Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Are you ready for a new challenge? Do you want to make a difference?
An exciting opportunity has become available to join the Sheffield Vascular Nurse Specialist team. This is a full-time permanent AFC Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist in Vascular role covering South Yorkshire Vascular services.
We are looking for a forward-thinking nurse who is experienced in caring for patients with vascular concerns and ready to work in specialist practice. This specialist role will be managing patients within the agreed scope of practice and taking responsibility for continuity of care.
This role includes examining and assessing patients often with highly complex or chronic conditions, planning and implementation of care, working within nurse-led clinics and comprehensive follow-up services; and ensuring a smooth transition for patients through the relevant pathway.
To work with us, you need to be enthusiastic about promoting patient comfort and improving the patients' experience.
Main Duties of the Job
1. Support the Senior Vascular Nurse Specialist and Vascular Surgeon in the provision of appropriate, high-quality care to patients with vascular disease.
2. Deliver a holistic, high-quality service that reflects current clinical practice and critical thinking utilizing the most appropriate model of care and evidence-based practice.
3. Work in partnership with other professionals and organizations to enable patients to be maintained in an appropriate environment, thus avoiding hospital admission.
4. Work closely with other clinicians and specialists to ensure high-quality, seamless care for each patient.
5. Act as a source of expert advice and information to patients, carers, and relatives.
6. Contribute to the development and delivery of educational programmes for nursing and non-nursing colleagues.
7. Work across South Yorkshire covering Vascular services primarily at the Northern General Hospital but also providing inpatient support and clinics at Barnsley District General and Rotherham District General.
8. The ability to drive is essential in order to carry out all elements of the role.
About Us
You will be working for an organization that values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff, including commitments to professional development and policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Job Responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Completed the national PEAP programme for practice supervisors or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998 or equivalent work-based experience.
* Evidence of continuous professional development.
* Evidence of level 6 study.
Experience
* Demonstrable post-registration experience.
* Organizational awareness.
* Able to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team, crossing professional and organizational boundaries.
* Experience of working in a busy and demanding specialty and able to prioritize and reprioritize workload throughout the day and week.
* Ability to work within defined timescales.
* Existing band 6 experience.
* Vascular experience.
* Wound care experience.
Training
* An up-to-date knowledge of local and national developments in nursing, medical practice, and policies.
* Computer literacy skills including knowledge of databases, PowerPoint, word processing, and patient record systems.
Skills
* Ability to provide care with compassion, commitment, and competence.
* Developed interpersonal skills with excellent standards of communication.
* Understanding of patients' needs and providing care while maintaining dignity.
* Understanding of the need to accept responsibility for own actions and ensure accuracy & attention to detail.
* Understanding of the NMC and accountability.
* Ability to work as part of a small team and maintain continuity of services.
* Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the patients and the Department.
* Ability to work on own with remote access to supervision.
* Be able to demonstrate an understanding of the role.
Other Factors
* Able to work cross-site and at outreach clinics as required.
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.
Salary: £37,338 to £44,962 a year pro-rata for part-time staff.
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