Junior Nurse Specialist Nurse for Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery

Job summary

The Cardiac & Thoracic CNS will:

Monitor the patient's progress along the patient pathway Identify and manage any barriers to their progress to surgery Carry out Pre-Assessment Clinics Identify, order and review investigations Create appropriate treatment plans to prepare patients for surgery Refer to other clinicians (as required) Provide education & support Act as a point of contact for patients and their next of kin

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a Junior Nurse Specialist Nurse for Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery to join St George's. The post holder will co-ordinate the patient pathway from referral to surgery for patients on the elective and urgent pathways, in close collaboration with the multidisciplinary team and thoracic clinical nurse specialist team.

The post holder will work closely within the cardiac & thoracic surgical team using their specialist knowledge and expertise in perioperative thoracic care.

They will support colleagues in the effective management of patients in their specialist area who require a high level of judgement, discretion and decision making within an inpatient or outpatient setting. The post-holder will provide education and training to patients, carers, and healthcare professionals.

About us

With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.