Job overview
Adult Critical Care are looking to employ a motivated and conscientious senior nurse to join our friendly and dynamic multi professional team caring for critically ill patients and their families. You will have a broad experience and insight into caring for acutely unwell patients and their families. You will have the ability to support and effectively communicate with the patients and relatives.
The Family Liaison Lead will be required to have a lead nursing responsibility to assess and address the psychological needs of families from admission, during their stay and through to discharge from critical care. They will be responsible for assessing and addressing the psychological needs of families from admission, during their stay and through to discharge from critical care.
Main duties of the job
To provide effective nursing leadership, expertise, advice and psychological support to families on critical care to ensure the provision of high quality care to children and families, addressing sensitive and address complex issues.
To facilitate referral to appropriate support services and work closely with End of Life Champions and Schwartz Leads in Critical care
To act as a designated support resource to children and families and other professionals caring for them.
To provide family bereavement support and follow up care.
To facilitate the development of all staff within the critical care team in the support of families in critical care.
To promote an innovative and progressive attitude to the continual improvement of patient and family centred care through research and evidence based practice.
To work in close co-operation with and communicate effectively at all levels within the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) and outside agencies.
To contribute to long term patient management and discharge planning.
Ensure the Patient and Public Involvement feedback is integrated into service design and developments.
Ensure a comprehensive assurance report is provided every quarter to the Acute Pathway Management Team and information and learning disseminated to the staff.
To line manage and support the Professional Nurse Advocates as they work to support staff wellbeing in Critical Care
Working for our organisation
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest in the UK and has the Major Trauma Centre for the East Midlands. It has one of the busiest emergency departments in the UK and is a major teaching Trust, NUH enjoys close links with the city's universities and attracts and develops the highest calibre of staff. It continues to be the hospital of choice for patients and remains at the forefront of research. NUH is currently looking to be internationally recognised through Magnet status.
The Critical Care service at the Queens Medical Centre Campus encompasses 29 Level 3 beds on Adult Intensive Care and 20 Level 2 beds on High Dependency. Critical Care at the City Campus consists of a combined unit with 17 beds.
The Clinical Support Division would especially welcome applications from BAME colleagues who are currently underrepresented at this level
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See job description for further details
To provide effective nursing leadership, expertise, advice and psychological support to families on critical care to ensure the provision of high quality care to children and families, addressing sensitive and address complex issues.
To facilitate referral to appropriate support services and work closely with End of Life Champions and Schwartz Leads in Critical care
To act as a designated support resource to children and families and other professionals caring for them.
To provide family bereavement support and follow up care.
To facilitate the development of all staff within the critical care team in the support of families in critical care.
To promote an innovative and progressive attitude to the continual improvement of patient and family centred care through research and evidence based practice.
To work in close co-operation with and communicate effectively at all levels within the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) and outside agencies.
To contribute to long term patient management and discharge planning.
Ensure the Patient and Public Involvement feedback is integrated into service design and developments.
Ensure a comprehensive assurance report is provided every quarter to the Acute Pathway Management Team and information and learning disseminated to the staff.
To line manage and support the Professional Nurse Advocates as they work to support staff wellbeing in Critical Care
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Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
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