Site Practitioner / Sister / Charge Nurse EICU Royal Brompton

An exciting opportunity has become available to expand the team ofSite Practitioner cover, Critical Care Outreach service to all level 1 wards and clinical leadership in the Elizabeth Intensive Care and High Dependency Unit at The Royal Brompton Hospital.

This service provides Site cover and Critical Care Outreach assessment and clinical leadership within the clinical group. As a site practitioner or a member of the Critical Care Outreach service you are the first point of contact for the wards, and proactively identify and treat deteriorating patients outside the ICU, improving safety and preventing ICU admissions troubleshooting deteriorating patients.

When not working within the Site Practitioner or Outreach service the Practitioner is based within the Elizabeth Intensive Care and High Dependency Unit where they will provide Clinical Leadership byacting as a Clinical Nurse in Charge, overseeing ICU/HDU patient flow, and ensuring high-quality, evidence-based care. They will provide Expert Care by managing complex cardiothoracic patients, whilst supporting the Matron with staffing, resource management, and mentoring staff/ students., An exciting opportunity has become available to expand the team ofSite Practitioner cover, Critical Care Outreach service to all level 1 wards and clinical leadership in the Elizabeth Intensive Care and High Dependency Unit at The Royal Brompton Hospital.

This service provides Site cover and Critical Care Outreach assessment and clinical leadership within the Heart, Lung and Critical Care clinical group. As a site practitioner or a member of the Critical Care Outreach service you are the first point of contact for the wardsand proactively identify and treat deteriorating patients outside the ICU, improving safety and preventing ICU admissions troubleshooting deteriorating patients.

When not working within the Site Practitioner or Outreach service the Practitioner is based within the Elizabeth Intensive Care and High Dependency Unit where they will provide Clinical Leadership byacting as a Clinical Nurse in Charge, overseeing ICU/HDU patient flow, and ensuring high-quality, evidence-based care. They will provide Expert Care by managing complex cardiothoracic patients, whilst supporting the Matron with staffing, resource management, and mentoring staff/ students.

Guy's and St Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield, all with a long history of high-quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation. We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals joined Guy's and St Thomas's in February 2021 and is the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe. We provide treatment for people with heart and lung disease, including rare and complex conditions, offering some of the most sophisticated treatment that is available anywhere in the world.

Our integrated approach to caring for patients from before birth, through childhood, adolescence and into adulthood and old age has been replicated around the world and has gained RBH an international reputation as a leaderin heart and lung diagnosis, treatment and research.We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs. We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.