Vascular Surgery Clinic Nurse

North Bristol NHS Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Bristol is seeking a Vascular Surgery Clinic Nurse to join their dedicated team. This role involves working closely with surgical colleagues, providing urgent assessments for patients with vascular conditions, and ensuring high-quality patient care. The ideal candidate will have a passion for nursing and a commitment to delivering exceptional healthcare.

Qualifications

• Caring for patients with various vascular conditions.
• Triaging referrals and scheduling appointments.

Responsibilities

• Running daily rapid access service at Gate 5.
• Providing patient advice and support.

Skills

Vascular Surgery

Patient Care

Teamwork

Education

Registered Nurse

Job description

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Job Overview

Working in a close knit team in our dedicated vascular outpatient clinic, you will be well supported by both your nursing and surgical colleagues.

The job entails running the busy daily clinics in our gate 5 rapid access clinic. Patients requiring urgent review/care will be referred in and seen usually within a time line of either 48 hour or 7 days. All patients are seen in a 'one stop' capacity and are given a management plan going forward or if deemed necessary admitted to hospital.

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Main duties of the job

This well supported role within a friendly and motivated team involves helping to run our daily rapid access service at Gate 5. The vascular rapid access consists of daily vascular ‘hot’ clinic which caters for patients who require urgent vascular assessment within the outpatient setting, supported by vascular nurses and the vascular surgical consultant.

The post holder will be caring for patients with a wide range of vascular conditions including; large abdominal aortic aneurysms, TIA/CVAs, acute and chronic limb ischaemia and complex wounds.

This role will also include triaging referrals, contacting patients to make appointments and providing patient advice.

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Working for our organisation

Our vision at NBT is that by enabling our teams to be the best they can be we will provide Exceptional Healthcare, Personally Delivered. This means that our patients recognise that we are exemplars of safe, harm-free care and that we give them the best possible health improvement.

As a major acute teaching hospital and centre of excellence in a number of fields we will do this through the dedication of you, our outstanding 8000 staff, and through a genuine partnership with our patients, the public and local partners. By doing this we will, as OneNBT, provide a place you are proud to work and an outstanding patient and carer experience.

We treat some of the most difficult medical conditions, in an increasingly complex and growing patient population made even more complex by the challenges we face due to Covid-19. Yet we are confident in our ability to be ready for the next five years, even in these uncertain times. This is thanks to our understanding of the financial, capital and transformation actions we will need to take to deliver our ambitious strategy and objectives launched at the start of the year. Not only will we continue to increase our offer to you, our staff, but will work with you and our partners to make sure we achieve all we set out to do.

Our values

• Putting the patient first
• Working well together
• Recognising the person
• Striving for excellence
  
  

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

This well supported role within a friendly and motivated team involves helping to run our daily rapid access service at Gate 5. The vascular rapid access consists of daily vascular ‘hot’ clinic which caters for patients who require urgent vascular assessment within the outpatient setting, supported by vascular nurses and the vascular surgical consultant.

The post holder will be caring for patients with a wide range of vascular conditions including; large abdominal aortic aneurysms, TIA/CVAs, acute and chronic limb ischaemia and complex wounds.

This role will also include triaging referrals, contacting patients to make appointments and providing patient advice.

In addition the post holder will also support for the diabetic foot clinic running each afternoon Monday – Thursday supported by podiatrists and a vascular Consultant. The diabetic foot clinic provides urgent multidisciplinary care to those people with a diabetic foot wound or charcot joints.

The network’s Vascular CNS’s and rapid access clinic nurse will support you in your clinical practice and provide training. The post holder will be taught how to assess a limb using modalities such as hand held Doppler. In addition you will learn how to interpret ABPI, TBI and TCp02 measurements and understand different modes of imaging.

The post holder will be a qualified nurse with an interest in vascular surgery and wound care acting within their professional boundaries as part of the multi-disciplinary team to deliver high quality care to patients with vascular conditions.

The post holder will demonstrate safe independent practice, and following a period of training will use clinical decision making skills including assessment and diagnostic skills for patients with vascular conditions.

The post holder will be expected to work closely alongside vascular consultants, vascular clinical nurse specialists, vascular scientists, podiatrists and other members of the multi-disciplinary team.

The post holder will take responsibility for the supervision and guidance of other staff including health care assistants and students on a daily basis, actively contributing to a good learning environment.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Achieved
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Achieved
  
  

Work experience

Essential criteria

• Worked in OP clinic
  
  

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge/Skills
  
  

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North Bristol NHS Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The successful applicant(s) will normally commence at the minimum of the scale unless they have previous NHS service at the same band. Progression through the scale is by annual increments.

At North Bristol Trust (NBT), we know diverse and inclusive environments lead to happier and healthier teams and improved patient care and outcomes. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented in NBT’s workforce at Band 8a and above. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQIA+ people.

Please note that stringent pre-employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement in post.

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