Job summary
- Main area
- Community Cardiololgy
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 19 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-WCCS-1718
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hammersmith Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £54,320 - £60,981 pa inclusive pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Syncope/LinQ Nurse Specialist
Band 7
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
Syncope is a medical term for a blackout or faint caused by a sudden drop in the supply of blood to the brain, leading to a short-term loss of consciousness. The Imperial College Healthcare syncope diagnostic unit is a high volume service investigating the causes of syncope events and providing care for sufferers of syncope.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Syncope Nurse to working closely with the Syncope and MDT to fulfil this role. The post holder will need to be working at least as a band 6 nurse in cardiology or a specialist areas with the right transferable skills.
The post holder will work within the Syncope team providing a Tilt Test Service and syncope clinic.
The post holder will be required to work through a comprehensive competence process to be deemed competent to independently perform Tilt Tests.
The post holder will have experience in working within cardiology and have an extensive background of dealing with patient cardiac patients, ECG interpretation.
Main duties of the job
- To work as part of the Syncope Service providing Tilt testing and with the LinQ team for LinQ Implantation service.
- This post will work across the both services where the nurse will perform Tilt testing and insert Implantable Loop Recorders.
- The post holder will actively be involved with research within the department.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
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 overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RGN registration
- ENB 254 or equivalent
- GCP training/Qualification
- Post basic teaching and assessing course
Desirable criteria
- Clinical/physical assessment course
- Has attained a Degree or working towards one
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of cardiac nursing knowledge and skills.
- Working within the specialist nursing field sufficiently equalling experience of a band 7 nurse.
- Worked within research nursing with relevant experience equivalent of 3-4 years.
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential criteria
- Experience of managing patients with cardiac arrhythmias
- Ability to adapt to changing needs of service.
- Advanced interpersonal skills
- Leadership skills.
- Flexible
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
- Dr Patricia Taraborrelli
- Job title
- Senior Syncope Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
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