Job summary
- Main area
- Hospital at Night
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shifts covering nights, weekends and wednesdays)
- Job ref
- 241-606AA-24
- Employer
- Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Bolton Hospital
- Town
- Bolton
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Night Nurse Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
An exciting opportunity for an experienced Registered Nurse has recently arisen within the Hospital at Night team service. As part of the team, you will join nine other highly experience practitioners and one Health care assistant in providing out of hours escalation support across both medical and surgical divisions.
You will be required to provide advice, support, guidance and education to other nursing and junior medical staff.
Your hours of work will be based upon a rotational shift pattern that covers:
18:45-07:45 7 days a week
07:00-20:00 Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays
12:00-0:00 Wednesdays
Main duties of the job
- Responding to critical issues, working in partnership with the multi-professional team ensuring prompt support and effective clinical assessment/treatment.
- Continuously delivering quality patient care, ensuring clinical management plans are in place and revieweded.
- Maintaining advanced skills and knowledge in assessment of any patient that are escalated (including history taking and clinical examination, initiation of diagnostic investigations and interpretation of investigating results).
- Maintaining and expanding professional practice in line with principles contained in the nursing professional codes.
- Undertaking cannulations, venepuncture, catheterisation and 12 lead ECG recordings where staff do not currently have this expertise, whilst supporting the acquisition of these skills.
- Working closely with the Clinical Site Manager to support with any challenges that may require your attention.
- Managing the PatientTrac escalation system, ensuring that jobs are allocated and completed appropriately and timely.
Working for our organisation
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated provider of acute, intermediate and community healthcare serving the population of Bolton. This provides us with an opportunity for our services to work closely with our partners in primary care and the local authority to ensure a seamless service for our patients.
As a Trust we are proud of our centre of excellence status in Family services and the 'Good' rating by the Quality Care Commission (CQC) for the Trust as a whole. This is a direct result and recognition of the positive patient experience and the high quality of care that our staff provide to patients.
You will be supported in your role and ongoing development by an assigned operational and professional lead.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification.
We would consider a trainee position for a candidate without the Advanced Clinical Examination skills or prescribing qualifications, where they meet other requirements of the role.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- • RGN registered with the NMC • Educated to degree level or working towards • Clinical Examination skills course/module at degree level • Mentoring and teaching qualification or equivalent • ALS Provider • Registered Independent Nurse Prescriber • Evidence of relevant and recent CPD excluding mandatory Training
Desirable criteria
- • Clinical Leadership programme
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Evidence of ongoing relevant professional development • Recent (within 12 months) and relevant experience of managing acutely unwell patients • Evidence of advanced clinical skills in acute care • Involvement in service improvement and implementation of change • Knowledge of Clinical Governance and the relevance to practice • Knowledge of relevant policies and procedures • Experience of multi professional teaching and assessing of clinical skills /knowledge/competence in the workplace • Experience of collaborative working with MDT
Desirable criteria
- • Evidence of post registration experience in an acute hospital setting • Experience working as part of a Hospital at Night/Medical Emergency Team/Critical care Outreach Service • Experience of leading and managing a team/service • Knowledge of ethical issues • Research and development in clinical practice
Skills
Essential criteria
- • Advanced clinical skills in acute care • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills • Able to prioritise and cope with working under pressure • Enquiry/problem solving skills • Able to obtain and evaluate information to aid decision making • Good time management skills • Research skills • Able to use technology to find and appraise evidence • Capable of independent thought and initiative • Ability to facilitate and support learning in practice • Able to prioritise and able to manage own workload and time • Able to work autonomously and as part of a team • Flexible and creative approach to work • Negotiating skills • Act as a patient advocate • Ability to influence staff and monitor change
Desirable criteria
- • Able to critique and review evidence to support clinical practice
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Evidence of ongoing personal and professional development (excluding mandatory training) • In depth knowledge of the specialty of acute illness management • Appreciation of local and national initiatives relating to acute care / the management of the deteriorating patient and their impact on practice • Capacity to learn new skills and willingness to undertake further relevant study • Computer/IT skills
Desirable criteria
- • Understands and applies principles of learning in practice • Good teaching skills
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
- Laura Chrimes
- Job title
- Professional Lead H@N Services & ACP lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01204 390202
- Additional information
Alternatively, please feel free to contact the Hospital at Night team directly for any further information. You can do so via the switchboard on 01204 390390
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