Site Nurse Practitioner - Inpatient Services

SNP role provides professional and clinical leadership in the acute hospital and community Trust settings to patients, carers and staff. The post holder will act as a visible presence as a Trust senior operational and clinical manager, and senior on site manager out of hours taking on the responsibility for the management of the emergency / elective pathways including bed management and overall operational management of the Trust., In October 2023 the Trust launched a new electronic health record, Epic. This has transformed the current bed management process providing a 'Live bed status' improving patient flow and patience experience changing the way the site team works. This will give the post holder the opportunity to enact change management skills within a dynamic team.

The SNP is a high-profile role whose key responsibilities are to lead the 'Out of Hours' teams, co-ordinate the hospital team handover, manage Trust targets and ensuring staff compliance with Trust- wide policies and procedures. In addition, the Site Nurse Practitioner leads the Trust's emergency response to fire, security alerts, Code 10 (mental health emergency), cardiac arrests and first line management of Major and Serious / critical site incidents as required.

All SNPs have a unique opportunity to maintain and develop their clinical skills in a dual role working designated clinical shifts as part of the Clinical Response Team (CRT). This involves the assessment and management of acutely unwell patients in ward / clinical areas as part of a multi professional team. Facilitate the safe transfer of patients to an appropriate clinical area such as Critical care where required. The clinical aspect of the role involves working closely with the multi-disciplinary team to support wards and critical care where required.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.