Job summary
- Main area
- Structural Heart Disease
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 200-7094358-GO-VA
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Georges University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Tooting
- Salary
- £54,320 - £60,981 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Structural Heart Disease Nurse Specialist
Band 7
*The pay scales advertised have been confirmed by NHS England, we are awaiting confirmation of when these will be reflected. The new scales can be found here: Pay scales for 2024/25 | NHS Employers
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to work within a small friendly team providing support to the Lead Nurse Practitioner for structural heart disease. Within the team you will often work autonomously and will have opportunities to develop your skills in the structural heart service. You will be the main point of contact and support for this group of complex patients from initial referral to post discharge follow-up.
Main duties of the job
To work independently and as part of a multi disciplinary team for patients with structural heart disease. This will include patients requiring TAVI, TEER and PFO closure.
Manage the caseload of patients and communicate effectively with members of the team, patients and relatives.
Run nurse-led clinics undertaking physical assessment of patients, requesting relevant investigations and making clinical decisions as an autonomous practitioner.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To work independently and as part of a multi disciplinary team for patients with structural heart disease. This will include patients requiring TAVI, TEER and PFO closure.
Manage the caseload of patients and communicate effectively with members of the team, patients and relatives.
Run nurse-led clinics undertaking physical assessment of patients, requesting relevant investigations and making clinical decisions as an autonomous practitioner.
See job description for further detail.
Person specification
Qualification and training
Essential criteria
- Registered General Nurse with 5 years experience in practice
- Recognised post graduate cardiac course
- 2 or more years as AFC band 6/7
- Leadership and good communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Working towards clinical decision making/physical assessment, Masters, independent prescribing.
Skills/knowledge/ability
Essential criteria
- Ability to work autonomously
- Ability to prioritise
- Commitment to team working.
- Willing to train and be trained.
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of writing protocols, auditing services, or conducting research
- Clinical Leadership Programme
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.
Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email.
If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:
- The machine readable zone
- An ultra violet image
- An infra red image
As part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected].
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Niamh Doyle
- Job title
- Lead Nurse for Structural Heart Disease
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02087254407
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
07553093677
- Telephone
- 07553093677
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