Vascular Access Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a fast paced, dynamic Vascular Access Multidisciplinary Team within the Nephrology and Transplant Directorate. The team consists of Clinical Nurse Specialists, Vascular Access Surgeons, Medical Physicist doctors. The service is responsible for the coordination of the renal access Programme within the renal centres in South East Wales. This includes referral, follow up and monitoring services.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post

Main duties of the job

The Vascular Access Team is a multidisciplinary team providing dialysis access creation and maintenance for haemodialysis patients across South East Wales. The successful applicant will be expected to travel to dialysis units across South East Wales as well as running access assessment and review clinics and cover the inpatient settings. The successful applicant will be responsible for the delivery and review of a well established training programme for access management for dialysis nurses and presenting audits of access compliance locally and nationally. In return Nephrology and Transplant is a friendly motivated directorate with opportunities to support education and development. An MSc module in The Care and Management of patients presenting with renal disease. The successful candidate will also be fully supported by the directorate practice development nursing team and the vascular access team to assist with gaining specific skills for the role development.

This is a development role and will lead to a band 7 post once comprehensive training and competencies have been completed.

About us

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.

Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.