South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Structural Heart Specialist Nurse

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Job summary

This post is for internal candidates to South Tees Trust. If you are not currently working within the trust your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 secondment post within the Structural Specialist Nurse Team. The post holder should have extensive Cardiology experience at a senior level and an understanding of the SpN services within the department.

The post holder should hold a First level degree in Nursing and be willing to, or have master's level study. They should ideally have, or be working towards, both non-medical prescribing and clinical skills.

Main duties of the job

The main aspects of the role are to provide equitable care to patients in relation to management and treatment of their valvular heart disease across the whole patient pathway. This is a busy and varied role that has a huge impact on patient care and service delivery.

The nurse provides support, information and advice to patients, carers and other members of the multi-disciplinary team enhancing service provision and streamlining patient focused care.

About us

Leadership and Improvement Training

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions

Your Leadership Impact

Leading your Team to Success

Leading Into the Future

Service Improvement for Beginners

Developing your Service Improvement Skills

Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

  • Explore leadership within the NHS
  • Promote Trust values and behaviours
  • Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
  • Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Details

Date posted

05 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

328-CARDIO-6899802

Job locations

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

Essential

  • Extensive nursing experience in a cardiology setting
  • Advanced level of knowledge in cardiology and management of cardiology patients
  • Clinical & leadership skills in speciality using high level analysis and judgment skills to manage patient effectively

QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

Essential

  • Registered general Nurse
  • Nursing degree or diploma
  • Non-medical prescribing (or willing to work towards)
  • MSc in relevant area - with nursing focus or within specialist field preferred (or willing to work towards)
  • Post graduate physical assessment and examination skills (or willing to work towards)
  • Formal teaching qualification (willing to work towards

Desirable

  • Leadership course
  • GCP qualification

EXPERIENCE

Essential

  • Experience and knowledge of working within cardiology
  • Current teaching experience
  • Experience of providing counselling to patients/relatives and supporting staff
  • Experience of working collaboratively with multidisciplinary professional

Desirable

  • Experience of running independent nurse led clinics
  • Experience of cross boundary working
Person Specification

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

Essential

  • Extensive nursing experience in a cardiology setting
  • Advanced level of knowledge in cardiology and management of cardiology patients
  • Clinical & leadership skills in speciality using high level analysis and judgment skills to manage patient effectively

QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

Essential

  • Registered general Nurse
  • Nursing degree or diploma
  • Non-medical prescribing (or willing to work towards)
  • MSc in relevant area - with nursing focus or within specialist field preferred (or willing to work towards)
  • Post graduate physical assessment and examination skills (or willing to work towards)
  • Formal teaching qualification (willing to work towards

Desirable

  • Leadership course
  • GCP qualification

EXPERIENCE

Essential

  • Experience and knowledge of working within cardiology
  • Current teaching experience
  • Experience of providing counselling to patients/relatives and supporting staff
  • Experience of working collaboratively with multidisciplinary professional

Desirable

  • Experience of running independent nurse led clinics
  • Experience of cross boundary working

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW


Employer's website

https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW


Employer's website

https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Lead Structural Heart Specialist Nurse

Sarah Hogarth

sarah.hogarth1@nhs.net

01642850850

Details

Date posted

05 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

328-CARDIO-6899802

Job locations

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW


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