About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time Band 7 Arrhythmia Clinical Nurse Specialist to join the Cardiology team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Working within the specialist Arrhythmia service, you will provide high-quality, patient-centred care for patients with cardiac arrhythmias. You will work autonomously and as part of the multidisciplinary team, managing a specialist caseload, triaging referrals and supporting the delivery of nurse-led clinics.
You will work closely with Cardiology Consultants, Cardiac Physiology, nursing teams and other healthcare professionals to ensure safe, timely and coordinated care. You will also contribute to service development, clinical guidelines, audit and education, while acting as a specialist resource for patients, carers and colleagues.
We are looking for an experienced and motivated registered nurse with significant post-registration experience, ideally within Cardiology or arrhythmia care. You will have excellent communication, leadership and clinical decision-making skills, with the confidence to work both autonomously and collaboratively.
For the right candidate, a Band 6 developmental post may be considered, with progression to Band 7 following successful completion of the required cardiology competency framework and a commitment to undertake the Non-Medical Prescribing course.
Main duties of the job
he Arrhythmia Clinical Nurse Specialist will work autonomously within the wider Cardiology multidisciplinary team, providing specialist assessment, management, advice and support for patients with cardiac arrhythmias.
The post holder will
- Deliver face-to-face and virtual nurse-led Arrhythmia clinics and manage a specialist caseload.
- Triage referrals and coordinate ongoing care and follow-up.
- Work closely with Cardiology consultants, cardiac physiology, nursing teams and other services to support effective patient pathways.
- Support cardioversion pathways, including patient assessment, preparation, education and follow-up.
- Provide specialist arrhythmia advice and in-reach support to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.
- Contribute to audit, research, quality improvement and service evaluation.
- Support the development of clinical pathways, protocols and the wider Arrhythmia service.
- Provide appropriate cross-cover across Cardiology to support a responsive and resilient service.
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
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.
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.
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).
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)