Description
Imperial Vascular Unit is looking for a proactive and highly motivated senior nurse with experience in vascular nursing to join our Vascular Nurse Specialist team.
The role encompasses autonomous clinical patient reviews within both nurse-led clinics and inpatient services, and coordination of patient-focused pathways to ensure appropriate and timely patient management.
The Vascular Unit at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is a well-established and world-renowned vascular unit, and St. Mary's Hospital is the arterial centre for the Trust and Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust.
The expertise of the Vascular Nurse Specialist service is essential to the delivery of a high-quality, evidence-based and efficient service, ensuring a great patient experience for vascular patients across North West London.
Main Duties of the Job:
- Take responsibility for and advise on the coordination of patients' care within a vascular disease-specific pathway, acting as the Vascular Nurse Specialist contact for the patient and their relatives/carers.
- Establish and maintain effective communication pathways within the vascular nursing and medical teams, the MDT, associated Primary Care Teams, and Tertiary referral Hospital Teams.
- Provide specialist vascular nursing advice to support and facilitate high-quality, individualized care to patients with vascular disease and their relatives/carers without supervision in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team in line with local and national targets.
- The post holder will provide specialist vascular nursing care and support and deputise for their line manager in the management of their clinical specialty.
Benefits:
- Career development
- Flexible working
- Wellbeing
- Staff recognition scheme
- Optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities
Requirements:
- Registered Nurse
- Evidence of post-registration education activity
- Teaching and Assessing qualification or equivalent teaching experience
- Post-registration experience in a relevant area with experience of change management
- Significant post-registration experience in specialty area and experience in either junior specialty role or team leader/ward management role
- Experience with managing patients relevant to specialist area