Main area: Adult Community Services
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent: Monday to Friday (37.5 hours)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Job ref: 820-663872-COM
Employer: Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Boldmere Clinic
Town: Sutton Coldfield
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 10/10/2024 23:59
Band 6 Cardiac Specialist Nurse
Job overview
This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dedicated and motivated existing Cardiac Nurse to work within the Cardiac Services Heart Failure Team of Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Adults and Community Services Division. Training will be offered to meet the services requirements and ensure you are fully supported in your career development.
Main duties of the job
As a band 6 cardiac specialist nurse within the team you will be required to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate patient centred care including medication optimisation, symptom management, and education to aid improved quality of life. You will be working in partnership with patients, carers and other health and social care and voluntary agencies to promote health and well-being.
You will be required to work multi professionally as part of the Cardiac Service, providing care for individuals requiring management of their heart failure. You will be required to support patients within their own homes, community clinics, cardiac venues, and virtual appointments.
Working for our organisation
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will work autonomously and have the ability to work under pressure. Excellent communication skills are essential as you will need to be committed to sharing good practice, development of robust professional networks and support your colleagues. You will have good computer skills, and are able to utilise excellent time management and organisational skills. Full training will be given to the successful candidate.
The successful applicant will be required to work Monday to Friday between the hours of 8.00 am and 17:00pm. Consideration will be given to flexible working hours that meet the needs of the service.
If you have a genuine passion for caring for patients and want to support people in the community and contribute to the future development of the Cardiac Service please apply now.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
* Educated to degree level or evidence of equivalent experience
* Teaching qualification, i.e. ENB 998
* Basic Life Support (BLS) trained
* Non-medical Prescribing Course- V300
* Immediate Life Support (ILS) trained
Experience
* Significant experience of working within a cardiac environment.
* Understanding of the needs of socially and culturally excluded groups
* Experience and understanding of the NHS and health care systems.
* Ability to work under pressure with competing priorities and deadlines.
* Experience of mentoring staff and students on placement.
* Significant experience in delivering community based cardiac care.
* Experience in delivering education and teaching self management skills to complex patients / patient groups.
Skills/Knowledge
* Excellent verbal, written communication and IT skills, including Microsoft Office Tools and Patient Clinical systems.
* Ability to clearly communicate sensitive, contentious and emotive issues to complex patient groups.
* Ability to produce good quality, error free clinical documentation and prepare presentations in a timely manner.
* Good planning and organisation skills, demonstrating an ability to work under pressure.
* Good time management, planning and prioritisation skills.
Personal Qualities
* Ability to work professionally, confidently and effectively as part of a team.
* Able to demonstrate accuracy and attention to detail.
* Proactive, enthusiastic and positive approach.
* Personal integrity, reliability and ability to demonstrate confidence.
* Willingness to be flexible to meet the needs of the service, e.g. deliver Heart Failure and Cardiac Rehabilitation at different locations across the trust at short notice.
Other job requirements
* Ability to independently travel around the trust at short notice to enable delivery of the current service contract and to meet service needs. Car driver essential.
Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme
BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, has a hidden or long term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role, as set out in the person specification. We encourage applicants to submit their applications and to request any reasonable adjustments where required.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Birmingham is a fantastic place to live and we serve a wide range of people and communities. BCHC are an advocate of diversity and strive to mirror the community we serve as much possible.
We are committed to and actively promote equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals from all areas of the community who meet the specific criteria are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage/civil partnerships.
Promoting Workforce Equality
In response to data held by BCHC which demonstrates that individuals from particular protected characteristics are under-represented, BCHC are striving to redress these imbalances. In order to do this, the Trust is committed to the employment and career development of individuals with these protected characteristics. As part of this commitment and given this under-representation, the Trust guarantees an interview to any applicants from under-represented groups for positions at Band 8a and above whose application meets the essential criteria for the post as detailed on the Person Specification.
Flexible Working
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible.
In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a ‘Great Place to Work’. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!
Benefits of working for us:
* Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements
* Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
* Discounts for local and national retailers
* Dedicated well-being services for all employees
* Flexible working where possible
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Application numbers
***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.***
Name: Adam Sookia
Job title: Cardiac and Respiratory Services Clinical Manager
Email address: ADAM.SOOKIA@NHS.NET
Telephone number: 0121 466 2170
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