Job summary
- Main area
- Critical Care
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 384-RD-ACCTS-LeadNurse
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Surrey Hospital
- Town
- Guildford
- Salary
- £55,877 - £62,626 Pro Rata Per Annum inc. HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/09/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Lead Nurse/Transfer Practitioner ACCTS KSS
Band 8a
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and driven clinical leader to be part of the development, delivery and progression of the newly commissioned Adult Critical Care Transfer Service (ACCTS) serving Kent, Surrey and Sussex (KSS).
The Kent Surrey and Sussex Adult Critical Care Transfer service is a regionally based critical care transfer service providing consultant led coordination, decision-support and transfer of critically ill patients between hospitals for time critical and non-time critical escalation to specialist care, retrieval, repatriation, and non-clinical transfers for capacity during periods of surge. The service is funded by NHS England South East and hosted by the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust working with South East Coast Ambulance Service and all hospitals across Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
We are looking for an experienced critical care practitioner with significant post registration experience, to include a qualification in adult critical care (or equivalent). Applicants with experience in performing critical care transfers are desirable. The successful candidate will need to evidence substantial leadership and management experience and demonstrate the ability to deliver creativity and apply strategic thinking.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will utilise their clinical and specialist professional skills as a key member of the multidisciplinary ACCTS leadership team and will lead the development of the service and the transfer practitioner team, ensuring that the clinical service delivers an effective and efficient service in line with the national service specification. The post holder will, alongside the Lead Consultant and Operations Manager, also develop and deliver a robust governance structure for the new organisation ensuring that the clinical care delivered is of the highest quality and standardised in accordance with national guidance, policies and the National Service Frameworks.
They will also be required to provide specialised knowledge and skilled care for critically ill adults requiring transfer, and their families. The post holder will engage in transfer clinical activity to maintain their relevant registration and clinical competency.
The role will also require the management of training, recruiting and retaining high quality staff, provide effective appraisal and team working and strong staff involvement in decision making within their sphere of responsibility. Communication is key and the post holder will have responsibility for establishing and maintain robust systems to cascade information, receive feedback, and take appropriate action where necessary.
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
All of our transfers and referrals will be Consultant led, with the help of a skilled Transfer Practitioner team. The service will be delivered from two hubs; one based in Crawley, West Sussex and the other in Maidstone, Kent. The service leadership team will be based at The Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford, Surrey but will be required to travel to the hub sites and to sites across the NHSE South East region as required.
The Kent, Surrey and Sussex Adult Critical Care Transfer Service works alongside the Thames Valley and Wessex Adult Critical Care Transfer Service and South Central Ambulance Service to provide Adult Critical Care Transfer services across the NHS England South East region.
This is a key leadership role for the development of an ACCTS within the KSS area. The service will provide adult critical care transfer services for the NHSE SE region alongside the Thames Valley Wessex (TVW) service hosted by Buckinghamshire NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will be responsible for working with key stakeholders to provide clinical and strategic leadership to establish the delivery of a high-quality ACCTS across the KSS area achieving strategic and operational objectives. This service will be delivered by RSFT as the host organisation working with delivery partners including the TVW ACCTS, South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAMB) and the South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS).
The post holder will utilise their clinical and specialist professional skills as a key member of the multidisciplinary ACCTS leadership team and will lead the development of the service, ensuring the clinical service delivers an effective and efficient service in line with the national service specification. The post holder will, alongside the Lead Consultant, also develop and deliver a robust governance structure for the new organisation ensuring that the clinical care delivered is of the highest quality and standardised in accordance with national guidance, policies and the National Service Frameworks.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registration within the NMC Nursing Register
- Degree and MSc level qualifications or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Management qualification, MBA or equivalent
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience within Adult Critical Care at Band 7
- Experienced, substantive Adult Critical Care Nurse with experience of Critical Care Transfers.
- Sound knowledge and understanding of developing and maintaining a robust governance process for the service
- Sound knowledge and understanding of financial management, budgetary management and workforce information systems
- Knowledge of key issues and complexity and pace of change facing the NHS nationally and locally, with the ability to assess and describe their impact on the service.
- Sound knowledge and understanding of complex governance arrangements and standards in the NHS and the wider health and social care economy
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of, and training in management methods, especially in concepts of change management
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Bill Jewsbury
- Job title
- Medical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
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