Mohan, I would suggest maybe they lead the quality improvement work to deliver a reliable, auditable and sustainable culture of care for sepsis patients. They will need to work closely with the consultant body to embed a different way of working and to ensure clinical engagement for this group, from the ED's (casualty's a TV programme isn't it??) to complex care to ICU. There is a risk with any of these focussed roles that all the ownership of the issue lies with that individual so it is imperative that they have organisational support to implement best practice. Heather McClelland Nurse Consultant - Emergency Care Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust.
________________________________ From: [email protected] on behalf of Dr.Mohan Ranganathan Sent: Mon 11/03/2013 20:58 To: [email protected] Subject: [Sepsis Groups] Lead nurse for sepsis Dear all, May I know if someone is working as a lead nurse for sepsis. If so, I would be grateful if you can let me have the job plan/job description. We do have 24/7 outreach nurses in our hospital. They are senior nurses from intensive care delivering complex care in the the hospital wards. They are often busy with many things apart from sepsis care. This leads to delay in implementing sepsis six. To facilitate care given to sepsis patients, my hospital is looking at employing a lead nurse for sepsis. I thought the role would be to facilitate the care given to patients with sepsis in the wards/casualty, education and audit. Is there anything else that could be included? Many thanks in advance, BW Mohan Mohan Ranganathan Consultant Anaesthetist Lead for sepsis George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust Nuneaton UK
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