Job overview

The Southend Outreach service is looking for a motivated conscientious individual to join them. 

The Outreach team at Southend is part of the Critical Care Department and works closely with the Critical Care Staff .  They are integral in reviewing patients who are deteriorating on the wards to ensure that they receive timely and appropriate treatment as well as supporting Critical Care patients following discharge from the Intensive Care Unit. The ability to carry out a comprehensive patient assessment and recognise areas of concern is essential. 

The ability to communicate clearly is a necessary skill as not only will the individual be involved in emergency situations but an important part of the role is to educate and support ward staff. 

The individual will be an important part of the Critical Care staff and as such will work clinically in this area.

Main duties of the job

You will be required to provide excellent assessment and observation skills of critically ill patients in a variety of clinical settings. A good professional leadership quality is imperative to ensure the care of the critically ill patient is optimised.

You will be required to provide excellent assessment and observation skills of critically ill patients in a variety of clinical settings.  A good professional leadership quality to ensure the care of the critically ill patient is optimised.

Our vision in Critical Care is to deliver holistic care to critically ill patients.

We endeavor to promote and establish evidence based practices and the highest level of individualised care for our patients and their families, whilst ensuring that the privacy and dignity of patients is maintained and religious and cultural beliefs are respected.

To achieve this we work in a collaborative manner, with a multidisciplinary approach encouraging good communication which ensures that all patients are cared for in a safe caring and compassionate environment.

Working for our organisation

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.