ACHD Lead Specialist Nurse
The closing date is 27 July 2025
Job summary
Band 7 Lead Specialist Nurse - Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD)Location: Glenfield Hospital, LeicesterDepartment: East Midlands Congenital Heart Disease Level 1 Centre (EMCHC)
About the Role:An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, motivated and highly skilled Registered Nurse to join the Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) team at Glenfield Hospital as the Lead Specialist Nurse. This Band 7 post offers a pivotal leadership role with responsibility for nursing service management, clinical leadership, and strategic development within a nationally recognised ACHD service.
About the Service:The ACHD Specialist Nursing Team operates within the East Midlands Congenital Heart Disease Level 1 Centre (EMCHC), providing expert, specialist care to adult congenital heart patients across Leicester and the wider East Midlands region. The service includes inpatient care, outpatient clinics, and specialised outreach to peripheral centres, ensuring equitable access to high-quality ACHD care throughout the network.
Why Join Us?Glenfield Hospital's ACHD service is a dynamic, forward-thinking team with a commitment to delivering outstanding care. This role offers a unique chance to lead a specialist nursing service within a nationally recognised centre, influence service growth, and make a real difference in the lives of patients living with congenital heart disease.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities:
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Lead and manage the specialist nursing team, fostering a supportive and professional environment that promotes continuous learning, high standards of clinical care, and staff development.
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Coordinate the ACHD outpatient service, ensuring efficient clinic operations and excellent patient and family experience.
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Provide expert nursing care and support to a complex patient cohort undergoing cardiac catheterisations, cardiac surgeries, diagnostic assessments, maternal medicineand transitional care.
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Collaborate closely with the multidisciplinary team--including Cardiologists, Surgeons, Clinical Psychologists, Physiologists, Cardiographers, and Healthcare Support Workers--to ensure holistic patient-centred care and to contribute to multidisciplinary case reviews and treatment planning.
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Lead quality improvement initiatives, clinical audits, and service development projects to enhance patient outcomes and service delivery.
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Promote patient safety, governance, and adherence to best practice guidelines within the ACHD service.
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Represent the nursing team within regional networks and national forums, contributing to the ongoing development of congenital heart disease care standards.
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Be visible, accessible and responsive to the needs of service users, patients, carers and the public.
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Act as an expert clinical practitioner and professional role model within the team and across the wider organisation.
About us
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030). We have four primary goals:
- high-quality care for all,
- being a great place to work,
- partnerships for impact, and
- research and education excellence
- we are compassionate,
- we are proud,
- we are inclusive, and
- we are one team
Details
Date posted
10 July 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£46,148 to £52,809 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
358-7244381-W&C
Job locations
Glenfield Hospital
Groby Road
Leicester
LE3 9QP
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Address
Glenfield Hospital
Groby Road
Leicester
LE3 9QP
Employer's website
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