SMART band 6inliverpoolinliverpoolPUBLISHED THU 5 DEC 2024
Flexibility is essential, as the position involves working a 24-hour service, including nights and weekends. The role encompasses performing physical examinations, managing care plans, and acting as a non-medical clinical imaging referrer. Additional responsibilities include following up on discharged critical care patients, facilitating safe transfers of acutely ill individuals, and mentoring other staff, all while maintaining high standards of care and safety.
SMART stands for surgical and medical acute response team. The SMART nurse will work within the existing team and be a clinically credible nurse who is proficient and experienced in looking after the critically ill and deteriorating patient. They will have a thorough understanding of what track, trigger, respond and escalate entails within the scope of the deteriorating patient. They will also form part of the cardiac arrest team and become an ALS provider.On a daily basis the SMART nurse will review known patients and assess new patients in a time appropriate manner who are considered at risk by the MDT who express a clinical concern or those patients who trigger via the use of NEWS2.The SMART nurse will ensure all emergency admissions into the Centre are seen within 30minutes ensuring that admission documentation and prescriptions and clinical management plans are implemented in a timely manner.The SMART nurse will support the thrombectomy service providing clinical support, recovery and maintaining the safety of the patient along the patient pathway.They will be required to work flexibly as a member of SMART to ensure standards are being maintained, evaluated and where necessary improved.The role covers a 24hour service 7 days a week by rotating onto days and nights and the willingness to be flexible is essential to ensure the service can be delivered.
To perform physical examination and assessment utilising the A-E approach to formulate an appropriate care plan.Utilise PGD's to manage patients.To be a non-medical clinical imaging referrer.To provide ongoing assessment and follow up of all level 2/3 critical care discharged patientsTo review daily the weaning progress and formulate a plan of care with the tracheostomy daily MDT and provide support and education to staff looking after these patients.To form part of the hospital resuscitation teamTo be proficient in the safe inter/intra hospital transfer of acutely unwell, critically ill or tracheostomy patientsTo help care for patients requiring thrombectomy within the trust in a safe and effective way utilising the resources available.To understand their scope of practice and be able to seek expert advice and assistance when required and escalate patients in a time appropriate manner.To act as a mentor and role model to the MDT and disseminate progress with senior members of staff.
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