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Band 8a Lead Nurse Cardiology (Heart Failure/CRM)
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Fixed term: 1 year
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
391-RFL-6189395
Employer
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Free Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£58,698 - £65,095 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/05/2024 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Band 8a Lead Nurse Cardiology (Heart Failure/CRM)

Band 8a

Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community.  This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

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Job overview

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join the Cardiology Nursing Team at Royal Free London Trust. The Lead Cardiology Nurse would support the provision of evidenced based care to the Heart Failure and Arrhythmia Nurse team’s across the trust. This role would involve supporting the provision of key services cross site.

This post requires a nurse who has strong leadership skills and who is passionate about enhancing the experience of patients and who will be involved in the development of new and existing patient pathways. This may be cross site as well as supporting the integrations of care throughout North Central London partnerships.

We are looking for an individual who can support, engage, and motivate their teams to enable them to provide exceptional patient care.  The post holder would need to have a high level of autonomy and experience running nurse lead clinics. A knowledge of specialist nursing and of cardiology subspecialties in key. The role requires supporting the development of the clinical nurse specialists within these teams.

You will be supported by the clinical leads and by the senior matron for the Cardiovascular Division and will work in partnership the with Lead nurse for acute coronary syndrome and cardiac rehabilitation. This post is one-year fixed term to cover maternity leave.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be:

  • practising at an advanced level, demonstrating a sound knowledge of and experience in the specialist area of heart failure
  • co-ordinating clinical services and ensuring continued development and expansion of cross site nurse led services
  • providing strong leadership/management for the clinical nurse specialists, overseeing their practice and supporting their development and training needs
  • actively participating in the development work of the Clinical Pathways Group to enhance patient focused clinical practice
  • participating and leading in the further development of the integrated care agenda in heart failure
  • a member of the relevant service groups, represent nursing issues Trust wide and at system level and effectively communicate with these services, demonstrating sound knowledge of relevant health service policy.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6 million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17 million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivaled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top

For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person specification

Royal Free World Class Values

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values.

Education & professional Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • First Level Registered Nurse with active NMC registration.
Desirable criteria
  • Teaching / Mentorship qualification.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable knowledge of current cancer pathways.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of service development.

Skills and aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • IT skills including the ability to create and handle large documents using word processing skills.
Desirable criteria
  • Negotiation and influencing skills demonstrated through the ability to engage others.

Personal Qualities & attributes

Essential criteria
  • A strong sense of personal and team accountability coupled to a clear understanding of the boundaries around delegated authority, responsibility and accountability.
  • Proactive, versatile and problem solving approach.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Nursing TimesApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident employerTimewise PartnerCare Quality Commission - Requires improvementEnei MemberArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
karen kilbride
Job title
Senior Matron
Email address
[email protected]

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