Clinical Support Nurse for Hospital at Night (Critical Care Outreach)

You will be working at night as part of a small team of enthusiastic, motivated, and supportive registered nurses who have well established collaborations with the ICU team.

Supporting patients and health care professionals when patients are at risk of or deteriorating in the acute setting. Initiating early recognition and treatment plans to improve patient outcomes. Following up patients discharged from the Intensive Care Unit. Contribution to clinical education around the deteriorating patient.

Refer and liaise with medical colleagues as necessary to ensure safe patient care. Supporting patients and health care professionals to manage deteriorating/at risk patients.

• Assess and initiate treatment for deteriorating/at risk adults and children. Refer/escalate as required
• Supporting nursing and medical teams with clinical advice and education
• Supporting the management of Optiflow and CPAP for Covid patients
• Supporting the management of BiPAP
• Attend cardiac arrest calls
• Assist with transfers of critically unwell patients
• Clinical skills, for example, catheterisation, cannulation, phlebotomy, arterial blood gases
• Verification of death

Working at night. Part of a small team of enthusiastic, motivated, and supportive registered nurses.

Well established collaborations with the ICU team.

Why Work With Us.

Please see the above leaflet for working at South Devon and Torbay Healthcare NHS Trust in the lovely area of South Devon.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Michaela O’Sullivan Job title: Lead nurse critical care outreach/Sr ICU Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01803655195