Job summary
- Main area
- Sepsis Prevention
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 362-A-24-6779726
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stepping Hill Hospital
- Town
- Stockport
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/12/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 16/12/2024
Employer heading
Senior Sepsis Practitioner
Band 6
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Our values ‘We Care, We Respect, We Listen’ are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: ‘Making a difference every day.’ They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Our Values:
We Care
About each other
Our patients and their families
The communities we serve
The environment
We support them and deliver on their promises
We Respect
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return
We Listen to
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We act and learn from what we hear
Job overview
The role has two distinct facets, the main one centres on the development and implementation of a strategy for the early recognition and management of sepsis. This will be approximately 80% of the role. The second element of the role involves being an active member of the resuscitation service, which will focus on providing the multi-professional team with the prerequisite skills needed to deal with the deteriorating patient and victims of cardiac arrest. This is primarily based around resuscitation training. In addition, there is an expectation that the post holder will provide clinical support for the ‘emergency team’. This will form the remaining 20% of the role.
The role will involve embracing the audit cycle, research, reporting back findings into the organisational hierarchy.
The post is based in the Education Centre at Stepping Hill Hospital. The post holder will be required to engage with both community-based and inpatient stake holders and network with other sepsis and resuscitation providers.
Main duties of the job
Develop systems to identify, address and reduce breaches in the management of ‘High Risk’ sepsis.
Attend cardiac arrests calls as a member of the Cardiac Arrest Team, providing care as required and supporting the clinical team leader.
Support areas following a clinical event, with practical assistance, support and debrief, as required.
Contribute to clinical governance processes, including adverse incident reporting/investigating and the management of complaints, as appropriate.
Contribute to the clinical governance process through audit and research.
Minimise clinical risk by participating in the development and implementation of clinical protocols relating to resuscitation and acute deterioration of the patient.
Assist with simulation events in clinical areas as a means of evaluating resuscitation service provision.
Ensure interventions undertaken are in line with best practice guidelines.
Promote a positive relationship with all stakeholders within the service.
Support the Lead Resuscitation Officer to develop and facilitate relevant clinical skills and practice in line with national and local policy.
Support and develop junior members of the Sepsis/Resuscitation team.
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· Develop systems to identify, address and reduce breaches in the management of ‘Red Flag’ sepsis.
· Attend cardiac arrests calls as a member of the Cardiac Arrest Team, providing care as required and supporting the clinical team leader.
· Support areas following a clinical event, with practical assistance, support and debrief, as required.
· Contribute to clinical governance processes, including adverse incident reporting/investigating and the management of complaints, as appropriate.
· Contribute to the clinical governance process through audit and research.
· Minimise clinical risk by participating in the development and implementation of clinical protocols relating to resuscitation and acute deterioration of the patient.
· Assist with simulation events in clinical areas as a means of evaluating resuscitation service provision.
· Ensure interventions undertaken are in line with best practice guidelines.
· Promote a positive relationship with all stakeholders within the service.
· Support the Lead Resuscitation Officer to develop and facilitate relevant clinical skills and practice in line with national and local policy.
· Support and develop junior members of the Sepsis/Resuscitation team.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Healthcare Professional (NMC, HCPC, GMC)
- Evidence of further academic study to at least degree level
- Teaching qualification or relevant experience
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable criteria
- ILS or ALS instructor
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Good knowledge of relevant policies regarding sepsis
- NMC standard and requirements
- Proven interest in sepsis
- Demonstrable interest in resuscitation
- Evidence of post registration experience in an acute setting
- Cli;nical leadership skills
- Experience of supporting learners
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of service improvement or change
- Experience of report wrting
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Flexible and adaptable
- Collaborative and inclusive
- Ability to work across boundaries to manage change and delivery of service
- Critical analysis skills
Other
Desirable criteria
- Full driving licence
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
- Ian Blakeley
- Job title
- Lead Resuscitation Officer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 419 5570
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