Cardiac Rehabilitation Deputy Lead Nurse

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking an experienced Cardiac Rehabilitation Deputy Lead Nurse. This role involves managing patient care and leading the development of the cardiac rehabilitation service. Ideal candidates will possess significant cardiac nursing experience and a strong commitment to quality care. This full-time position offers personal development and opportunities for flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Employee recognition scheme

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with post registration experience including cardiac experience at senior level.
• Experience of working within a cardiac rehabilitation setting.
• Self-motivated with good organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the continuing development of the service.
• Assessing and managing a caseload of patients.
• Participating in ongoing audit and research activities.

Skills

Knowledge of Cardiac Rehabilitation programmes

Advanced clinical assessment skills

Excellent communication skills

Education

Registered Nurse Prescriber or willingness to undertake training

ALS/ ILS trained

ENB 998 or equivalent

Job description

Cardiac Rehabilitation Deputy Lead Nurse

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced cardiac nurse to join our Cardiac Health and Rehabilitation programme based in Charing Cross Hospital as part of the Imperial Healthcare Cardiovascular Health Services.

The Service provides care to patients who have been discharged from hospital and are attending the cardiac health and rehabilitation programme. It includes patients with cardiac disease, heart failure as well as those with a implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.

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 seeking to recruit an enthusiastic individual with sound knowledge and understanding of the prevention and management of cardiovascular disease.

You will be a Registered Nurse with post registration experience including cardiac experience at senior level preferably in both cardiology and cardiothoracics. You will also have experience of working within a cardiac rehabilitation setting or be very enthusiastic about this area of work. You will be self motivated, possess good organisational skills, and be able to work alone and as part of a team.

For further details and to arrange an informal visit please contact -Eleanor Murphy, Lead Nurse for the Imperial Cardiovascular Health service, on 020 8383 0229.

Main duties of the job

• In conjunction with the Lead Nurse and the multi-skilled cardiac health and rehabilitation team you will be responsible for the continuing development of the service, as well as assessing and managing a caseload of patients and participating in the Cardiac classes.
• The post holder will also act as a resource to other professionals on cardiovascular disease and associated treatments and issues.
• You will be taking part in ongoing audit and research activities to maintain quality care provision.
• Excellent communication skills are essential, as you will need to be committed to sharing of good practice, development of robust professional networks and support of colleagues.

About us

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.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Job 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

• Registered Nurse Prescriber or willing to undertake this training.
• ALS/ ILS trained
• ENB 998 or equivalent
• Registered Nurse Prescriber

Experience

• Recent experience of working with people following a cardiac event.
• Experience of working in a cardiac rehabilitation team
• Experience of managing and leading a team
• Delivering Health Promotion to individuals and/or groups
• Experience of case managing patients over a period of time
• Involvement in planning and conducting audits

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

• Knowledge of Cardiac Rehabilitation programmes
• Knowledge of national policies & directives that impact on service delivery (CHD NSF, NICE)
• Understanding of the principles of health promotion
• Undertaken courses related to Cardiac rehabilitation
• Advanced clinical assessment skills

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.