Clinical Sister / Charge Nurse - Vascular Access CNS SMART
Clinical Sister / Charge Nurse - Vascular Access SMART
Division: Operations Directorate
Band: 6
Contract: 12 Months Fixed Term/Secondment - Maternity Cover
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved.
We are recruiting for the SMART (Surgical Medical Acute Recovery Team) Service, a Clinical Sister / Charge Nurse, who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take the service and the Trust forward, by ensuring that we continue to be the first choice for patients.
Main Duties of the Job
As a Clinical Sister/Charge Nurse, you will provide clinical and professional leadership, supervision, and support to patients, nursing staff, and students. The post holder will be responsible for the assessment, planning, and provision of specialist nursing advice and will carry out specialist nursing procedures, including providing education, surveillance, and insertion of Vascular Access devices including peripheral cannulas, Mid-lines, and PICC lines (peripherally inserted central catheters).
The post holder may undertake research and lead clinical audits in their own specialist area, ensuring the safety and well-being of service users while promoting dignity and improved patient experience through the adoption of person-centred care principles.
The SMART Service is nurse-led; therefore, the ability to work autonomously as well as effectively within a team is essential. The work will include driving to visit patients in the community; therefore, it is essential that you have a full UK driving license and a car.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open, and Together. It is important that you understand and refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust. We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies/procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
Job Responsibilities
As a Vascular Access Clinical Nurse Specialist, you will work autonomously, therefore we are looking for someone with excellent evidence-based experience in the care of acute patients, in-depth knowledge, self-driven, and willing to learn Vascular Access as a specialty. Specific training will be provided to facilitate the pathways covered by SMART Vascular Access. Confidence, good communication skills, and the ability to make sound decisions are vital.
The Clinical Sister / Charge Nurse must also be able to liaise with all members of the multidisciplinary team to coordinate safe, effective, and timely care practices within the SMART service. The successful post holder's main responsibility will be the day-to-day care of patients who require difficult intravenous access and SMART h@h virtual ward, and also ensuring that all patients referred are triaged and prepared safely to continue their inpatient treatment in an outpatient setting.
The Clinical Sister / Charge Nurse must also be able to care for OPAT (Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy), post-operative patients with specialist needs, and medical patients who require specific support following admission. Full support and training will be provided to be able to support these patients safely.
As a SMART nurse, teaching, auditing, infection control practices, and undergoing research are activities undertaken within the role. Be working in an acute sphere of practice and have current experience of administering IV therapies, competent in cannulation, venepuncture, and general knowledge of Vascular Access. The service prides itself on being innovative, so any added expertise is welcomed. We are always very keen to expand the service further, so any new ideas are welcomed.
SMART will support the successful candidate to meet the demanding and exciting challenges of the role. If you are an ambitious nurse considering developing your skills further, then give us a call to find out what we can offer you. We are more than happy for people to spend time with us to understand how SMART works and what we do.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* RN1/RN2/RN12 or RN Child Registered Nurse on the NMC register. To hold the appropriate level for the area of specialty.
Knowledge
* Foundation level of understanding regarding the acute care needs of patients.
* Up-to-date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues.
* Knowledge of evidence-based practice.
Experience
* The post holder will have at a minimum 18 months experience of working within the acute and emergency environment.
* They will have completed Level 1 RCN competencies relevant to the area.
Skills
* All applicants will be able to demonstrate through their portfolio the repertoire of clinical skills they currently possess. This will be built upon through completion of local competencies.
* Working in acute areas can be stressful; applicants will be required to discuss how they deal with stress to ensure a healthy work-life balance.
* Post holders will have experience of undertaking clinical audits and working with software systems such as Microsoft Word.
Values-Based Question
* Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a 'can do' attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome.
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.
Salary: £37,338 to £44,962 per annum/pro rata
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