Job summary
Are you an enthusiastic, highly motivated nurse looking to expand your experience by taking the next steps into a clinical specialist role?
We have an exciting part time role (22.5 hours/ 0.6WTE) available for someone looking to develop into a career as a clinical specialist. Work within the Cardiac Implantable Device service is a unique role within cardiology that crosses over into multiple disciplines, including: arrhythmia management, heart failure, inherited cardiac conditions, transplant and congenital heart disease to name a few. The post holder will be expected to undertake advanced training including: health assessors and British Heart Rhythm Certification. This continuous professional development is fully supported and actively encouraged.
This role epitomises multi-disciplinary team working; the post holder will work closely with the Cardiac Physiology team to deliver a high quality patient service. There will also be close working relationships with Consultants from various specialities as well as other clinical nurse specialists. The post holder will be a critical contributor alongside these stakeholders, to strategically develop and improve the service, with a big focus on delivering high quality patient care especially as the service expands with digital care and the utilisation of remote monitoring.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for someone, who is highly motivated and keen to learn and develop. They must possess good communication skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment. The role involves significant multi-disciplinary working alongside the cardiac physiology team, consultant cardiologists and other nurse specialists. The service encompasses patients from a range of cardiology specialities with often clinically complex and emotionally challenging backgrounds; the post holder must have an empathetic and reassuring manner to aid communication.
This is a developmental role with on the job training and education provided to develop clinical specialist skills, including the completion of where relevant: health assessor's course and British Heart Rhythm Certification. Alongside and on completion of this training the post holder will provide advanced clinical care for patients with implantable cardiac devices including: implantable loop recorders, pacemakers, defibrillators and cardiac resynchronisation devices. This will include pre and post procedure support and counselling, patient advice and guidance and the clinical management of a range of cardiac conditions. The post holder will lead and facilitate the development/optimisation of the implantation admission pathway; nurse led pre-admission counselling and the optimisation of remote based patient care including the expansion of heart failure alert monitoring
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- * Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration
- * Evidence of post registration CPD / post registration qualification in Cardiology or professional knowledge supplemented by specialist experience and short courses to FHEQ Level 6
- * Evidence of clinical examination/health assessor's course.
- * Eligible to apply for non-medical prescribers course
Experience
Essential
- * Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
- * Significant post registration experience, with evidence of passion/ enthusiasm and knowledge for Cardiac Implantable Devices and advanced cardiology practice
- * Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development/ competence
- * Demonstrate specialist knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to speciality
- * Experience and enthusiasm for teaching/assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting
- * Experience of working in a multidisciplinary and cross agency work environment
- * Demonstrate understanding / experience / willingness to be a practice-based supervisor / assessor as detailed in the NMC
- * Experience working directly with patients undergoing implantation and follow up of cardiac implantable devices
- * Experience of dealing with patients experiencing complex psychosocial issues relating to implantation of cardiac implantable devices.
- * Specialist understanding of the different types of cardiac implantable devices, their indications, contraindications and potential for lifestyle changes or complications
- * Evidence of significant CPD relating to cardiac implantable devices, heart failure and electrophysiology.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- * Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration
- * Evidence of post registration CPD / post registration qualification in Cardiology or professional knowledge supplemented by specialist experience and short courses to FHEQ Level 6
- * Evidence of clinical examination/health assessor's course.
- * Eligible to apply for non-medical prescribers course
Experience
Essential
- * Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
- * Significant post registration experience, with evidence of passion/ enthusiasm and knowledge for Cardiac Implantable Devices and advanced cardiology practice
- * Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development/ competence
- * Demonstrate specialist knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to speciality
- * Experience and enthusiasm for teaching/assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting
- * Experience of working in a multidisciplinary and cross agency work environment
- * Demonstrate understanding / experience / willingness to be a practice-based supervisor / assessor as detailed in the NMC
- * Experience working directly with patients undergoing implantation and follow up of cardiac implantable devices
- * Experience of dealing with patients experiencing complex psychosocial issues relating to implantation of cardiac implantable devices.
- * Specialist understanding of the different types of cardiac implantable devices, their indications, contraindications and potential for lifestyle changes or complications
- * Evidence of significant CPD relating to cardiac implantable devices, heart failure and electrophysiology.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
