Job summary
Employer heading
Band 8a Lead nurse cardiology - ACS/Cardiac Rehab
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
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Job overview
A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join the Cardiology Nursing Team at Royal Free London Trust. The Lead Cardiology Nurse would support the provision of evidenced based care to the acute coronary syndrome and Cardiac Rehab team’s across the trust. This role would involve supporting the provision of key services cross site.
This post requires a nurse who has strong leadership skills and who is passionate about enhancing the experience of patients and who will be involved in the development of new and existing patient pathways. This may be cross site as well as supporting the integrations of care throughout North Central London partnerships.
We are looking for an individual who can support, engage, and motivate their teams to enable them to provide exceptional patient care. The post holder would need to have a high level of autonomy and experience running nurse lead clinics. A knowledge of specialist nursing and of cardiology subspecialties is key. The role requires supporting the development of the clinical nurse specialists within these teams.
You will be supported by the clinical leads and by the senior matron for the Cardiovascular Division and will work in partnership the with Lead nurse for Heart Failure and CRM.
Main duties of the job
The Post holder will:
- To liaise with all key members of the multidisciplinary team to advise and support colleagues in the delivery of specialised patient care across professional boundaries.
- To work autonomously to deliver specialist clinical care appropriate to the needs of the patient group and based on principles that are research based and enhance the quality of patient care.
- To undertake nurse led clinics and to be responsible for excellent standards of nursing care to patients through the planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating nurse-led clinics and services.
- To line manage clinical nurse specialists within speciality and across boundaries.
- To lead and support with specialist nursing knowledge the development, and implementation of programmes of nursing care for individual patients and the client group as a whole.
- To contribute to the facilitation of the planning, delivery and evaluation of care pathways for a designated group of patients.
- To contribute to training and education within specialist area.
- To promote an innovative and progressive attitude to the continual improvement of patient care through reviewing the evidence base and embedding this in practice through engagement in research activities, including QI work
- To act as a visible role model and expert practitioner.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative Trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated staff care for over 1.6 million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17 million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential criteria
- • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered general nurse
- Relevant first degree
- Relevant qualification and experience in the specialty
- Appropriate teaching certificate or extensive teaching experience
- Advanced assessment qualification
- Evidence of recent professional / management / leadership development
Desirable criteria
- Master’s degree or working towards
- Non- medical prescribing course or willingness to undertake
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial experience in a senior nurse operational role in an acute NHS setting
- Experience in running nurse led clinics
- Proven ability to initiate audits/research & assess evidence
- Experience of developing business and workforce plans in line with future service requirements
- Extensive knowledge and experience of practice and policy across a broad range of responsibilities, e.g., financial systems & budgetary control, corporate and clinical governance, health & safety and human resources
- Experience of motivating staff and improving individuals and team performance
- Able to build rapport and credibility with senior clinical and managerial colleagues
- Experience of managing employment relation issues
- Budgetary management skills
Desirable criteria
- Proven ability to initiate audits/research & assess evidence
Skills and aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills and highly developed interpersonal and influencing skills
- Ability to act autonomously in planning & implementing tasks
- Ability to organize diverse teams to deliver high standard of patient care
- Evidence of participation in audit & the promotion of evidence-based practice
- Proven ability to influence others through research findings
- To prepare written reports and contribute to business planning and service delivery
- Open, participative, dynamic, and supportive leadership with a flexible management style
- Successful track record in conflict resolution and performance management
Personal Qualities and attributes
Essential criteria
- Personal Qualities and attributes
- Organisational skills - able to deliver objectives within an agreed timeframe
- Demonstrates the ability to work in a multi professional team
- Ability to work under pressure
- Continues to advance their specialist knowledge & understanding
- Ability to reflect, question & evaluate own practice
- To be flexible and approachable
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
- Karen Kilbride
- Job title
- Senior Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07764938976
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
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Recruitment Support
Open Monday to Friday
08:30 am to 17:30pm
- Telephone
- 01629 702338
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