Critical Care Outreach Lead Nurse
Core
Provide advanced clinical leadership for the hospital-wide Critical Care Outreach Service, leading early recognition, assessment, stabilisation, and escalation of deteriorating adults while strengthening ward capability through education and governance.
Role type
Senior IC critical care outreach nurse (service lead)
Builds
Hospital-wide critical care outreach service for deteriorating adults
Domain
Healthcare (Critical Care / Acute Medicine)
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Advanced clinical assessment, organ dysfunction recognition, resuscitation, team leadership, clinical governance, quality improvement, staff supervision, policy development
Preferred skills
CC3N Step 4 competencies, CCOP Enhanced Practice Level, workforce planning, digital safety
Technologies
NEWS2, GPICS V3, NOrF standards, NICE CG50
Responsibilities
Lead early recognition and escalation of deteriorating adults; coordinate outreach service delivery and rota; lead safety huddles and incident reviews; supervise and develop direct reports; develop clinical pathways and SOPs
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with service leadership
