Band 7 Cardiac Specialist Nurse

Job responsibilities

Work in accordance with NMC Code of Professional Conduct

Act as a role model in expert practice facilitating and supporting the delivery of effective patient care.

Support and assist staff in developing appropriate management plans of care for individual patients or client groups.

Identify and promote areas for practice development, including guidelines and procedures to support the delivery of care, ensuring that all care is evidence based.

Facilitate and participate in Trust wide groups that require specialist nurse input.

To provide appropriate and consistent professional advice to other senior members of the team, acting as a point of contact in times of difficulty and when support is required.

Facilitate effective communication between primary, secondary, community, social care and voluntary services in order to promote best possible outcomes.

Provide regular reports to the Service Manager to allow for regular monitoring and evaluation of the service.

The post holder will have a high degree of autonomy within the role as a clinical specialist utilizing their knowledge, skills and experience. They will be required to practice within the professional scope of the role.

Participate in clinical supervision and recognize when it may be necessary to access advice and support from senior colleagues and consultants.

The post holder will be IT literate with all systems including RiO or equivalent data bases, outlook, power point, access, publisher, word, intranet and internet.

Qualifications & Training

Essential

• Current NMC Level 1 Registration
• Specialist Cardiac qualification, i.e. Glasgow Caledonian
• Educated to degree level or evidence of equivalent experience
• Evidence of post graduate study in cardiac care, e.g. ECG course
• Specialist teaching qualification i.e. ENB 998 or equivalent
• Basic Life Support (BLS) trained
• Independent & Supplementary Nurse Prescriber

Experience

Essential

• Substantial experience of managing a team of multi - disciplinary staff.
• Substantial experience of working within a complex cardiac environment
• Substantial experience in delivering community based cardiac care
• Evidence of delivering formal / informal education and teach self management to complex groups of patients
• Experience of managing complaints informally and through the formal Trust route
• Experience and understanding of NHS and health care systems
• Understanding of the needs of socially and culturally excluded groups
• Experience of organising and chairing team meetings and planning staff events
• Experience with finance, budget management, effective use of resources, procurement and the use of SBS systems
• Significant experience of managing data bases, producing and analysing reports for audit.

Skills/Knowledge

Essential

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to clearly communicate sensitive, contentious and emotive issues to complex patient groups
• Ability to produce high quality, error free clinical documentation and reports and presentations in a timely manner
• Excellent planning and organisation skills, demonstrating an ability to work under pressure
• Excellent time management, planning and prioritisation skills.
• Ability and confidence to show initiative and service development when required
• Ability to speak in a clear and articulate manner, dealing with people in a courteous and diplomatic manner

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Ability to demonstrate the implementation of evidence based practice and quality initiatives
• Ability to work under pressure, with competing priorities and to deadlines
• Ability to work professionally, confidently and effectively as part of a team
• Ability to demonstrate accuracy and attention to detail
• Be proactive, enthusiastic and positive and able to motivate others
• Personal integrity, reliability and ability to demonstrate confidence
• Able to use own initiate, listen to others intently and lead the team with developments and future changes

Other Job Requirements

Essential

• Willingness to be flexible for example, have the ability to independently travel around the Trust to enable delivery of the current service contract in order to meet the needs of the service

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).