Employer: Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Kings Mill Hospital
Town: Sutton in Ashfield
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 21/11/2024 23:59
Vascular Access Clinical Nurse Specialist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
Job overview
We are seeking a dedicated and highly skilled Vascular Access Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our team, providing expert and advanced nursing care to patients requiring venous access. This is a pivotal role focused on ensuring high-quality clinical management and service delivery, including the insertion and ongoing care of PICC and Midline catheters.
This role offers a unique opportunity to provide essential clinical care while shaping and developing our vascular access services. If you are passionate about advanced nursing, patient-centered care, and working within a supportive, multidisciplinary environment, we encourage you to apply.
Main duties of the job
Please read the attached full job description and person specification in the additional documents section.
Person specification
Knowledge Requirements
* Excellent communication and listening skills
* Specialist knowledge and expertise
* Good interpersonal and organisational skills
* Team player
* Demonstrable teaching skills
* Research awareness
* Audit methodologies
Qualifications/Academic/Craft/Professional
* NMC Level One Registered Nurse
* BSc in Nursing
* ENB 998 or equivalent teaching course
* Evidence of post-basic specialist education
* Educated to Masters level (or working towards) or equivalent demonstrable experience and learning within a specialist area
* Non-medical prescribing (or willingness to undertake)
Further Training
* Recognised Venous Access Training Course and Train the Trainer Ability
* Interpretation of X-rays / ultrasound usage
* Motivational interviewing / counselling course / training
Experience
* Significant experience post registration at band 6 with experience in working with patients in specialist area
* Membership of special interest and professional group
* Working within a leadership role
* Multidisciplinary team working
* Caseload management
* Demonstrable experience of teaching / training healthcare professionals
Contractual Requirements
* Flexible approach to working
* Ability to work unsupervised
* Ability to travel between sites
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