Job summary
Employer heading
Clinical Nurse Specialist in Arrhythmia
Band 7
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
The Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals are the largest heart and lung centre in the UK, with an international reputation for innovation and leadership in treatment and education and are now part of the Guys and St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen on the Harefield site for an experienced and innovative nurse to join our Arrhythmia team, working 33.5 hours per week. A degree of flexibility with the hours/days worked will be required to ensure the service is maintained.
The successful candidate will need to be highly self motivated, be able to demonstrate advanced management, communication, interpersonal and organisational skills and be able to work autonomously as well as within the Arrhythmia team. We provide a full in-house training programme and study leave to help you develop your potential. Qualification in clinical assessment and as a non-medical prescriber would be advantageous but training can be given. We would consider ambitious band 6 nurses in a training post who could work towards a band 7.
Closing date: 09/01/2025
Interview date: 23/01/2025
Main duties of the job
This clinical role will enable you to develop your skills in a variety of aspects of cardiology nursing, including pre-admission clinics for elective procedures, outpatient management of patients, management of other nurse-led clinics and attendance at multidisciplinary team meetings.
There will also be an expectation for you to review inpatients post procedure on the cardiology wards and work closely with the arrhythmia consultants to develop and further your knowledge.
Working for our organisation
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The main responsibilities of the post include;
- To be a highly specialised nurse working with a specified group of cardiology patients and taking responsibility for their on-going clinical management.
- In collaboration with the Consultants, manage the continuing care of patients who are under the care of the arrhythmia service.
- To deliver a high standard of care to cardiology patients.
The role involves the collaboration with the wider multidisciplinary team including cardiologists, ward teams, imaging teams, other CNSs and the outpatient team.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered nurse or equivalent qualification
- Relevant post-registration course
- Mentorship in practice qualification or equivalent
- ALS/ILS certification
- Professional related degree
- Masters level equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development at post graduate level
Desirable criteria
- Successful completion of an approved course for non-medical prescribers
- Registered as a non-medical prescriber
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive post registration experience with experience of working in a relevant area
- Experience of change management
- Evidence of the development of advanced critical care nursing skills
- Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge of cardiology patients
- Ability to inspire and motivate others
- Excellent organisation skills
- Knowledge and experience of research and audit
Skills
Essential criteria
- Leadership skills
- Ability to adapt to changing needs of the service
- Proven communication skills both orally and in writing
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Proven teaching and assessing skills
- Evidence of applying current research to practice
- Able to prioritise and meet deadlines
- Able to manage difficult situations effectively
- Able to use initiative
- Ability to compile complex written information
- IT literate
- Analytical skills
- Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team and independently
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
- Mandy Brown
- Job title
- Matron, Cardiology and Daycase
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01895 828667
- Additional information
If you would like to discuss this post or arrange an informal visit, please contact Mandy Brown.
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