Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 343-6593933-RB-SK
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Epsom Hospital
- Town
- Epsom
- Salary
- £51,883 - £58,544 pa inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Nurse Specialist Arrhythmia
Band 7
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
We are looking for an energetic, dynamic team player to join our arrhythmia team within Epsom and St Helier Hospitals. This job is across both hospitals and involves working closely with the three arrhythmia consultants, performing nurse led cardioversion, making management plans and reviewing patients in clinic pre and post intervention. We provide on-site ablation and complex devices and nurse led ILR implantation.
You will have extensive cardiac background, ideally be an ALS provider and have expert ECG interpretation and cannulation skills. Previous arrhythmia experience is preferable. You will have enthusiasm for excellence in care provision and service development, working hard to streamline pathways and improve access for all patients.
Come and join our expending Cardiology service! Be part of our growth.
Main duties of the job
Autonomy. Cannulation. ILS / ALS provider. Working towards ILR implantation. Nurse led cardioversion.
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
We are looking for an energetic, dynamic team player to join our arrhythmia team within Epsom and St Helier Hospitals. This job is across both hospitals and involves working closely with the three arrhythmia consultants, performing nurse led cardioversion, making management plans and reviewing patients in clinic pre and post intervention. We provide on-site ablation and complex devices and nurse led ILR implantation.
You will have extensive cardiac background, ideally be an ALS provider and have expert ECG interpretation and cannulation skills. Previous arrhythmia experience is preferable. You will have enthusiasm for excellence in care provision and service development, working hard to streamline pathways and improve access for all patients.
Come and join our expending Cardiology service! Be part of our growth.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC register
- 1st level degree
- Evidence of significant professional development and experience with a focus on arrhythmia
- Evidence of further qualification in cardiology
- Mentoring qualification
Desirable criteria
- Management module
- Masters degree
- Non-medical prescriber
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Substantial experience and achievement in nursing cardiac patients
- • Experience of clinical audit.
- • Highly developed specialist knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of developing clinical guidelines and clinical care pathways
- Evidence of ability to develop services and influence outcomes
- Proven commitment to cardiology nursing by evidence of professional development.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Physical assessment and diagnostic skills
- • Ability to co- ordinate arrhythmia pathways
- • Venepuncture and cannulation skills • ILS competent
Desirable criteria
- Ability to work for long periods of time independently, supported by protocols.
- ALS
- Recent teaching experience at senior level
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
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Applicant requirements
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
- Dexter Lugasan
- Job title
- Cardiology Matron, Outpatient
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8296 2000
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