A Vacancy at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced cardiology nurse to join the Structural Heart Valve Disease team (SHVD). The job holder will be expected to support the SHVD team to care for patients via the percutaneous programme, that includes Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implant (TAVI), TEER, and Tendyne as part of national, Trust, and division structure. They will work with divisions to develop and deliver excellent patient care that align to workforce priorities and bring added value to our staff. While the role will have a focus on specific TAVI and TEER led patient care and staff training priorities, there may be an expectation to deliver cross Trust or other clinical sites training initiatives. There are also opportunities to form strong networks of clinical development that shows the benefit of investment and a sustainable future focused model of percutaneous technology. It is expected that the post holder will actively maintain patient pathway care from referral and inclusive of inpatient and outpatient care. The job holder will be expected to work the hours between Monday to Friday. there is flexibility in how the ours achieved.
Act as clinical expert providing specialist knowledge and advice to nurses and clinical teams/staff working within Division and Trust. This will include following service users through both elective and non-elective pathway. There will be inpatient reviews on CICU/CCU/ Cather Laboratory and cardiac wards autonomously and with cardiac consultants and liaising with the wider teams on procedure list days.
The Elective pathway will require Triaging patients into the service, MDTs, Pre-assessment and post TAVI/TEER follow up, all clearly documented to facilitate a synchronised care pathway.
Communicating with professional leads for nursing, midwifery and AHP and other members of staff across the Trust, including senior clinical staff. Embed evidence-based practice and methods of education that promote inclusivity and diversity.
Dynamically support the SHVD team response to new service development demands.
Professionally demonstrate transformational and inspirational leadership with responsibility for supervising, leading and managing, as well as overseeing the practice development of the TAVI pathway and staff.
Develop high quality learning objectives for clinical, practice development teaching sessions and internal programmes.
Use analytical and judgement skills necessary to support delivery of high-quality education.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and Person Specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
This advert closes on Tuesday 4 Feb 2025
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