Job summary
A developmental Vascular Nurse Specialist post has become available within our established Vascular Nurse Specialist team at WAHT. This is an exciting opportunity, providing time and support to attend University in addition to in-house training, to enable the successful applicant to develop into an independent Vascular Nurse Specialist.The successful applicant will start as Band 6, progressing to Band 7 upon completion of training.
The post holder will have a wide range of exposure to peripheral arterial disease and the management of this in both an inpatient and outpatient setting. By working in outpatient clinics, alongside consultants and independent vascular nurses, you will integrate into the MDT, becoming an key member of our hardworking team.
For any further questions or queries please contact:
Emily Packer - Vascular Lead Nurse
(emily.packer@nhs.net)
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will provide a high standard of specialist care for patients, both inpatient and outpatient, suffering with vascular disease within Worcestershire.
The successful applicant will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and will offer specialist advice, acting as a resource for the wider MDT, in both primary and acute care settings.
The post holder will be motivated and capable of working with minimal
supervision, and have excellent communication skills. You will work as part of
a multi-disciplinary team and will offer specialist advice, acting as a
resource for the wider MDT, in both primary and acute care settings.
About us
Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is nearly 6,800 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Our objectives are simple:
- Best services for local people
- Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
- Best use of resources
- Best people
Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The post holder will be a key worker within the Vascular MDT and will work towards utilising advanced nurse practitioner nursing skills and clinical knowledge in the diagnosis and management of patients with vascular disease and its associated conditions. The post holder will work towards providing high level of expert nursing practice and advice and support for patients with vascular disease and related conditions in all care settings throughout the Trust.
Including:
- Clinical involvement and knowledge of the Vascular Surgery Specialty with evidence of relevant post basic study.
- Having a role in the development of services within the Vascular Surgery Speciality
- Working towards advanced nursing skills and nurse led initiatives and independent practice.
- Liaising closely with Consultant Surgeons, members of the multi-disciplinary team, Directorate Manager, Professional Head of Service, Matron, Ward Managers.
- Assessing and clerking emergency Vascular admissions in SDEC; liaising with the Vascular on call team to ensure appropriate diagnostics are requested and treatment plans are in place
- Demonstrate a high level of professional and autonomous nursing practice
- Use comprehensive and advanced knowledge and skills to plan care and implement specialist treatments for patients with vascular conditions.
- Assess the efficacy of treatment/intervention in ongoing episodes of patient care
- Act as an expert specialist nursing resource for patients with vascular conditions collaborating with all members of the multi-professional teams within both the Acute and Primary Care settings to facilitate a collaborative and cohesive approach to patient care
- Actively participate in service developments for patients with vascular disease and its associated conditions in association with the Vascular Lead Nurse; ensuring this encompasses the needs of the patients and is in line with standards of evidence based practice
- Assist in the provision of in-house training to be able to optimise care across both OPD and ward settings. Developing In-House training and education, alongside the Vascular Lead Nurse, for Trust staff to facilitate the optimal management for patients with vascular disease and conditions including leg ulceration and complex wounds within vascular services
Dimension
Details
Staff Management
None
Budgetary Management
None
Single Site Base
No
Countrywide Working
Yes
Direct referrals from vascular consultants
Yes
Direct referrals from GPs
No
Trust wide lead role
No
Works across Primary and Secondary Care
Yes, as a resource to healthcare professionals within primary care
Undertake roles formally/normally undertaken by medical staff
Working towards:
Advanced Health Assessment Skills; History taking, physical assessment and differential diagnosis (working towards)
Undertake procedures such as palpation of pulses, ABPI and requesting and interpreting investigations such as venous & arterial duplex scans
Non-medical prescribing for vascular patients within case load (working towards)
Undertake extended/advanced nursing roles
Working towards:
Working as an autonomous practitioner.
Undertaking Differential Diagnosis
Requesting appropriate investigations& interpretation of results.
Triaging the urgency of need for intervention/treatment
Non-medical prescribing
Works autonomously of medical staff
No
Works in support/alongside medical staff
Yes
Prescribes treatment plans within protocol and management plan
Will work towards
Has referral/admission/and or discharge rights
Yes: on behalf of and following discussion with consultant colleagues
Teaches formally; internal programmes of education or university based teaching of Level 6 and 7
No
Job description
Job responsibilities
- The post holder will be a key worker within the Vascular MDT and will work towards utilising advanced nurse practitioner nursing skills and clinical knowledge in the diagnosis and management of patients with vascular disease and its associated conditions. The post holder will work towards providing high level of expert nursing practice and advice and support for patients with vascular disease and related conditions in all care settings throughout the Trust.
Including:
- Clinical involvement and knowledge of the Vascular Surgery Specialty with evidence of relevant post basic study.
- Having a role in the development of services within the Vascular Surgery Speciality
- Working towards advanced nursing skills and nurse led initiatives and independent practice.
- Liaising closely with Consultant Surgeons, members of the multi-disciplinary team, Directorate Manager, Professional Head of Service, Matron, Ward Managers.
- Assessing and clerking emergency Vascular admissions in SDEC; liaising with the Vascular on call team to ensure appropriate diagnostics are requested and treatment plans are in place
- Demonstrate a high level of professional and autonomous nursing practice
- Use comprehensive and advanced knowledge and skills to plan care and implement specialist treatments for patients with vascular conditions.
- Assess the efficacy of treatment/intervention in ongoing episodes of patient care
- Act as an expert specialist nursing resource for patients with vascular conditions collaborating with all members of the multi-professional teams within both the Acute and Primary Care settings to facilitate a collaborative and cohesive approach to patient care
- Actively participate in service developments for patients with vascular disease and its associated conditions in association with the Vascular Lead Nurse; ensuring this encompasses the needs of the patients and is in line with standards of evidence based practice
- Assist in the provision of in-house training to be able to optimise care across both OPD and ward settings. Developing In-House training and education, alongside the Vascular Lead Nurse, for Trust staff to facilitate the optimal management for patients with vascular disease and conditions including leg ulceration and complex wounds within vascular services
Dimension
Details
Staff Management
None
Budgetary Management
None
Single Site Base
No
Countrywide Working
Yes
Direct referrals from vascular consultants
Yes
Direct referrals from GPs
No
Trust wide lead role
No
Works across Primary and Secondary Care
Yes, as a resource to healthcare professionals within primary care
Undertake roles formally/normally undertaken by medical staff
Working towards:
Advanced Health Assessment Skills; History taking, physical assessment and differential diagnosis (working towards)
Undertake procedures such as palpation of pulses, ABPI and requesting and interpreting investigations such as venous & arterial duplex scans
Non-medical prescribing for vascular patients within case load (working towards)
Undertake extended/advanced nursing roles
Working towards:
Working as an autonomous practitioner.
Undertaking Differential Diagnosis
Requesting appropriate investigations& interpretation of results.
Triaging the urgency of need for intervention/treatment
Non-medical prescribing
Works autonomously of medical staff
No
Works in support/alongside medical staff
Yes
Prescribes treatment plans within protocol and management plan
Will work towards
Has referral/admission/and or discharge rights
Yes: on behalf of and following discussion with consultant colleagues
Teaches formally; internal programmes of education or university based teaching of Level 6 and 7
No
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First Level Registration.
- 1st Level Degree.
- NMC recognised Teaching/Assessing qualification e.g ENB 998/mentorship qualification.
Desirable
- Working towards Master Degree or willing to undertake
- Non-medical prescribing course.
- Health assessment qualification.
- Evidence of management experience/training at Band 6.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of the management of vascular patients
- Knowledge of the vascular system and disease process
- Evidence of significant Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
- Experience of formal teaching
- Experience with the management of wounds/leg ulceration
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Leadership skills
- Computer skills
- Effective communicator
- Ability to motivate others
- Experience within known speciality
- Knowledge of Health and Safety issues
- Knowledge of key national policy drivers for Vascular care
- Able to demonstrate effective management of, staff and student, experience and performance
- Evidence of research based practice
- Able to promote equality, diversity and rights
- Fully aware of principles of infection control
- Fully aware of health and safety issues
Desirable
- Wider operational experience
- Involvement in health promotion/education
- Organisational and negotiation skills
- Able to supervise and demonstrate potential to lead
- Able to undertake extended roles e.g. order appropriate investigations
- ABPI competencies
- Compression bandaging training
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Articulate excellent mediation skills
- Assertive, versatile and innovative
- Good interpersonal skills
- High professional standards
- Able to remain calm under pressure and to manage challenging situations.
- Able to foster good working relationships and develop clinical networks.
- Critical awareness of own strengths and weaknesses
- Flexible approach to meet demands of the service.
- Highly motivated
- Committed to quality improvement
- Proven organisational skills and time management
- Willingness to attend academic courses at Masters Level
Desirable
- Proven ability to work autonomously
- Confidence and ability to participate in MDT discussions &decisions
Other Requirements
Essential
- Car driver / owner
- Ability to work in a flexible manner to cover needs of service
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First Level Registration.
- 1st Level Degree.
- NMC recognised Teaching/Assessing qualification e.g ENB 998/mentorship qualification.
Desirable
- Working towards Master Degree or willing to undertake
- Non-medical prescribing course.
- Health assessment qualification.
- Evidence of management experience/training at Band 6.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of the management of vascular patients
- Knowledge of the vascular system and disease process
- Evidence of significant Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
- Experience of formal teaching
- Experience with the management of wounds/leg ulceration
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Leadership skills
- Computer skills
- Effective communicator
- Ability to motivate others
- Experience within known speciality
- Knowledge of Health and Safety issues
- Knowledge of key national policy drivers for Vascular care
- Able to demonstrate effective management of, staff and student, experience and performance
- Evidence of research based practice
- Able to promote equality, diversity and rights
- Fully aware of principles of infection control
- Fully aware of health and safety issues
Desirable
- Wider operational experience
- Involvement in health promotion/education
- Organisational and negotiation skills
- Able to supervise and demonstrate potential to lead
- Able to undertake extended roles e.g. order appropriate investigations
- ABPI competencies
- Compression bandaging training
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Articulate excellent mediation skills
- Assertive, versatile and innovative
- Good interpersonal skills
- High professional standards
- Able to remain calm under pressure and to manage challenging situations.
- Able to foster good working relationships and develop clinical networks.
- Critical awareness of own strengths and weaknesses
- Flexible approach to meet demands of the service.
- Highly motivated
- Committed to quality improvement
- Proven organisational skills and time management
- Willingness to attend academic courses at Masters Level
Desirable
- Proven ability to work autonomously
- Confidence and ability to participate in MDT discussions &decisions
Other Requirements
Essential
- Car driver / owner
- Ability to work in a flexible manner to cover needs of service
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).
