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Job overview

• Are you a nurse or allied health professional with an ACP qualification?
• Do you have cardiology paediatric experience/knowledge/skills, or would you like to develop this skill set further at ACP higher level of practice, across the 4 pillars?

This is an amazing opportunity for an individual with an Advanced Clinical Practice qualification to develop their expert cardiac knowledge, clinical assessment, and case management, building on existing knowledge, experience and skills, at one of the top children’s cardiac centres in England, caring for a wide range of children and young people with congenital and acquired heart disease.

We are looking for passionate individuals, who place the child, young person, and their families with congenital and acquired heart disease, at the centre of their care, based on safe, highly quality, and effective care provision and the use of clinical care pathways. We are here to support your new vision & experience, to expand your professional and personal boundaries, learning, knowledge and skills.

If your answer to the above is yes, we would ask you to consider talking to us, and applying to join our well-established cardiology paediatric ACP team so we can continue to provide the safe, high quality and effective care expected by our patients and their families as they travel their cardiac pathway and be part of our new service developments.

Main duties of the job

• Provide direct expert clinical care to a designated case load of children & young people, in the Cardiology environment through developing skills for effective case management, handover, health assessment, specialist skills, consultation, clerking, initiation of treatment, formulation & alteration of treatment, monitoring of care programmes & pathways. Work as  an autonomous proactive, dynamic clinical team leader within the clinical team & across professional boundaries
• Play developmental role in the evidenced based education of the multidisciplinary team & other health professionals using the knowledge, skills and experience of your clinical and academic learning.  
• Work as  an autonomous proactive, dynamic clinical team leader within the clinical team & across professional boundaries

The Heart and Lung Directorate has its own dedicated Lead ACP and the trust have a dedicated GOSH ACP faculty on site, leading on academic and professional practice, across the 4 pillars of ACP practice, at a local and national level. 

Cardiology services are committed to a sustainable advanced clinical practitioner team, & best patient outcomes.   We will support your individual development plans for the year ahead, and your future career plans, working with a named ACP and consultant cardiology supervisor.  We will also develop with you, a robust and supportive orientation plan to the trust and scope of cardiology services.

Working for our organisation

GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.

We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.

We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.

We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women’s staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust’s mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee.