DC Cardioversion Specialist Nurse within Arrhythmia Services
We are seeking an enthusiastic DC Cardioversion Specialist Nurse. The post holder will be an experienced Cardiology Nurse with a minimum of 2 years recent clinical experience.
They will be responsible for the planning and implementation of an evidence-based, nurse-led service to aid the management and delivery of expert care to elective patients who require direct current cardioversion (DCC). This post will sit under the care of the Arrhythmia Nurse specialists who will support the overall delivery of the service.
Main duties of the job
1. Adhere to the DC Cardioversion service standard operating protocol (SOP) to triage patients based on clinical need, manage the wait list, deliver evidence-based, patient-centred care from pre-assessment through to discharge, and arrange follow-up care based on individual clinical need.
2. Triage and management of the waiting list with clinical priorities identified and monitoring of unstable patients.
3. Deliver safe, evidence-based defibrillation as per DC Cardioversion SOP.
4. Hold or be willing to gain Resus Council Advanced Life Support qualification.
5. Hold or be willing to gain Physical assessment and Clinical reasoning qualification.
6. Explain to a patient the purpose, benefits, and possible complications of the procedure to ensure informed consent, including medication information and compliance.
7. Undertake nurse-led pre-assessment clinics, interpreting physical and verbal information from patients and seek medical advice, discussing with the Arrhythmia Nurses or Cardiologists in assessing clinical decisions and plan of care.
8. Request appropriate investigations and tests based on protocols and discuss results in order to plan appropriate patient care.
9. Plan the workload and prioritise according to clinical need.
10. First point of contact via the telephone advice line for Cardioversion patients in order to provide support, information, advice, and onward referral.
11. Promote holistic care, to support and counsel patients through the service journey to provide safe, efficient patient-centred care.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* RGN/RN
* Immediate Life Support.
* Advanced Life Support (willing to work towards).
* Always maintain NMC registration by Revalidating and work within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
* Physical assessment and clinical decision-making course (willing to work towards)
Experience
* Experience of teaching and mentoring.
* Up to date knowledge of evidence-based practice in nursing
* Clinical audit
* Experience of care of patients with Atrial arrhythmias, anti-coagulation
Additional Criteria
* Evidence of a good standard of Literacy / English language skills
* Ability to communicate professionally and sensitively with people at all levels of understanding face to face, telephone, written communication via email, letter, incident reports etc.
* Conflict management.
* Empathy when giving sensitive information.
* Confident and able to relate to staff, patients, and relatives in a professional manner relevant to environment.
* Ability to prioritise own time and that of others.
* Motivate self and others.
* Ability to work under own initiative within agreed policies and procedures
* Decision making and prioritising skills.
* Able to organise own workload
* Physically able to carry out the duties of the post, including bending, stretching, kneeling and walking for long shift periods
* Willingness to use technology to improve standards of care and support to our patients
* Punctuality
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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