Cath Lab Clinical Nurse Specialist in Coventry

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Cath Lab Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our team. Working as an expert clinical practitioner within our expanding department within the speciality of Cardiology and Neurointervention. The post holder will be based in the Cath Lab and will have a requirement for on-call as part of the role.

Responsibilities

• Work in partnership with stakeholders to ensure the Stroke Thrombectomy and Primary PCI services deliver evidence based care to our patients.
• Work with Clinical Educators to take an active role in staff training and development.
• Support the Clinical Service Manager, offering clinical leadership and assisting with managerial tasks as delegated.
• Act in accordance with the NMC Code and be accountable for own practice and professional actions at all times.
• Contribute to the development of the roles of nurses, midwives, nursing associates in the best interests of patients and these professions in accordance with the NMC Code.
• Demonstrate clinical practice expertise through personal practice, lead by example and include face to face teaching, delivering education sessions and developing training plans.
• Be a knowledgeable team leader and resource for staff, advising on national, local and Trust policy and procedures/guidelines, ensuring that clinical governance is embedded in practice.
• Identify and assess complex clinical and non-clinical issues, implementing resolutions and monitoring/auditing outcomes.
• Demonstrate highly technical and/or practical skills to ensure optimum patient management including; complex patient monitoring; equipment management and administration of invasive tests/procedures.
• Educate and develop staff and service in an identified area through appraisal and business planning cycles.
• Manage expected and unexpected clinical events requiring high levels of physical effort according to patient dependency/clinical need.
• Support patients, carers and others during difficult situations arising in the clinical area, including imparting bad news or following an unexpected event.
• Utilise information and IT systems to secure accurate and timely patient, workforce, and resource data.
• Act as a clinical and professional role model for effective clinical leadership.
• Participate in the on-call rota and undertake informed consent for nurse led procedures, and nurse led procedures as per clinical competence and training.

Qualifications and Experience

• Experience as a scrub practitioner with familiarity in Cardiology and Neurointervention procedures.
• Experience working across the sub-specialities of Cardiac Intervention, Structural Heart Valve, Devices, EP and Neurointervention.
• Active involvement in staff training and development, service development and improvement, clinical research, and clinical audit benchmarking against national guidelines to ensure evidence based practice.
• Able to review immunisation and vaccination reports from UK occupational health providers or UK GPs as required.
• Willing to undertake on-call duties and participate in duties as part of the role.

Additional duties

• Undertake informed consent for nurse led procedures and perform nurse led procedures as per clinical competence and training.
• Support staff and users in service and policy development within a defined area/specialty.
• Utilise and ensure others utilise information and IT systems to secure accurate and timely data for patients, workforce, and resources.

Inclusion and Organisational Values

To ensure that we provide world-class patient care, UHCW recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust's Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities in the workplace and may use random selection in certain circumstances. The Supporting Information Section in your application should reflect an understanding of the Trust's Values and associated Behaviours with examples from work experience and/or personal life. All vacancies will be treated in accordance with Equal Opportunities principles. The Trust may request pre-employment checks, including Occupational Health data, DBS checks, and verification of identity and right to work. Some checks may incur costs to the applicant. The Trust is committed to minimising environmental impact and to delivering high quality patient care across its sites. It is recognised as a Pathway to Excellence® designated organisation. Details available on the Trust website.