Employer South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site The James Cook University Hospital
Town Middlesbrough
Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period Yearly
Closing 18/03/2025 23:59
Structural Heart Specialist Nurse
Band 7
Job overview
This post is for internal candidates to South Tees Trust. If you are not currently working within the trust your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 secondment post within the Structural Specialist Nurse Team. The post holder should have extensive Cardiology experience at a senior level and an understanding of the SpN services within the department.
The post holder should hold a First level degree in Nursing and be willing to, or have master’s level study. They should ideally have, or be working towards, both non-medical prescribing and clinical skills.
Main duties of the job
The main aspects of the role are to provide equitable care to patients in relation to management and treatment of their valvular heart disease across the whole patient pathway. This is a busy and varied role that has a huge impact on patient care and service delivery.
The nurse provides support, information and advice to patients, carers and other members of the multi-disciplinary team enhancing service provision and streamlining patient focused care.
Working for our organisation
Leadership and Improvement Training
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:
1. Your Leadership Impact
2. Leading your Team to Success
3. Leading Into the Future
4. Service Improvement for Beginners
The leadership and improvement programme aims to:
* Explore leadership within the NHS
* Promote Trust values and behaviours
* Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
* Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.
After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
* Extensive nursing experience in a cardiology setting
* Advanced level of knowledge in cardiology and management of cardiology patients
* Clinical & leadership skills in speciality using high level analysis and judgment skills to manage patient effectively
QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
* Registered general Nurse
* Non-medical prescribing (or willing to work towards)
* MSc in relevant area - with nursing focus or within specialist field preferred (or willing to work towards)
* Post graduate physical assessment and examination skills (or willing to work towards)
* Formal teaching qualification (willing to work towards)
* Leadership course
EXPERIENCE
* Experience and knowledge of working within cardiology
* Current teaching experience
* Experience of providing counselling to patients/relatives and supporting staff
* Experience of working collaboratively with multidisciplinary professional
* Experience of running independent nurse led clinics
* Experience of cross boundary working
Disclosure and Barring Checks (DBS)
It is now the policy of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who are new to the Trust who require DBS clearance for the post they have been offered, are required to pay the cost of their DBS. The method of payment for this is via salary deduction from your first month's pay.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post.
As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you.
The Trust encourages and supports all applicants to be fully vaccinated against both COVID19 and influenza.
Please be aware, there are occasions where some vacancies may close prior to the closing date advertised. This will only happen where sufficient applications are received AND will be made evident on the job advert.
Please note if you are successfully shortlisted, we will contact you via the email address that you have applied from so please ensure you check your emails regularly.
Existing employees of South Tees NHS Foundation Trust currently on the Redeployment Register, who meet the essential criteria for this post, will be shortlisted and interviewed prior to all other applicants.
IMPORTANT-Please ensure you read the 'Guidance Notes for Applicants' document attached to this advert before you start to complete your application form.
This document provides detailed advice regarding the completion of your application form.
As part of our pre-employment screening process, all applicants are required to provide references from their last continuous 3 year employment and/or training/education. The referees MUST be a Line Manager/Supervisor. Applicants are requested to ensure email addresses for all referees are included on their application form. Personal references and references from colleagues are not acceptable.
Unfortunately we are unable to respond to all applicants and those who are not contacted within six weeks of the closing date should assume that their application has been unsuccessful.
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
Please note that this vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.
Name Sarah Hogarth Job title Lead Structural Heart Specialist Nurse Email address sarah.hogarth1@nhs.net Telephone number 01642 850850 Additional information ext. 54239
If you have problems applying, contact
Address The Recruitment Team
The Murray Building
The James Cook University Hospital
TS4 3BW
Telephone 01642 850850, ext. 57396
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