Senior Nurse Patient Emergency Response and Resuscitation Team (PERRT)NHS

Job summary

The Patient Emergency Response and Resuscitation Team (PERRT) at University College London Hospitals provides a 24/7 service to critically ill and deteriorating patients, alongside delivery of education programmes, quality improvement and patient safety initiatives across the Trust.This nurse-led team is well established and provides a nursing career development pathway through bands 6 to 8.

We are recruiting for B8a senior nurse / advanced practitioners for fixed term periods of 12 months and 9 months.

The role is for experienced critical care outreach nurses who have significant education and resuscitation experience, and with excellent leadership skills.

There is a wide variety of clinical specialities across our sites, with extensive opportunity to learn new skills. PERRT staff are supported to develop across all 4 pillars of advanced practice.

Main duties of the job

As a senior nurse /advanced practitioner you will be expected to take a leadership role during the multidisciplinary management of deteriorating / at risk patients.

We work closely with our academic partners and PERRT senior nurses are honorary lecturers at City St Georges, University of London.

We have an honorary nurse consultant on the team, strengthening our research pillar and supporting clinical academia.

PERRT are firmly embedded within the Trust quality and safety framework, working alongside the Q&S leads to ensure 'work as done' is reflected in the planning and delivery of safety initiatives.

A senior nurse role on PERRT will afford you many opportunities to continue your professional and personal development in all four ACP pillars.

We very much encourage informal visits, so that you can get a better feel for the service and the team, and insights that will support your preparation for the interview process.

Job description

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

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• UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row.

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About us

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:o University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)o National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgeryo Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitalso University College Hospital Grafton Way Buildingo Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicineo University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centreo The Hospital for Tropical Diseaseso University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.