Cardiology Advanced Nurse Practitioner – CDC Lead

Princess Alexandra Hospital

Harlow

On-site

GBP 48,000 - 62,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Job summary

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust is seeking an Advanced Practitioner in Cardiology to oversee Nurse-Led Diagnostic, Assessment and Treatment services within the CDC. You will lead autonomous clinical practice, manage a caseload and drive service improvement for cardiac pathways across the CDC and PAH Cardiology service.

You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, provide expert clinical guidance, and develop strategies to meet national and local objectives while delivering

Qualifications

Advanced practitioner with highly developed knowledge, skills and clinical expertise in diagnosis, management and treatment of Cardiovascular conditions.
This is a senior nursing role that leads the drive to improve the quality of patient care across the evolving diagnostic and treatment pathways enabled by the CDC.
They will be responsible for managing their own case load of patients ensuring a high quality, effective, safe and efficient service.

Responsibilities

To act as an autonomous practitioner with full clinical accountability for a caseload and be a recognised clinical leader for the acute Trust in this area of work.
Develop key working relationships with specialist nursing, medical and allied health teams, as well as other primary care teams involved in the care of Cardiology patients.
To assist and support in collaboration with the Cardiology team in the Community and local GP practices in identifying patients at risk of cardiovascular illness and improving their care.
To ensure that evidence-based care is provided to patients with potential cardiovascular cause of their symptoms.
To collaborate with existing Acute/Community Specialist Nurses to enable a strategy to develop the service in line with evidence-based guidelines.
To support and lead Nurse-led diagnostic clinics in the CDC.
To review, initiate and titrate medications according to clinical needs to improve outcomes and reduce mortality and morbidity in Cardiology patient.
To educate patients and their relatives/carers to understand how to self-monitor their condition.
To liaise closely with primary care teams to establish the necessary protocols to facilitate effective disease management within the community.
To develop case management competencies and to case manage relevant numbers of Cardiology patients and support in the management of co-morbidities.
To initiate, support and participate in audit programmes in collaboration with the Acute Trusts audit teams – specifically including the reporting to NHS England on CDC specific activity.
To be able to prescribe evidence-based medications for common Cardiology illness, to enable the effective management of patients with these chronic conditions.
To provide reports on service delivery, patient outcomes and key performance indicators on a regular basis to the Integrated Emergency and Medical Pathways Triumvirate
To work with and refer appropriately to other agencies to enable identified patients to be managed in a pro-active way, with the aim of improving the overall patient and care experience.
To foster a culture that encourages continuous learning and develop skills in quality improvement
To be a champion for the Cardiology Nurse-Led Diagnostic, Assessment and Treatment service, and empower team members to enhance patient care delivery

Skills

Advanced clinical practice

Cardiology

NMC registered

Job description

You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, provide expert clinical guidance, and develop strategies to meet national and local objectives while delivering

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