We are recruiting a Vascular Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist , which is a new post to support the Vascular Network development.

This exciting position will work within the Planned Care Division, working closely with nurse and clinical colleagues across the Hertfordshire and West Essex Vascular Network to ensure good communication, consistent practice and quality care is provided across the service helping to embed the new network and achieve high performance and patient centred delivery of care.

The successful candidate will be a Registered Nurse, with experience of working within the vascular speciality and hold further post registration qualifications such as non-medical prescribing, leadership and management experience and qualifications and advanced clinical assessment skills.

Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!

Main duties of the job

The Vascular Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist will manage and lead a specialist service with responsibility for ensuring high quality, cost-effective healthcare or manage and lead a workforce of specialist nurses (i.e. across a Division). They will be responsible for the assessment, planning, diagnosis implementation and evaluation of care, as an autonomous practitioner with highly specialist skills.

They will also be involved in the strategic review of clinical services as appropriate. The post holder will also be responsible for implementing a clearly defined integrated approach to patient care encompassing new treatments and evidence-based care.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential

• Registered Nurse (or midwife for women's services)
• Post Graduate level achievement or equivalent experience
• Management qualification or equivalent experience
• Has continued own professional development

Previous Experience

Essential

• Substantial NHS experience in an acute environment. Demonstrable achievements in improving patient care, being forward thinking and innovative
• Financial management
• Leading development and implementation and evaluation
• Working effectively across professional boundaries
• Line management experience of groups of staffing
• Implementing change in a complex environment

Skills

Essential

• Able to communicate and work effectively and co - operatively with a wide range of people of different backgrounds and viewpoints
• Able to build professional and personal credibility to gain support, express ideas persuasively within a range of settings and environments
• Able to express ideas clearly and succinctly in speech or writing
• Able to demonstrate leadership in others across the Trust and in complex organizational circumstances
• Able to grasp quality issues nationally and locally and achieve implementation of solutions to such issues

Knowledge

Essential

• Have an in -depth understanding of nursing and midwifery policy and it's implications for the workforce and future health care delivery
• Understanding of national policy and future impact on acute organisations
• Have a good awareness of equality issues affecting a wide range of individuals and groups
• Understand workforce planning issues facing nursing and the wider Trust and health economy
• Have a thorough understanding of the NHS improvement and performance management agenda

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Corey's Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

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