Job summary
Do you have an interest in cardiology?
Would you be interested in joining our team?
Our cardiology team here at WWL prides itself on being a friendly and supportive team with high standards of care, so if you think you can complement this then we encourage you to apply.
A high level of clinical decision making is required for this role and the post holder will be expected to develop, demonstrating your ability to make clinical decisions autonomously supported by senior cardiology team.
You will need to work proactively to deliver a responsive service to patient with both planned and unplanned care needs.
The post holder will work collaboratively with other colleagues to provide patients with a holistic needs assessment, offering education to achieve a person centred approach, promoting a culture which enables patients to focus on self-management.
Please note candidates are required to present original certificates for qualifications at interview stage.
Main duties of the job
- Provide clinical and professional leadership to nursing staff
- Follow up the patients with chest pain, acute or chronic cardiac conditions who are not admitted to cardiology wards to ensure that evidence based treatment is applied and drug therapies are adhered to.
- Provide advice and guidance in the management of patients referred and transferred from District General Hospitals
- Identify and discuss with the on-call cardiologist patients who require referral to cardiology
- Fast track referrals for investigations as required, to ensure timely treatment and potentially reduce length of hospital stay
- Risk assesses all patients and provides lifestyle advice and literature
- Ensure that clinical practice and the development of clinical guidelines adhere to guidelines produced by regulatory bodies
- Liaise with ECC, CCU, medical, cardiology wards and primary care teams as appropriate to the needs of the service
- Provide clinical and professional leadership
- Provide nurse led rapid access chest pain clinic
- Support and undertake diagnostics including Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic, Dubutamine Stress Echo's and other diagnostics as required.
About us
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values 'the WWL Way'.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Planning and Organisational Duties
- Support cardiology nursing colleagues by providing cross cover for annual leave and other leave as necessary
- Support clinical activity as part of the weekly job plan.
- Support diagnostic actively through the week and flex duties to support this activity.
- Support research based practice
- Provide teaching and education sessions for nurse development
Communications and Key Working Relationships
- Work with NICE guidelines and communicate best practice to wards and departments caring for cardiac patients.
- Support the cardiac network working with the CATs system
Responsibility for Health & Safety
- Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 the post holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.
Responsibility for Teaching
- Support junior colleagues, students and promote link nurse duties.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Planning and Organisational Duties
- Support cardiology nursing colleagues by providing cross cover for annual leave and other leave as necessary
- Support clinical activity as part of the weekly job plan.
- Support diagnostic actively through the week and flex duties to support this activity.
- Support research based practice
- Provide teaching and education sessions for nurse development
Communications and Key Working Relationships
- Work with NICE guidelines and communicate best practice to wards and departments caring for cardiac patients.
- Support the cardiac network working with the CATs system
Responsibility for Health & Safety
- Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 the post holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.
Responsibility for Teaching
- Support junior colleagues, students and promote link nurse duties.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Degree (or working towards)
- Post graduate Certificate in Cardiac Care
Experience
Essential
- Able to demonstrate experience at Band 6 or equivalent level in Cardiology
- Evidence of research/audit experience and presentations skills to large audiences of staff
- Experience of acute and chronic Cardiology conditions and treatment pathways
Skills
Essential
- Display initiative
- Able to organise and prioritise workload
- Credible with senior medical staff
- Enthusiastic, confident with a Page 2 of 4 positive attitude
- Selection of CNO/or equivalent 10 key roles
- Communication skills
- Time management
- Computer literate
- Working autonomously
- Evidence of motivation
- Operational Effectiveness
- Expert 12 lead ECG interpretation skills and cardiology tests interpretation skills
Knowledge
Essential
- NHS plan and associated papers and targets
Additional
Essential
- Flexible to meet needs of post
- Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Degree (or working towards)
- Post graduate Certificate in Cardiac Care
Experience
Essential
- Able to demonstrate experience at Band 6 or equivalent level in Cardiology
- Evidence of research/audit experience and presentations skills to large audiences of staff
- Experience of acute and chronic Cardiology conditions and treatment pathways
Skills
Essential
- Display initiative
- Able to organise and prioritise workload
- Credible with senior medical staff
- Enthusiastic, confident with a Page 2 of 4 positive attitude
- Selection of CNO/or equivalent 10 key roles
- Communication skills
- Time management
- Computer literate
- Working autonomously
- Evidence of motivation
- Operational Effectiveness
- Expert 12 lead ECG interpretation skills and cardiology tests interpretation skills
Knowledge
Essential
- NHS plan and associated papers and targets
Additional
Essential
- Flexible to meet needs of post
- Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation
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
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Albert Edward Infirmary
Wigan Lane
Wigan
WN1 2NN
Employer's website
http://www.wwl.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
