About this role
Job summary
An exciting 12-month secondment opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic Cardiology Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our established Chest Pain Specialist Nurse team. Working alongside a supportive team of specialist nurses, you will play a key role in delivering and developing a high-quality service for patients with chest pain and other cardiology conditions.
This part-time role typically involves working four days per week, with one day off to be agreed. The successful candidate will be expected to work across both King's Mill Hospital and Newark Hospital.
We are seeking an experienced cardiology nurse with Advanced Life Support (ALS) certification, excellent clinical assessment skills, and experience managing their own caseload. You will be passionate about delivering expert patient care, supporting service improvement, and working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
The post is advertised at Band 7; however, a development opportunity at Band 6 may be considered for the right candidate, with support provided to develop the knowledge and skills required for progression.
If you are looking to advance your specialist cardiology career within a dynamic and expanding service, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
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About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Job description Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Knowledge Essential
Excellent communication and listening skills. Specialist knowledge and expertise Good computer skills. Good interpersonal and organisational skills Team player Demonstrable teaching skills
Desirable
Research awareness. Audit methodologies
Qualifications Essential
NMC Level One Registered Nurse. BSc in Nursing ENB 998 or equivalent teaching course. Evidence of post-basic specialist education Educated to Masters level (or working towards) or equivalent demonstrable experience and learning within a specialist area Non-medical prescribing (or willingness to undertake)
Contractual Essential
Flexible approach to working Ability to work unsupervised. Ability to travel between sites
Experience Essential
Significant experience post registration at band 6 with experience in working with patients in specialist area. Membership of special interest and professional group Working within a leadership role
Desirable
Multidisciplinary team working Caseload management Demonstrable experience of teaching / training healthcare professionals
Further Training Desirable
Motivational interviewing / counselling course / training
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.
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 Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address Kings Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton in Ashfield
NG17 4JL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)