Job overview

Here at ST George's Hospital, we offer cardiac screening for patients affected by, or at risk of,  inherited cardiac conditions (ICC).  The ICC team provides dedicated SADS clinics, supporting families and individuals affected by sudden arrhythmic death syndrome. The team also has a unique specialty of sports cardiology, providing advice and care to athletes with underlying cardiac conditions, allowing for unique opportunities to learn about the cardiac care of an athlete. This is an exciting time for service development with our team, with ongoing plans to advance our care and the role of the specialist nurse within our service.

With all that in mind I am hoping that you are a nurse with experience in inherited cardiac conditions who is keen to develop their skills and project management abilities through development of the sudden cardiac death pathway.

At St George’s job satisfaction and professional development is important to us and we have an incredibly supportive team within cardiology to ensure that you develop your skills and career.

I would be more than happy to show you around and go through the job role in more details.

Main duties of the job

The Inherited Cardiac Conditions (ICC) team at St George’s Hospital offers specialist care for the diagnosis, symptom evaluation and management of patients and families affected by inherited cardiovascular conditions.

We are a multidisciplinary team working across South-West London, receiving supra-regional referrals from Surrey and across the UK. We work in close partnership with the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), with a particular focus on supporting families affected by unexplained sudden death, including Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome (SADS).

The service provides dedicated clinics using a family-centred approach, offering an integrated “one-stop” assessment where possible. Our clinics include cardiomyopathies, inherited arrhythmias, paediatric arrhythmias, family evaluation following sudden cardiac death, sports cardiology and aortopathy services.

This is an exciting time to join the ICC service, with ongoing plans to develop patient pathways and expand the role of the specialist nurse, including support for the sudden cardiac death pathway. We are looking for a nurse with experience or a strong interest in inherited cardiac conditions who is keen to develop their clinical, leadership and project management skills.

At St George’s, job satisfaction and professional development are important to us. You will be joining a supportive cardiology team committed to helping you develop your skills and progress your career.

Working for our organisation

With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.

Their main site, St George’s Hospital in Tooting – one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals – is shared with St George’s, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George’s Hospital also hosts the St George’s, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.

As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.

The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.