An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Specialist Nursing team as the Heart Valve Specialist Nurse, working within our fast paced, dynamic team. Within the role you will:

Work as part of the TAVI and valve team to deliver specialist nursing input whilst managing a caseload of patients in the acute and clinic setting across all Frimley Health sites.

Autonomously provide specialist nursing care for all TAVI and valve patients including pre-assessment, work up for TAVI and valve intervention, and active participation in multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings to improve the management of TAVI and valve patients.

Ensure patients undergoing TAVI and valve surgery are supported by providing clinical and educational information in addition to counselling them and their families throughout their journey.

Ensure patients under surveillance for valve disease are reviewed as appropriate, are kept informed regarding their condition, and have a point of contact should their condition change.

Provide a seamless service between primary and secondary care, and across acute Frimley Health sites.

Assist in the development of evidence based clinical nursing practice in line with current research and guidelines.

Work closely with all healthcare teams to increase knowledge and facilitate the care of the TAVI and valve of patients in primary and secondary care.

Main duties of the job

. Towork as part of the TAVI and valve team to deliver specialist nursing input whilst managing a caseload of patients in the acute and clinic setting across all Frimley Health sites.

To autonomously provide specialist nursing care for all TAVI and valve patients including pre-assessment, work up for TAVI and valve intervention, and active participation in multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings to improve the management of TAVI and valve patients.

To ensure patients undergoing TAVI and valve surgery are supported by providing clinical and educational information in addition to counselling them and their families throughout their journey.

To ensure patients under surveillance for valve disease are reviewed as appropriate, are kept informed regarding their condition, and have a point of contact should their condition change.

Provide a seamless service between primary and secondary care, and across acute Frimley Health sites.

To assist in the development of evidence based clinical nursing practice in line with current research and guidelines.

To work closely with all healthcare teams to increase knowledge and facilitate the care of the TAVI and valve of patients in primary and secondary care.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital servicesforaround 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

Our threecore values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other,Committed to Excellence,WorkingTogether and Facing the Future.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnelworkingalongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached documents for full job description and responsibilities.

Please contact Matron Kirsty Bolter to discuss arranging a informal visit.

If you are interested in a site specific part-time position please contact Kirsty Bolter to discuss prior to the closing date of this vacancy.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Current First Level Nursing and Midwifery Council Registration or other relevant professional qualification dependent on discipline
• Advanced Life Support Certificate Have post graduate qualification in Clinical assessment skills in medicine
• Post graduate cardiac course/module

Desirable

• Independent non-medical prescribing
• MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice
• Heart failure module

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working autonomously in a cardiac specialist nurse role at least band 6 level
• Substantial experience of teaching and supervising of junior staff

Desirable

• Experience working with TAVI and valve patients
• Experience working in an acute cardiac setting
• Experience caring for heart failure patients

Skills and knowledge

Essential

• Excellent time keeping and communication skills
• Able to multi-task when working under pressure
• Teaching skills
• Self-motivated with the ability to motivate others
• Able to work as an effective team member
• Awareness of current professional nursing issues
• Able to adapt to change within the working environment
• Able to manage a complex caseload of patients at various stages of the TAVI/Valve pathway
• Excellent IT skills, with the ability to use spreadsheets

Desirable

• Management and development of staff
• Previous clinical research and audit experience
• Proven management of teams in a healthcare setting

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cross site at Frimley Park, Heatherwood, and Wexham Park Hospitals

Frimley Health NHS Trust, Frimley, Ascot, Slough

GU16 7UJ

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