Job overview

The Critical Outreach Team at are seeking a highly skilled and clinically motivated Outreach Practitioner to join our service at Royal Bournemouth and Poole Hospital which is part of the University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust.

This team supports the clinical care of all patients who are risk of deterioration or other immediately life threatening events or risk of, suffering a cardiac arrest.

As the successful candidate you will have experience in the management of medical emergencies and in the development and implementation of resuscitation policies and procedures. You will be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills.

The position will require the post holder to work 12 hour shifts including weekends and bank holidays; with internal rotation to night duty. Staff in our CCOT team are supported by strong mentorship and a firm commitment to education & professional development. The successful applicant should be enthusiastic and highly motivated with good communication and interpersonal skills.

Main duties of the job

This role is key to the Trusts Patient Safety and Critical care agenda through the delivery of education, quality improvement and audit and clinically focused support.

The team is made up of ICU skilled and experienced staff who provide support to all the general medical and surgical wards and other areas including Interventional Radiology, ED, the Cardiac Intervention Unit and also Critical Care. The team will expedite admissions to specialist areas and follow up patients discharged from ICU/HDU on a daily basis. They also monitor (and respond to) any deteriorating patients via the Trust wide electronic warning system along with attending cardiac arrest calls in conjunction with the Resuscitation Team and providing escort duties for Level 2/3 patients around the Trust. 

This role will develop high level critical thinking and decision making skills, and work towards performing at an advanced level. This role will develop over time in response to changes in service delivery and we are therefore looking for practitioners who are energetic, eager to develop and are forward thinking with the potential to adapt to change and meet new challenges. In return we will support you at every level to enable you to develop your new role.

Working for our organisation

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD.  They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme. 

This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term.  Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.

31/12/25 CCOT will be on the RBH site only however this could happen earlier or be delayed. 

Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.