (50% clinical commitment, flexible rota with expectation to work nights, weekends and bank holidays) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-09T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-27T12:10:30.759Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Bristol/Bristol/Bristol_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Critical_Care_Transfer/Critical_Care_Transfer-v8175189 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8175189?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Band 7 Senior Transfer Practitioner (Senior TP) is accountable and responsible for the delivery and management of a Retrieve sub-regional base. They will promote and monitor safe and effective practice, enhance the patient experience, and provides effective leadership and management contributing to the delivery of the service. This post is open to BFT members of staff with significant critical care transfer experience, having held or still holding a position within one of the BFT-hosted critical care transfer services. The Senior Transfer Practitioner will: - -        Deputise and support the Lead Nurse -        Be responsible for professional day-to-day clinical leadership and operational management of their base. Working with the other base Senior Transfer Practitioner to ensure effective running of the service. -        Act as a leader and role model, adopting a flexible approach in a role which encompasses leadership, management and clinical responsibilities. -        Promote and monitor a safe work environment. -  Responsible for the implementation of audit, quality and risk management initiatives in the service. There will be an expectation to continue to further develop clinical skills and continue to in a clinical role for 50% of their time. ### Main duties of the job A Senior Transfer Practitioner would be expected to act as a role model, demonstrating strong leadership skills and deputising for the Lead Nurse as required. They would be accountable for overseeing the rota, and managing staffs contracted hours and well as the implantation and monitoring of audit and quality initiatives. Retrieve prides itself on professionalism and work culture, the Senior TP will uphold the Retrieve brand, supporting the team, ensuring they feel supported, valued and listened to.  Working closely with the Retrieve Leadership Team, including leads for Governance, Audit and Research, as well as the education team. The Senior TP will play a vital role in the development, improvement, management and promotion of the service, delivering high quality critical care in transfer across the south west. Working collaboratively with the multi-professional team, the Senior TP will act as a professional role model, setting standards of practice and promoting clinical effectiveness. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy. ## Person Specification ### IM&T **Essential** - Competent in the use of IT packages such as Microsoft Word and PowerPoint - Competent to utilise medical databases and search engines to access current evidence and literature - Good knowledge of ARCEMS or willingness to learn ARCEMS, Retrieves electronic patient record system ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Excellent advanced adult transfer critical care clinical skills - Ability to work in a highly demanding specialist environment and use of reflective practice - Able to work across professional team and organisational boundaries - Analyse, interpret and compare complex facts or situations and act appropriately - Flexibility, adaptability to meet needs of a changing service - Flexibility in working practices (unsocial hours) - Knowledge of national and local specialty specific issues - Attention to detail in the development, production and dissemination of documents and information - Strong organisational skills - prioritising complex situations ### Knowledge and Experiance **Essential** - Significant recent operational experience in speciality of Adult Intensive Care - Recent relevant experience with intra-hospital and inter-hospital transfer - ALS provider - Ability to lead and manage a team - Significant and recent experience of critical care transfer - Understanding the theory and application of clinical governance **Desirable** - Leadership Program or equivalent - Evidence of presentations at local and regional level ### Qualifications and Training **Essential** - Current NMC Registration - Degree or equivalent qualification in nursing - Relevant accredited post registration - Evidence of masters level academic study or willingness to work towards Masters (in relevant health related subject) - Completion of Step 1-3 competencies or equivalent experience in critical care. **Desirable** - Qualification in Teaching, Assessing and mentoring - Completion of Step 4 in critical care competencies ## Documents - [policy statement - ex offenders (pdf, 424.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=667) - [operational senior transfer practitioner (pdf, 872.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10487903) ## 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.