Job summary
- Main area
- Community Cardiololgy
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Fixed term: 1 year
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-WCCS-1336
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Mary's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £58,698 - £65,095 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Lead Nurse: Cardiovascular Health & Rehabilitation
Band 8a
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year. We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced senior Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse to join our Cardiac Health and Rehabilitation Service.
The post holder will be responsible for the Cardiac Rehabilitation Services across Ealing Community Cardiology as part of the Imperial Healthcare Cardiovascular Health Services. The Service provides care to cardiac patients who have been discharged from hospital including patients with cardiac disease, heart failure as well as those with ICDs.
Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust, the UK’s first academic health sciences centre, provides an internationally renowned tertiary cardiology and cardiothoracic clinical service and has a strong track record in both clinical and basic sciences research. For this challenging and fulfilling post we are looking to recruit an enthusiastic individual, with staff management experience, with a sound knowledge and understanding of the prevention and management of cardiovascular disease
You will be a Registered Nurse with a wealth of experience in Cardiac Rehabilitation and/or Cardiology at a senior level. You will be responsible for managing the multidisciplinary team as well as managing own caseload of cardiac patients. You will be championing and delivering the BACPR Core Components and Standards. You will be self-motivated and possess good organisational, communication, and leadership skills.
You will act as a resource to other professionals on cardiovascular disease and associated treatments and issues, representing Imperial Cardiac Rehab services on local and national issues. You will be taking part in ongoing audit and research activities to maintain quality care provision. You will need to be committed to sharing of good practice, development of robust professional networks and support of colleagues.
Please note that all short-listed applicants will be contacted by e-mail, and applicants are advised to check their NHS Jobs e-mail accounts regularly. If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of the closing date you should assume you have not been short-listed.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for managing the provision and developing the multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Health & Rehabilitation services across the acute Trust. The post holder will provide day to day operational organisation of the service and team management for Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurses, Exercise Specialists and Dietician.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Educated to postgraduate degree level or equivalent experience
- Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in staff management
- Improving projects
- Research and audit
- Working at a senior nursing/AHP level at band 8a
Desirable criteria
- Project Management
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential criteria
- Experience of quality, standard setting and audit
- Organisation and management skills
- Team building skills
- IT Skills
Desirable criteria
- Ability to undertake root cause analysis
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Paivi Kylli
- Job title
- Lead Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
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