About this role
Job summary
We are looking for an energetic, dynamic team player to join our arrhythmia team to cover a secondment for one year, within Epsom and St Helier Hospitals. This job is across both hospitals and involves working closely with the three arrhythmia consultants, performing nurse led cardioversion, making management plans and reviewing patients in clinic pre and post intervention. We provide on-site ablation and complex devices and nurse led ILR implantation.
You will have extensive cardiac background, ideally be an ALS provider and have expert ECG interpretation and cannulation skills. Previous arrhythmia experience is preferable. You will have enthusiasm for excellence in care provision and service development, working hard to streamline pathways and improve access for all patients.
Come and join our expending Cardiology service! Be part of our growth.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support the nurse led arrhythmia services throughout the trust, including nurse-led cardioversion. In addition to this you may be required to support the other nurse -led services; including Rapid Access Chest Pain clinic, Heart failure service , Cardiac Rehabilitation and supporting cardiology investigations department.The post holder will support diagnostic, referral and treatment pathways for cardiac patients across the care continuum from primary to tertiary care, engaging with healthcare professionals across the network area.The post holder will ensure that the service offered is convenient and accessible to patients and will assist in ensuring that patients receive timely and streamlined care as well as contributing to reducing waiting times, waiting lists for treatment and inappropriate admissions to acute beds.The post holder is required to play a key role in the operational and clinical management of cardiac patients and their families, working closely with clinical teams. The post holder is expected to apply clinical expertise to meet the particular needs of cardiac patients and their families and will be expected to take part in the development of protocol driven management of patients and the administration of medications and therapies within patient group directives. The post holder will be expected to undertake the physical assessment course and the non-medical prescribing course within the next five years.
About us
St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the Nursing role at Epsom and St Helier
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
NMC register 1st level degree Evidence of significant professional development and experience with a focus on arrhythmia Evidence of further qualification in cardiology Mentoring qualification
Desirable
Management module Masters degree Non-medical prescriber
Experience Essential
oSubstantial experience and achievement in nursing cardiac patients oExperience of clinical audit. oHighly developed specialist knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience.
Desirable
Experience of developing clinical guidelines and clinical care pathways Evidence of ability to develop services and influence outcomes Proven commitment to cardiology nursing by evidence of professional development.
Knowledge Essential
oPhysical assessment and diagnostic skills oAbility to co- ordinate arrhythmia pathways oVenepuncture and cannulation skills oILS competent
Desirable
Ability to work for long periods of time independently, supported by protocols. ALS Recent teaching experience at senior level
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.
Employer details Employer name Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Address Epsom Hospital
Dorking Road
Epsom
KT18 7EG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk/work-for-us (Opens in a new tab)