Employer: The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: The Princess Alexandra Hospital
Town: Harlow
Salary: £62,215 - £72,293 per annum plus 5% high cost area supplement
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 14/11/2024 23:59
Lead Nurse for Cardiology Diagnostic Pathways, Medicine
NHS AfC: Band 8b
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
Job overview
In collaboration with both internal and external stakeholders, the post holder will provide clinical leadership, strategic directions, and motivation to key stakeholders and subject matter experts in the drafting and delivery of clinical pathways specific to cardiology. You will lead the cardiology representation within existing work streams and projects aligned with the role, and be expected to identify and initiate further work streams to improve access to diagnostic tests, early diagnosis, and adherence with evidenced based practice. The post holder will need to challenge organisational barriers to continually improve services necessary to meet the growing needs of our patient population.
As the clinical lead, you will initiate, participate, and contribute at management level to service development and initiatives. You will be a role model for the staff in the cardiology department and wider medical directorate teams, demonstrating a professional and proactive approach, providing expert advanced clinical practice, advice, training, and education. You will be responsible for working collaboratively with the local health economy to ensure patients experience the best possible care irrespective of the location within the PAH footprint. This will include ensuring that pathways are congruent with the desires of the GIRFT, NICE, New Hospital Programme, and any other relevant national policy on care provision for the specialty.
Main duties of the job
* Support the organisation on local development and implementation of guidelines and policies
* Contribute to the new hospital and community diagnostic centre work streams
* Act as a clinical lead for outpatient transformation and development for the service/pathways to best meet the needs of patients
* Lead development within the cardiology team to improve patient safety, experience, and delivery of the quality agenda
* Provide specialist cardiology care expertise in a strategic role to the trust
* Ensure visibility of the role and clinical areas through engagement with frontline staff
Person specification
Education and Qualification
* Postgraduate qualification: Master’s degree in an appropriate subject (or equivalent qualification, willingness to work towards)
* Non-Medical Prescriber Qualification
* Clinical History Taking and Assessment Qualification
Experience
* Substantive experience at advance clinical practice level in Cardiology
* Experience in drafting and piloting of clinical policy, pathway and business cases
What we can offer you:
* Full induction and onboarding process in our organisation
* Free car parking for our staff
* Structured pay scheme, including additional living supplement to your basic salary
* Minimum 27 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for part-time staff)
* Access to our Alex Lounge, our staff-only rest area with free tea and coffee
* Access to NHS Pension scheme
* Flexible working options available, in line with our flexible working policy
* Onsite crèche facilities
* Annual appraisals with career pathways
* In-house training courses
* Discounted hospital restaurant
* Staff health and wellbeing health services and complimentary health provision
* Our Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all its employees. We welcome applications from anyone who meets the specific criteria of the post regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Reasonable adjustments to the interview process can also be made for any candidates with a disability
* All new colleagues joining PAHT will be subject to a probationary period of six months
* The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions where we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment
* Our Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and vulnerable adults. Offers of employment are subject to pre-employment NHS screening checks
* Providing false or misleading information or unsatisfactory pre-employment checks may result in the offer of a post being withdrawn
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