Cardiac Specialist Nurse

Job summary

Providing specialist cardiac support to patients in Powys

Providing support and education to other clinical teams

Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team

Demonstrating clinical leadership for the cardiac service.

The service enables clients recovering from a cardiac event to achieve their optimal health potential and empower them to choose and adopt the appropriate long term lifestyle changes.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic, individual to join our Cardiac Specialist Nursing Team Powys.

Main duties of the job

You will be working with a team of Cardiac Nurse Specialists who are currently based in the North and Mid of the County and provide specialist assessment and management for a designated cardiac population of Powys. We need somebody to deliver a comprehensive, high quality evidenced based Cardiac and Heart Failure Specialist Nursing and Rehabilitation service in collaboration with the Multi-disciplinary Teams across Primary, Community and Secondary Care.

The Cardiac Nurse Specialists provide a specialist nurse led community service to educate, support and advise patients with cardiac conditions through home visits, clinics in Community Hospitals and Medical Practices; providing telephone support and Cardiac Rehabilitation programmes. Using expert knowledge of managing and delivering care for patients with highly complex health needs within the community setting, ensuring the delivery is safe, efficient and effective. Reviewing the effectiveness of treatments, adjusting or making recommendations for changes to treatment, and making onward referrals.

About us

Powys is cited as being a wonderful place to live and work; a rural health setting where you can personally and professionally grow, where patients are at the heart of care provision. If you are an ambitious professional in search of job satisfaction, Powys is the place to be. Whatever your career aspirations, we are committed to supporting and developing you.

Powys Teaching Health Board is responsible for meeting the health and wellbeing needs of the population of Powys. Powys is the largest county in Wales with Snowdonia to the North and the Brecon Beacons to the South, the spectacular scenery is something to behold. Working in partnership, we commission and provide award-winning hospital, community, mental health and learning disability services, so our portfolio is varied and diverse. We are proud to offer patients an unrivalled level of care and range of careers for professionals who want to make a real difference.

Did you know - Powys Teaching Health Board accepts applications to retire and return from within the NHS in Wales. If you would like to know more, please contact the Powys Teaching Health Board Workforce team on 01874 712580 or powys.workforcegeneralenquiries@wales.nhs.uk

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Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.