Band 6 Inherited Cardiac Conditions Nurse

Job summary

The post holder is a specialised nurse working as part of the Inherited Cardiac Conditions (ICC) nursing team. The post holder functions as part of the wider multidisciplinary team to provide advice, information and support to patients & their families with electrophysiological impairment of their hearts and those with or at risk of inherited cardiac conditions including, cardiomyopathies and inherited arrhythmias.

This is an exciting time for service development with our team, with ongoing plans to advance our care and the role of the specialist nurse within our service.

Main duties of the job

A rare and unique opening has arisen for an enthusiastic individual seeking a role as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in an established inherited cardiac conditions specialist team.

The ICC team at St George's Hospital offers specialized care for the diagnosis, symptoms evaluation and management of patients and families affected with inherited cardiovascular conditions. We are a multidisciplinary team working across South-West London receiving supra-regional referrals from Surrey and the UK.

The service offers dedicated clinics with a family cantered approach providing an integrated "one stop" shop assessment. Clinics are dedicated to cardiomyopathies, inherited/ paediatric arrhythmias, familial evaluation after a sudden cardiac death, sports cardiology, as well as an aortopathy service.

With all that in mind I am hoping that you are an experienced cardiac nurse who is interested in advancing their specialist cardiac knowledge or has an interest in inherited cardiac conditions. This Band 6 pot holder will be working to develop skills and experience as a role of a CNS. The post offers an excellent opportunity to develop skills in ECG recognition, arrhythmia and device management, and the expert understanding of ICC's and genomic healthcare. The Band 6 CNS, will be support by Band 7 CNS's who will help mentor and develop them in their role.

About us

With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.