Practice Development Nurse/Sepsis and Patient Deterioration

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

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

o 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.

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

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

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

Education

To work collaboratively with the Trust Sepsis and Care of the Critically Ill Patient groups to assess educational requirements across the Organisation, identifying areas which require enhanced educational input and development of appropriate competency-based programmes to meet these needs.

Lead the development, co-ordination and delivery of quality education programmes centred on the recognition and management of the deteriorating patient, including sepsis and NEWS 2 utilising a variety of educational platforms.

Clinical

Provide evidence-based specialist advice and support relating the deteriorating patient to all Trust staff groups.

Audit, monitor and advise the Care of the Critically Ill Group and other Trust Groups on the provision and effectiveness of deteriorating patient education.

Research, Audit and Development

To actively participate in multidisciplinary audit activity, this includes data collection to support any relevant CQUIN.

Deliver high quality clinical and audit presentations to multidisciplinary groups.

Personal and Professional Development

To take responsibility of own professional development, ensuring that you develop within the role.

To ensure that they are up to date with any new developments, recommendations or guidelines and are competent in the skills that they are expected to provide.

Please refer to the Job Description for further details

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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Qualifications and knowledge

Experience

Skills

Personal and people development

Communication