Critical Care Outreach Practitioner CNS Band 7
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 11/09/2026
- Closes
- 25/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Critical Care Outreach Practitioner (CNS) to join a dynamic team providing 24/7 cross-site cover. The successful candidate will lead on delivering high standards of care to acutely unwell and deteriorating patients, ensuring timely assessment and intervention. The position involves teaching ward teams, leading quality improvement work, and developing clinical skills within the CNS role. It is a nurse-led service supported by critical care consultants.
Essential criteria
- RN BSc
- Recognised post registration Critical Care (ICU) course
- Clinical Reasoning Advanced Patient Assessment Course
Desirable criteria
- MSc
- Non Medical Prescribing Course
- Relevant recent Critical Care Experience
- Leadership and shift leading Experience
- Change Management experience
- Previous outreach experience
- Previous band 7 experience
- Advanced Patient Assessment and Critical Thinking Skills
- Established Team / Shift Leading Skills
- Collaborative MDT Working
- Record of Teaching and Assessing Clinical Practice
- Excellent Communication Skills
- Able to Prioritise Work load
- Research Skills
- Audit Skills
- RN BSc
- Recognised post registration Critical Care (ICU) course
- Clinical Reasoning Advanced Patient Assessment Course
- MSc
- Non Medical Prescribing Course
- Relevant recent Critical Care Experience
- Leadership and shift leading Experience
- Change Management experience
- Previous outreach experience
- Previous band 7 experience
- Advanced Patient Assessment and Critical Thinking Skills
- Established Team / Shift Leading Skills
- Collaborative MDT Working
- Record of Teaching and Assessing Clinical Practice
- Excellent Communication Skills
- Able to Prioritise Work load
- Research Skills
- Audit Skills
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £55,524 – £62,652 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Critical Care Outreach Practitioner CNS Band 7
The closing date is 25 September 2026
Job summary
Critical Care Outreach Practitioner CNS, Band 7 Permanent 37.5 hours per week We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated nurse with significant critical care and clinical leadership experience to join our Critical Care Outreach team (CCOT) as we expand our service to provide 24/7 cross site cover.
The successful applicant will join a supportive and dynamic team, leading on delivering high standards of care to acutely unwell patients across our site. CCOT teams are a nurse led service supported by the critical care consultant team. You will have the opportunity to work both as a team and independently, identifying patients at risk of clinical deterioration or that are deteriorating have their needs prioritised with appropriate assessment, intervention and on-ongoing management. Teaching and delivering education to ward teams is an essential part of the role together with leading on deteriorating patient quality improvement work across site.
We will provide learning opportunities to develop clinical skills within the CNS role.
Main duties of the job
- Collaboratively work as an integral member of the Multidisciplinary Team to providing safe and effective care in ward areas.
- Recognise and respond
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