Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 23 months (Secondment considered)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 153-ME04509
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Bournemouth Hospital
- Town
- Bournemouth
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 pa/pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Cardiology Nurse Specialist
Band 6
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join the cardiac nurse specialist team for a 23 month fixed term/ secondment. The team is made up of highly skilled cardiac advanced clinical practitioners and specialist nurses in electrophysiology, heart failure and acute coronary syndrome.
The cardiology department have recently been successful in a British Heart Foundation (BHF) grant to provide an innovative project in secondary prevention lipid management therefore we are currently seeking a highly skilled and motivated cardiac nurse specialist to join our service at University Hospital Dorset.
The position will require the post holder to work in variety of settings within the cardiac directorate but the main purpose of this role will be to help run, support and establish a secondary prevention cardiology lipid clinic. The aim following national guidelines is to optimise lipid management both through primary and secondary care clinics providing expert knowledge to other health care professionals as well as patients ensuring a shared decision making process.
The shift patterns and times will vary according to the needs of the service. The role will require working across site between Poole General Hospital and the Royal Bournemouth Hospital.
This role requires and active UK NMC Registration
Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
To help develop and deliver a secondary prevention nurse led lipid clinic. To understand all aspects of the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
The role will also involve as required pre assessment of patients due to have percutaneous intervention, supporting investigations such as stress/ trans oesophageal echocardiography and myocardial perfusion scans. The post holder will also be key in liaising with cardiothoracic centres in the transfer of inpatients for surgery coronary artery bypass surgery and valve surgery.
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how
we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the
New Hospital Programme.
Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess
mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal
commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National
terms and conditions.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC registered Nurse
- Physical examination course minimum level 6
- ILS
- Degree or working towards
- Non medical independent and supplementary prescriber
Desirable criteria
- Recognized teaching qualification
- Relevant specialist cardiology Course
- Advanced communication/ counselling skills
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Developments in Cardiology initiatives and treatments at national and local levels
- ECG recording / interpretation
- In depth knowledge of Cardiac anatomy and physiology
- Conversant with current developments affecting cardiac patients in cardiology at national and local levels
Interpersonal skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal skills with multidisciplinary team, patients, carers and relatives
- Organisation and planning skills
- Time management
- Ability to prioritise effectively
Desirable criteria
- Ability to provide and receive complex information, often in difficult and emotive situations
Other requirements specific to the role
Essential criteria
- Potential exposure to environmental hazards
- Aware of and acts upon health and safety issues and infection control
- Adaptive to unpredictable workloads.
Technical Skills Competencies
Essential criteria
- Teaching and presentation skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Anthony Young
- Job title
- Cardiac ANP
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 019 8829
- Additional information
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