Job summary
- Main area
- Children and Young People (Sepsis)
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 264-6329135-COR
- Employer
- Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kettering General Hospital
- Town
- Kettering
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
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Sepsis Nurse (Children and Young People)
Band 6
Job overview
The Harm Free Care Team are pleased to be able to offer this exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, highly skilled Children’s Sepsis Nurse to join our existing established team in providing high quality and professional services for the ‘at risk’ patients. You will be an experienced Children’s nurse and able to utilise your clinical expertise and specialist knowledge to support our staff with recognising and preventing sepsis.
Main duties of the job
As a respected professional experienced children’s nurse, within your role you will be expected to act as a role model supporting the children’s areas to deliver:
• High standards of clinical care
• Best practice in infection control
• Dignity and respect for all patients
• Care in a clean environment
As a children’s sepsis nurse this post holder will:
• Support the clinical lead in the implementation of the sepsis pathway and action tool for all patients that are identified as potentially having sepsis
• Assist in implementation of sepsis education programmes for nursing and medical staffing in addition to relevant non-clinical staff and allied healthcare professionals following evidence based guidelines and definitions as they relate to children and young people.
• Support clinical areas to identify local sepsis champions to improve education and compliance with the screening, recognition, treatment and on-going management of sepsis.
• Have a strong clinical presence within the ward/department areas supporting medical and nursing teams in the implementation of the sepsis care bundle.
Working for our organisation
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a respected professional experienced children’s nurse, within your role you will be expected to act as a role model supporting the children’s areas to deliver:
• High standards of clinical care
• Best practice in infection control
• Dignity and respect for all patients
• Care in a clean environment
As a children’s sepsis nurse this post holder will:
• Support the clinical lead in the implementation of the sepsis pathway and action tool for all patients that are identified as potentially having sepsis
• Assist in implementation of sepsis education programmes for nursing and medical staffing in addition to relevant non-clinical staff and allied healthcare professionals following evidence based guidelines and definitions as they relate to children and young people.
• Support clinical areas to identify local sepsis champions to improve education and compliance with the screening, recognition, treatment and on-going management of sepsis.
• Have a strong clinical presence within the ward/department areas supporting medical and nursing teams in the implementation of the sepsis care bundle.
You will provide clinical leadership and demonstrate clinical expertise and experience, in order to assess, plan and deliver care for patients at risk of sepsis within the ward and department areas.
You will be able to direct, advice and support colleagues of all grades in the management of the septic patient, liaising with the Senior Sepsis Nurse where relevant.
You will remain approachable and accessible for patients, visitors and staff ensuring that patients receive appropriate and optimal screening, recognition and management of sepsis
Person specification
essential
Essential criteria
- registered children's nurse
- post registartion acute care course
- mentorship course
- current practice and experience in a children's acute area
- ability to work independently and as part of a team
- computer skills
- knowledge of audit
Desirable criteria
- Degree
- Expert Sepsis knowledge
- Advanced assessment skills
- children's advanced lifer suppoer provider
- awareness of national guidelines
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.
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Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Shiel
- Job title
- Lead Sepsis Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01536 491593
- Additional information
The Harm Free Care Team are pleased to be able to offer this exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, highly skilled Children’s Sepsis Nurse to join our existing established team in providing high quality and professional services for the ‘at risk’ patients. You will be an experienced Children’s nurse and able to utilise your clinical expertise and specialist knowledge to support our staff with recognising and preventing sepsis.
We are looking for a highly motivated individual who is passionate about the care of deteriorating patients and who will enjoy the challenge of working in this demanding but highly rewarding role.
The successful applicant will contribute to the smooth running of the Sepsis Team; support the children and young people’s clinical lead in the implementation of the sepsis pathway and action tool for all children and young people that are identified as potentially having sepsis. The sepsis nurse role will support the continued development and implementation of trust wide education programmes for nursing and medical staff in addition to relevant non-clinical staff and Allied healthcare professional following evidence-based guidelines and definitions. This role offers support to clinical areas to identify local sepsis champions to improve the education and compliance with the screening, recognition, treatment, and on-going management of sepsis. The sepsis nurse will have a strong clinical presence within the ward/departmental areas supporting medical and nursing teams in the implementation of the sepsis bundle.
Within this role you must be able to demonstrate outstanding clinical skills and sound evidence-based decision making. You will carry out assessment and care of deteriorating patients leading to early intervention and treatment. You must have excellent communication skills and be able to work autonomously. Formal and informal education is an integral part of this role, and the successful applicant will take an active part in education around the management of deteriorating patients.
Through audit you will ensure that high standards of patient-centred care are maintained whilst acknowledging the cost-effective use of resources. Additionally, you will contribute to and support quality improvement initiatives to deliver lasting change. You will ideally be educated to degree level, have a post registration Acute Care Course/Critical Care Course (or equivalent), and strong assessment skills.
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