Senior Transfer Practitioner | University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust

The Band 7 Senior Transfer Practitioner (Senior TP) is accountable and responsible for the delivery and management of a Retrieve sub-regional base. They will promote and monitor safe and effective practice, enhance the patient experience, and provides effective leadership and management contributing to the delivery of the service.

The Senior Transfer Practitioner will:

- Deputise and support the Lead Nurse

- Be responsible for professional day to day clinical leadership and operational management of their base. Working with the other base Senior Transfer Practitioner to ensure effective running of the service.

- Act as a leader and role model, adopting a flexible approach in a role which encompasses leadership, management and clinical responsibilities.

- Promote and monitor a safe work environment.

- Responsible for the implementation of audit, quality and risk management initiatives in the service.

There will be an expectation to continue to further develop clinical skills and continue to in a clinical role for 50% of their time.

A Senior Transfer Practitioner would be expected to act as a role model, demonstrating strong leadership skills and deputising for the Lead Nurse as required. They would be accountable for overseeing the rota, and managing staffs contracted hours and well as the implantation and monitoring of audit and quality initiatives.

Retrieve prides itself on professionalism and work culture, the Senior TP will uphold the Retrieve brand, supporting the team, ensuring they feel supported, valued and listened to. Working closely with the Retrieve Leadership Team, including leads for Governance, Audit and Research, as well as the education team.

The Senior TP will play a vital role in the development, improvement, management and promotion of the service, delivering high quality critical care in transfer across the south west.

Working collaboratively with the multi-professional team, the Senior TP will act as a professional role model, setting standards of practice and promoting clinical effectiveness., welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

This is an exciting new role for Retrieve, an opportunity for a forward thinking, organised and committed individual to join our passionate team.

There is a full time role available at each Retrieve base location, in the Peninsula region, based in Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 9JD. In Severn region, based in Bradley Stoke, Bristol BS32 4QA., Disability Confident
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University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the