Advanced Nurse Practioner - Arrhythmia

Integrated Care System; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare institution is seeking an Advanced Nurse Practitioner to provide specialized care to patients with chronic and acute conditions. This role requires a skilled nurse to assess and manage patient care, lead the practice in relevant clinical areas, and contribute to service development in an acute setting. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in Cardiology along with advanced nursing qualifications.

Qualifications

• 5 years post-registration experience.
• Experience in Cardiology is essential.
• Ability to work autonomously.

Responsibilities

• Undertake comprehensive assessment and management of patients.
• Provide expert advice and lead changes in practice.
• Monitor and evaluate clinical outcomes.

Skills

Clinical assessment skills

Expert advice and counselling

Autonomy

Communication skills

Ability to handle conflict

Flexibility to work in different environments

Education

First level registered nurse

MSc in Advanced Practice or equivalent

Job description

Go back Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Advanced Nurse Practioner - Arrhythmia

The closing date is 21 August 2025

The Advanced Practitioner will provide highly specialised care within the hospital setting, to those patients with chronic and acute conditions using advanced clinical knowledge that is evidence based. The Advanced Practitioner will function independently or within a clinical team and will demonstrate competence complementary to the doctor's role in the delivery of healthcare.

Main duties of the job

Undertake independent comprehensive assessment and management of patients to incorporate physiological, psychological and pharmacological considerations, making multifaceted complex clinical decisions regarding patient management and clinical outcomes, including, where appropriate, listing patients for elective procedures and discharging patients from the service when treatment is complete/optimum outcome is achieve.

Regularly re-evaluate the service and develop according to need, within the limitation of resource.

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Job responsibilities

Principal Accountabilities.

The Advanced Practitioner will provide highly specialised care within the hospital setting, to those patients with chronic and acute conditions using advanced clinical knowledge that is evidence based.

The Advanced Practitioner will function independently or within a clinical team and will demonstrate competence complementary to the doctors role in the delivery of health care.

Undertake independent comprehensive assessment and management of patients to incorporate physiological, psychological and pharmacological considerations, making multifaceted complex clinical decisions regarding patient management and clinical outcomes, including, where appropriate, listing patients for elective procedures and discharging patients from the service when treatment is complete/optimum outcome is achieved.

Provide expert advice and to ensure the needs of the patient are met by leading, challenging and changing practice within the clinical setting.

Provide expert advice and to ensure the needs of the patient are met by leading, challenging and changing practice within the clinical setting.

To accept new and follow-up referrals in patients with chest pain and syncope

To undertake ILR implant procedures and tilt table testing, coratid sinus massage and other procedures (such as ascites and chest drainage for ambulatory heart failure service).

To undertake clinical audit, research and service development.

Recognises and acts as an advocate for patients, carers, service and organisation.

Provide counselling and advocacy for patients with acute and chronic conditions

Lead change as required and ensure resolution of conflict, acting as a facilitator, resource and model to nursing and medical staff, and professions allied to medicine

Undertake research and service development

Regularly re-evaluate the service and develop according to need, within the limitation of resource.

Monitor and evaluate the role of the Advanced Practitioner in liaison with appropriate managers and medical staff, and demonstrate and respond to changing needs

Person Specification

Qualifications

• First level registered nurse/allied Health Professional currently working at an Advanced Practitioner level
• Non-Medical prescribing module
• Working towards completing MSc in Advance Practice (in the final year)
• Significant experience in an acute clinical setting
• ALS/Alert provider
• NMC Practice Teacher or equivalent
• MSc in Advanced Practice or equivalent

Knowledge

• 5 years post-registration experience.
• Significant years' experience at Band 6 or above
• Detailed knowledge of current best practice in relevant clinical area
• Documented evidence of continuing professional development
• Post-registration experience in Cardiology.
• Experience in various aspects of Cardiology services
• portfolio of evidence showing achievements in Cardiology

Skills

• Working knowledge of the current professional NHS issues contributing to Service Development
• Competent in organising own work load.
• Ability to work autonomously, plan, organise, prioritise and delegate appropriate interventions to support staff
• Commitment to training and development.
• Detailed knowledge of the principles of clinical governance and its application
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Effective written and oral communication/listening skills.
• Ability to understand and analyse professional and ethical issues and apply them to service development.
• Flexbility to move between all work environments and rotate around clinical areas.
• Ability to cope working in a stressful environment and with emotional/aggressive patients/carers.
• Undertaken a management programme
• ECDL Qualification or equivalent
• Have an understanding of team dynamics and an ability to influence the building of effective relationships between staff

Other

• Willingness to work flexibly and at other sites when required. Ability and willingness to undertake further training as necessary

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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