The North West Regional Neurosurgical Department at Lancashire Teaching Hospital has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, motivated registered nurse to join our well established Neurovascular Team. The role involves coordinating the neurovascular pathway for both inpatient and outpatients within this area of expertise.

You will work alongside other clinical colleagues in, neurosurgery, and neuroradiology to ensure quality of care to the patients is maximised. This is a pivotal role to ensure effective decision making between disciplines to ensure prompt, appropriate management for each patient. You will be responsible for working collaboratively to mange a caseload of both acute and elective Neurovascular Patients in the inpatient and outpatient setting. The role will involve supporting the patient and family through the diagnosis , treatment and follow up. Neurosurgical experience would be beneficial.

This role will include contribution to the development of clinical guidelines, audit & staff education. Lancashire Teaching Hospitals is renowned for our teaching, training and support with modern educational facilities and simulation suites.

Main duties of the job

As a neurovascular specialist nurse, you will play a pivotal role in orchestrating the management of patients with both elective and emergency presentations within the North West area. The post holder will work along teams in Neurosurgery and Neuroradiology respectively. The successful candidate would support with the holistic assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of care. The post holder will offer advise to a specialised group of patients and their relatives and will support throughout this period and also after discharge. the post holder will also be expected to attend and actively participate in multi-professional meetings, acting as the patients advocate and representing their views and needs.

About us

We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description for further information.

Please contact charlene.campbell@lthtr.nhs.uk (Band 7 neurovascular CNS) for any further information.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Education

Essential

• Current NMC registration
• Mentorship qualification / experience
• Teaching qualification/ experience
• Post Registration Qualifications relevant to the role

Desirable

• Degree qualification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Knowledge of the guidelines relating to the management of Neurovascular patient group
• Knowledge of the anatomy of the brain
• Post registration clinical experience in Neurosurgery
• Experience of teaching and assessing in the clinical area
• Awareness of Information Governance policies
• Awareness of safeguarding policies

Desirable

• Participation in service development and implementation of change
• Participation in the audit process
• Able to demonstrate a sound working knowledge of current issues within the NHS.

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Preston Hospital

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HT

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