Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts
Are you ready for the next exciting step in your nursing career? If so, this could be just the job for you.
Our vascular nurse practitioner team covers a variety of demands including outpatient clinics, emergency reviews, nurse-led wound review clinics, and NAAASP nurse assessment clinics to name just a few.
If you are a committed and flexible team player who insists on the best possible care for your patients and are ready to become part of the Vascular team, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an aspiring Band 6 to join our experienced, highly skilled Vascular Clinical Nurse Practitioner team, on a full-time, permanent basis.
We pride ourselves on providing the best possible experience to our patients and their families, ensuring clinical excellence and compassionate, thoughtful care at all times.
Are you a self-motivated and innovative person who is keen to be involved in service improvement and development? The vascular department is undergoing an exciting period of change, and we are looking for a forward-thinking, dynamic nurse practitioner who is committed to ensuring our patients receive only the very best in evidence-based nursing care. The successful candidate will display excellent leadership and communication skills and be able to confidently liaise with all partners to ensure the safe, timely care of our patients.
About us
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education, and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world-class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavor to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details of the vacancy.
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
* Must have NMC Registration
* Educated to Degree level in Nursing or Healthcare or working/committed to completing degree
* Committed to completing/working towards completing Non-Medical Prescribers course
* Committed to undertaking additional learning in vascular surgery
* MSC in Nursing or similar health specialism or working/committed to completing
* Qualified Non-Medical Prescriber
* Qualified Assessor and Supervisor for student nurses
Experience
* At least 2 years' experience in vascular surgery
* 5 years vascular experience
Communication and Relationship Skills
* Basic computer skills
* Experience of communication within a Multi-Disciplinary Team
* Experience of communicating bad news and sensitive information
* Advanced Communication Course
Analytical and Judgement Skills
* Demonstrate an ability to prioritise own workload, recognise and respond appropriately to urgent situations
* Demonstrate an ability to delegate appropriate tasks to other colleagues
* Demonstrate knowledge of current issues relating to NHS policies
* Experience of clinical decision making and nurse-led processes
* Able to contribute to the development of implementation and monitoring of local objectives and action plans
* Experience of data collection and analysis
Planning and Organisation Skills
* Excellent time-keeping and time management
* Role holder will be expected to work 90% of the time in the clinical setting
Physical Skills
* Fit and able to manage a patient workload across Nottinghamshire (QMC, NCH, KMH, Newark)
Other requirements specific to the role
* Must hold a current full UK driving licence with the ability to work between sites
Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
* Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's "We are here for you" behavioural standards
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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