Clinical Nurse Specialist in Vascular Surgery

Job summary

• This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team of Clinical Nurse Specialists in Vascular Surgery.
• The Clinical Nurse Specialist will play a key role both within the multidisciplinary team, and in the vascular patient's journey from referral to surgery by using advanced clinical skills to undertake patient assessment, intervention, and treatment as an Independent Practitioner.
• The Vascular Clinical Nurse Specialist will have the opportunity to work within a variety of Vascular clinics as a rotational post to include a nurse led one stop leg ulcer clinic, claudication clinic, supervised exercise programme and pre-operative assessment for aortic, lower limb and carotid surgery.
• The nursing team have recently set up a nurse led Same Day Emergency Clinic (SDEC) and the post holder will have an opportunity to work independently in this clinic, using advanced skills to assess, diagnose, plan and evaluate treatment for patients presenting acutely with the support of the Vascular Consultant.
• The post holder will be responsible for contributing to the ongoing development of clinical practice and standards of care within the service, including development of policies, protocols and guidelines and contribute to service developments in collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues.
• They will ensure the safety and wellbeing of service users and will work in a manner that promotes dignity and human rights through the adoption of the person-centred care principle.

Main duties of the job

• In partnership with members of the multidisciplinary team, the post holder will develop, implement, and evaluate a seamless specialist service, ensuring that patients receive the highest standards of clinical care.
• They will demonstrate a high level of expertise within the specialist service, providing specialist advice, education and support to health care professionals and patients.
• The post holder will actively undertake clinical audits within the specialist area.

About us

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.