Job summary
- Main area
- cardiology
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 271-HL-7305327
- Employer
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Great Ormond Street Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £46,419 - £55,046 pro rata per annum inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Nurse Specialist - Heart Failure
Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced children’s nurse to join our amazing team. We are the only dedicated paediatric heart failure clinic in the UK and Ireland -consisting of a complex caseload 0–18year-olds and we are looking for a children’s cardiac nurse with vision and enthusiasm, to contribute to the continued quality and the developmental success of the service and with a commitment to children and families, both internal and external to the service.
We will support your professional development with a tailored individual educational pathway. Informal visits are highly recommended, and we look forward to hearing from you
Main duties of the job
- Development of good clinical assessment skills and decision making, in relation to patients with heart failure, under the supervision and guidance of the clinical nurse specialist or medical staff member
- Triaging and managing busy weekly clinics – safety netting sicker patients and preventing multiple trips for families who must travel in for different specialities. Supporting families with medication titration. We are developing our genetics service, working with and supporting families through the possible outcomes.
- Working closely with other teams – including electrophysiology service, inherited cardiovascular team, cardiac transplant team, neuromuscular and metabolic.
- To support the provision of effective communication between all members of the multidisciplinary team, other hospital departments, relatives, and visitors. Many of our patients have multiple care teams and coordination of care is paramount. We liaise and meet regularly with social work/family support and psychology & palliative care.
We are working to empower our patients as they transition to adult services. - Discharge planning for heart failure patients and their families: you will have the opportunity to train as a Basic Life Support Instructor and be support parents with ‘Red Flag’ teaching – signs and symptoms of heart failure and medication
management
Working for our organisation
We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as the communities we serve, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including people with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic heritage, people with a disability, and people from LGBTQ+ communities. By growing an ever more diverse workforce, we’ll have a greater range of perspectives and knowledge, meaning that we can provide the children and young people at our hospital with even better care.
Our hospital is committed to creating an environment that is open and inclusive. Our staff are encouraged to engage with colleagues through the following networks: REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage) ENABLED (Enhancing Abilities & Leveraging Disabilities Network), PRIDE and Women’s networks; all of which are sponsored by a member of our Executive Management Team.
We want to ensure that all of our people, regardless of their background, are seen and heard. We want to attract applicants that share our commitment to inclusion and that understand diversity is a strength that is embraced and valued.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
GOSH Culture and Values
Essential criteria
- Our Always values
Academic/Professional qualification/Training
Essential criteria
- Part 8 or 15, registered children’s qualified nurse with the NMC, UK
- Basic and intermediate life support E
Desirable criteria
- EPLS
- Basic life support trainer D
Skills/Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent Paediatric clinical skills
- Relevant specialist skills and abilities
- Effective organisational skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrates Compassion in Practice
- Effective teaching & training for families across cultural and geographical bridges
- Able to work across professional team and organizational boundaries
- Ability to delegate and prioritize
- A flexible and dedicated approach to work
- Ability to manage your own time and work independently to support holistic care
- Commitment to service changes which best supports the child and family with heart failure
- Excellent specialty knowledge
- Understanding of professional and current issues in children’s nursing and children’s cardiac nursing
- Understanding of resource management, health and safety, clinical risk and quality issues
- Child protection procedures
- Awareness of equality and diversity
- Basic knowledge of computers
- Teaching experience
- extensive experience
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of audit and research methodologies
- Experience of coordinating and managing patient care
- Previous experience of change management and problem solving
- Experience of handling clinical incidents and complaints
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
- Anne MacNiven
- Job title
- Cardiac Nurse Specialists
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Please contact Anne MacNiven [email protected] or Kelly Slingsby and Janet Mallory Band 7 Cardiac Nurse Specialists on 0207 405 9200 ext 8018 & [email protected] for more information.
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