Divisional Lead Nurse Quality

Job overview

We are delighted to announce a vacancy within the dynamic iMobile Critical Care Outreach Team at our Denmark Hill site, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

We are seeking a passionate, highly skilled, and experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) in Critical Care Outreach to join our forward-thinking team. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a service that delivers expert critical care support across the hospital to deteriorating patients, making a tangible impact on patient outcomes. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience as Critical Care Outreach Nurse , alongside evidence of academic training and competencies that demonstrate practice at an advanced level within Critical care outreach.

Main duties of the job

• As an ACP you will be practising autonomously providing expert care for a complex group of patients. This will encompass the skills of advanced clinical assessment, examination, diagnosis and treatment within an agreed scope of practice throughout the site.   

• You will be able to deliver skills in advance practice whilst recognising the limits of your clinical competence and seeking guidance from the medical team.  

• Facilitate the provision of a highly efficient critical outreach, responsive to the needs of the patients and the organisation.  

• In conjunction with the iMobile Leads you will have the responsibility to support developments in Clinical Governance and to modernise services. 

• The post holder will be a strong clinical leader and autonomous practitioner providing expertise to clinical staff across the organisation, and where necessary lead the iMobile team.   

• The post holder will be an exemplary role model and expert clinical practitioner and promote the trust values.  

• Provide professional advice to all areas of the organisation concerning deteriorating patients. Participate in service development and delivery: including policy development, training, clinical governance, and risk. 

• The post holder will deliver a 90% clinical component to their role and 10% related to appraisal, clinical audit, teaching, continuous professional development and research.   

Working for our organisation

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.