• We offer cardiac screening for patients affected or at risk of inherited cardiac conditions.
• The ICC 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 an experienced cardiac nurse who is interested in advancing their specialist cardiac knowledge or has an interest in inherited cardiac conditions.
• The post offers an excellent opportunity to develop skills in ECG recognition, arrhythmia and device management, and the expert understanding of ICC's and genomic healthcare.
• Formal and informal teaching, developing autonomous practice and service development will also be encouraged.
• 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

• This is a fixed term post for 12 months with the potential for substantive recruitment.
• The ICC team at St George's Hospital offers specialised care for the diagnosis, symptoms evaluation and management of patients and families affected with inherited cardiovascular conditions.
• We are a multidisciplinary team working across South-West London receiving supra-regional referrals from Surrey and the UK.
• We work in close partnership with the Charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) with a focus on families with unexplained sudden death (Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome - SADS).
• The service offers dedicated clinics with a family centred approach providing an integrated one stop shop assessment.
• Clinics are dedicated to cardiomyopathies, inherited arrhythmias, paediatric arrhythmias, familial evaluation after a sudden cardiac death, sports cardiology, as well as an aortopathy service.

About us

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification which contains more information about the role.

Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential

• Registered Nurse
• Relevant post graduate/registration cardiac course, ENB 100 or equivalent.
• BSc degree (or equivalent) in associated subject.
• Has attained or is working towards a master's degree in relevant subject or has equivalent experience.
• All staff are expected to take responsibility for their own continual personal development

Desirable

• SLICE / ENB 998 or equivalent teaching qualification.
• Genetic/ Counselling training
• Aortopathy experience
• Advanced Physical Assessment qualification
• Experience working with children/ teenager

Experience and Knowledge
Essential

• At least 4 years cardiothoracic Nursing experience.
• Aware of current issues in cardiac or ICC Specialist nursing

Desirable

• Experience of working as a nurse specialist.
• Research and audit experience, indepth knowledge of EP/cardiomyopathy/aortopathy and genetic risks.

Skills
Essential

• Managing the care of patients with ICC's.
• Managerial, organisational and leadership skills
• Able to work in a team
• Evidence of applying current research to practice
• Proven oral and written communication skills
• Able to manage difficult situations effectively
• Able to prioritise and meet deadlines and organise own workload
• Commitment to building a supportive, compassionate partnership with patient and family throughout the 'patient journey'
• Able to use own initiative.
• Demonstrates the ability to compile complex written information
• Demonstrates the ability to adapt to NHS service developments and new nursing theories for use in the clinical area.
• Able to work with and facilitate a multidisciplinary team
• Able to communicate effectively with locally based health care and related professionals
• Commitment to teaching formally and informally
• Basic IT skills, Word Processing skills.
• Phlebotomy

Desirable

• Special interest in issues related to a relevant area such as palliative care or transition to adult service
• Ability to manage change
• Understanding of Microsoft office including Excel and Powerpoint

Personal Qualities
Essential

• Assertive, enthusiastic, innovative, kind, compassionate, calm, objective, approachable and punctual
• Progressive outlook on professional development
• Motivated and able to motivate others, committed to the service
• Able to recognise stress in self and other and able to recognise own limitations

Desirable

• Ability to adapt to changing needs of service

Other
Essential

• Reliable work record.
• Participate in good governance
• Evidence of professional development
• Able to work independently, prioritise workload and manage own time

Employer details
Employer name

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St George's

Blackshaw Road

London

SW17 0QT

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