Job overview

Practice Development Nurse – Sepsis and Patient Deterioration

Department Practice Development

Band 7 £49,387 - £56,515 Per annum, pro rata if part-time

Hours: 37.5 per week, all MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working

Are you passionate about improving patient safety and empowering staff to recognise and respond to deterioration? This exciting role offers the opportunity to make a real Trust-wide impact by leading education, audit and improvement work focused on sepsis and patient deterioration.

As Practice Development Nurse, you will work collaboratively with clinical teams, Rapid Response, Patient Safety and Governance colleagues to strengthen early recognition, escalation and management of deteriorating patients.

You will develop engaging education programmes, support sepsis and deteriorating patient improvement work, lead audit activity, and help translate learning into meaningful improvements in practice.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, credible and clinically confident nurse with excellent communication skills, a passion for education, and the drive to influence safer care across MKUH.

Interview 30 September 2026

Main duties of the job

'94% feel that their role makes a difference to patience and service users.' 'NHS Staff Survey 2024'

'We care We communicate We collaborate We contribute'

•    Raise awareness of sepsis and the deteriorating patient, the importance of early recognition and intervention through utilisation of NEWS 2 across the Trust.

•    Lead on the audit of sepsis recognition and management, ensuring sepsis tools are used and are in line with NICE guidelines.

•    Deliver a continuous education programme on the recognition and management of deteriorating patients for all healthcare professionals involved in the care and treatment of patients.

•    Identify and support sepsis and deteriorating champions in each clinical area.

•    Audit patients who have deteriorated using this data to inform training needs and ensure shared learning.

•    Support Trust improvement projects related to the deteriorating patient, including collection of audit data, education, and training.

Working for our organisation

Milton Keynes University Hospital, in proud partnership with the University of Buckingham, is a University Teaching Hospital committed to advancing patient care through cutting-edge research and education. With a “Good” rating from the CQC and significant investment underway, this is an exciting time to join our team and grow your career.

As a medium sized general hospital, we provide a full range of general medical and surgical services, including a busy Emergency Department, Maternity, and Paediatrics. As the population of our city and surrounding areas continues to grow rapidly, we are expanding and enhancing our facilities to meet rising demand and improve access to care for all our communities.

We are also proud to offer a growing portfolio of specialist services. In January 2025 we opened our state-of-the-art Radiotherapy Centre, bringing advanced cancer treatment closer to home. Our services also include neonatology, specialist surgical care, and a wide range of diagnostics, supported by the new Community Diagnostic Centre at Whitehouse Health Centre.  We have just opened the Oak Wards - a new ward block featuring two 24-bed wards.

Further investment is underway, including the recently approved Women and Children’s Centre, set to open by 2030.

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