Arrhythmia Clinical Nurse Specialist

Forest Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced and motivated registered nurse to join the Arrhythmia Clinical Nurse Specialist team. You will provide autonomous and nurse-led care for patients with cardiac arrhythmias, delivering face-to-face and virtual clinics, triaging referrals, and supporting cardiology pathways.

The post offers development towards Band 7 with completing cardiology competency framework and Non-Medical Prescribing course; you will work within a

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with significant post-registration experience in cardiology or arrhythmia care.
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Deliver face-to-face and virtual nurse-led Arrhythmia clinics and manage a specialist caseload.
• Triage referrals and coordinate ongoing care and follow-up.
• Support cardioversion pathways, including patient assessment, preparation, education and follow-up.
• Provide specialist arrhythmia advice and in-reach support to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.
• Contribute to audit, research, quality improvement and service evaluation.
• Support development of clinical pathways and cross-cover across Cardiology.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Clinical decision-making

Autonomous working

Education

Nursing registration (RN)

Job description

Working within the specialist Arrhythmia service, you will provide high-quality, patient-centred care for patients with cardiac arrhythmias. You will work autonomously and as part of the multidisciplinary team, managing a specialist caseload, triaging referrals and supporting the delivery of nurse-led clinics. You will work closely with Cardiology Consultants, Cardiac Physiology, nursing teams and other healthcare professionals to ensure safe, timely and coordinated care. You will also contribute to service development, clinical guidelines, audit and education, while acting as a specialist resource for patients, carers and colleagues. We are looking for an experienced and motivated registered nurse with significant post-registration experience, ideally within Cardiology or arrhythmia care. You will have excellent communication, leadership and clinical decision-making skills, with the confidence to work both autonomously and collaboratively. For the right candidate, a Band 6 developmental post may be considered, with progression to Band 7 following successful completion of the required cardiology competency framework and a commitment to undertake the Non-Medical Prescribing course. The Arrhythmia Clinical Nurse Specialist will work autonomously within the wider Cardiology multidisciplinary team, providing specialist assessment, management, advice and support for patients with cardiac arrhythmias. The post holder will:

• Deliver face-to-face and virtual nurse-led Arrhythmia clinics and manage a specialist caseload.
• Triage referrals and coordinate ongoing care and follow-up.
• Work closely with Cardiology consultants, cardiac physiology, nursing teams and other services to support effective patient pathways.
• Support cardioversion pathways, including patient assessment, preparation, education and follow-up.
• Provide specialist arrhythmia advice and in-reach support to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.
• Contribute to audit, research, quality improvement and service evaluation.
• Support the development of clinical pathways, protocols and the wider Arrhythmia service.
• Provide appropriate cross-cover across Cardiology to support a responsive and resilient service.
  We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation. We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.