The Patient Emergency Response and Resuscitation Team (PERRT) at University College Hospital comprises critical care outreach and resuscitation practitioners who provide a 24/7 service to critically ill and deteriorating patients, alongside delivery of robust training programmes, quality improvement and patient safety initiatives across the Trust.
The PERRT role is suitable for motivated individuals with strong leadership skills and extensive critical care experience. It offers a fantastic opportunity to become expert in leading the management of deteriorating patients across the organisation, incorporating all 4 pillars of advanced practice.
This nurse-led team is well established and provides a career development pathway through bands 6 to 8. Work is varied and flexible, with numerous clinical specialties, covering 3 main inpatient sites and a number of day care and outpatient settings, and a trustwide remit for resuscitation services.
Main duties of the job
The PERRT team and its leadership are hugely committed to getting the best out of our team members and nurturing their growth and development. With this in mind, we have a development plan which will facilitate your learning, developing your clinical, leadership, research and educational skills.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- RGN, RN or equivalent professional qualification.
- Honours degree in relevant subject.
- 3 years' experience at senior band 6 level (clinical and leadership).
- Advanced physical assessment course (Masters level).
- Recognised mentorship/teaching course.
- Relevant post qualification clinical course (intensive care).
- Masters degree or on Masters pathway/willingness to undertake.
- Resuscitation Council (UK) ALS Provider.
- Resuscitation Council (UK) ILS/pILS Instructor.
- Evidence of involvement in research or QI activity.
Desirable - Evidence of leadership and management development.
- Resuscitation Council (UK) EPALS or ALSG APLS Provider.
- Resuscitation Council (UK) ALS Instructor.
Experience Essential - Experience of working within a critical care outreach team.
- Experience of 'learning from events' understanding of risk management/governance, investigating incidents and closing the loop.
- Understanding of risk management/governance issues related to resuscitation/deteriorating patients' practices.
- Experience of teaching MDT and responding to learners' individual needs.
- Experience of working as a band 6 within a Critical Care level 3 service.
- Experience in managing deteriorating patients.
- Experience in managing cardiac arrests.
- Experience of leading teams.
- Ability to effectively manage self.
Desirable - Experience of working within a resuscitation training service.
Skills and Abilities Essential - Ability to competently manage a deteriorating patient/cardiac arrest clinical event.
- Demonstrates awareness of the importance of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
- Able to communicate effectively and sensitively: both verbally and in writing (including electronic).
- Able to articulate appropriate and relevant reasons for desire to work in this clinical area.
- Able to communicate with all levels of Trust staff.
- Able to work effectively and collaboratively in a team.
- Skills used to debrief team after resuscitation attempts.
- Lives the Trust's values.
Personal and People Development Essential - Experience as a preceptor/facilitator/mentor.
- Reflective in Practice.
- Proven experience of and demonstrates evidence of ability to effectively lead.
- Demonstrates up to date knowledge, self-development and expertise in the specialty.
- Cost effective with resources.
- To have an understanding of audit and risk assessments and contribute to the development of strategies.
- Efficiently manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
- Experience of auditing.
- Can translate national/local policies relating to health care delivery into resuscitation practice.
Desirable - Evidence of guideline/policy development.
Service Improvement Essential - Demonstrates awareness of quality improvement, research and evidence-based practice.
- Participates in quality improvement, research and audit projects, taking responsibility for completion of particular process or outcome measurements.
- Able to work across organisational and professional boundaries.
- Able to negotiate effectively with different disciplines.
- Understanding of relevant national strategy/policy and how this relates to the service.
- Innovative approach to service delivery.
- Experience in contributing to developing service strategies.
Specific Requirements Essential - Flexible approach to work patterns.
- Physically able to attend cardiac arrest calls and assist as a member of the team.
- Able to facilitate the safe moving of equipment for training such as manikins.
- Good dexterity to carry out emergency procedures e.g. defibrillation, cannulation within their own scope of practice.
- Ability to work with electronic health record systems.
Employer details Employer name University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address University College London Hospitals
235 Euston Road
London
NW1 2BU
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