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South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
About
South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust (SWFT) provides the hospital services to South Warwickshire from four hospitals:
- Warwick Hospital
- Leamington Spa Hospital
- Stratford Hospital
- Ellen Badger Hospital
We also deliver out-of-hospital community services to the whole of Warwickshire and beyond serving a population of more than half a million from various clinics. This includes our Community Teams in North Warwickshire.
What is a Foundation Trust?
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 March 2010. A foundation trust status gives us greater freedom to manage our own affairs, and makes us more directly accountable to local people through our Members, who are drawn from the local population and staff.
We are managed by a Board of Directors and the Trust is overseen by our Council of Governors. Find out more about our organisational structure and meetings and papers.
We continue to be part of the NHS and treat patients in accordance with core NHS principles – healthcare that is provided according to clinical need, not ability to pay, that it is free at the point of delivery, and that it meets the needs of everyone.
Our Members actively influence the progress of the Trust and help us to be genuinely patient-centred in every aspect. Find out about becoming a Member.
Heart Failure Rehabilitation Clinical Nurse Specialist
Closed for applications on: 9-May-2024 00:00
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 9-May-2024 00:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- Warwick Hospital
- Address
- Lakin Road
- Town
- Warwick
- Postcode
- CV34 5BW
- Major / Minor Region
- Warwickshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- 12 months (Part time 12 months fixed term)
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Mon - Fri)
Salary
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 6)
Specialty
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Interview date
- 28/05/2024
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is one of the top performing organisations within the NHS. Our staff think this is a great place to work and we hope you will agree. We have recently been rated as 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following our most recent inspection.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the whole county. This includes our Community Teams in North Warwickshire.
We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. Over 5900 people work for the Trust and many of them have been here a long time. People find they don’t need to go elsewhere to find a fulfilling career in healthcare.
The first thing you will notice about us is how we take our values seriously. We believe that our values underpin everything we do. If you are interested in a role with us you need to make sure our values match your own.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide inclusive, safe, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
Probationary Period
All new staff to the Trust will be subject to a standard 6 month probationary period, the details of which will duly follow in your contract of employment.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for all our employees. Our aim is to ensure that employees are equally valued and respected and that our organisation is representative of all members of society. We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual – we value our employees, job applicants, students, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our values of being Inclusive, Safe, Effective, Compassionate and Trusted.
Agile and Flexible Working
All our staff will have a work base. However the Trust operates as an Agile Working Team therefore staff may be working from home on a regular basis as required by the service. However, occasionally travel around Warwickshire and into your base will be required so access to your own transport would be helpful.
The Trust also welcome staff to work flexibly and we would welcome the conversation at interview regarding flexible working.
Staff Benefits
The Trust offer a wide range of additional benefits to staff. Anyone who joins us on a substantive basis can assess things such as the Lease Car Scheme, Electronics Scheme, Discounted Leisure and Travel, Cycle to work scheme amongst many others available.
Car Parking
The Trust have recently completed the construction of a multi-storey car park at our Warwick Hospital site which has allowed us to reduce waiting times for car parking passes.
To keep up to date on our latest recruitment activity follow us on twitter @swftrecruit or look us up on Facebook (Recruitment - South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust).
Job overview
We have a proactive cardiac rehabilitation team who are dedicated and passionate about the care, education and support of cardiac patients. We are searching for the right nurse to join us and help establish cardiac rehabilitation for heart failure patients. The successful candidate will be dynamic, focused on empowering patients and their families to participate in the management of their condition. Working closely with the clinical exercise physiologist and other members of the multidisciplinary team the post holder will strive to support patients and their families by providing education about their diagnosis, symptom management, secondary prevention, risk factor management and end of life support.
We are looking for someone with excellent communication skills, which are vital to the role and you would need to be able to demonstrate these at interview. We work as part of a multidisciplinary team and have good liaison both locally and regionally. We would also expect you to be flexible and adaptable to the needs of the service and fellow team members.
Being a car driver with access to a car is essential for the role.
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The post holder will be an expert clinical practitioner who will work as part of the Cardiology Clinical Nurse Specialist Team (CCNST). They will provide specialist nursing care for patients requiring all aspects of heart failure rehabilitation including cardiac rehabilitation.
To be a clinically based competent and skilled autonomous practitioner choosing, managing, planning and delivering the most appropriate treatment programmes tailored to individual needs, ensuring access to high quality phase 1 – 4 cardiac rehabilitation services.
Working for our organisation
Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key Result Areas: Expertise & Excellence in Clinical Practice Provide support to patients with cardiac conditions and their families, in line with the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) Guidelines for Heart Failure and the British Society for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation Standards (BACPR). Contribute to the delivery of evidence-based personalised and compassionate care which places quality at the heart of practice. Care will be responsive to individual needs and reflect current local protocols and national guidelines. Act as a patient advocate to facilitate the process of shared decision making in respect to health, choice of treatment and care. Use interpersonal and communication skills where there may be significant barriers in order to build confidence. Ensure that patients’ individual needs are expressed and valued and individual care plans are understood. Act as an accessible professional for the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) supporting the management of a clinical caseload. This will necessitate a degree of autonomy and advocacy to ensure the delivery of appropriate care. Contribute to the development of patient/staff education and information specific to cardiac rehabilitation along with policies and protocols (SOPs) to guide others involved in the care of this diverse client group. These policies and protocols will relate to patients within our department but also extend throughout the Trust. Plan programmes for heart failure rehabilitation, co-ordinating staff, venues and patients. Timely and appropriately recruit patients to exercise programme. Contact patients individually referred for rehabilitation. Undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients following a cardiac event, who may have complex conditions including multi-pathology. Use well developed clinical reasoning and departmental/local guidelines to needs assess, risk assess and advise on treatment and lifestyle changes. Manage group sessions, providing clinical monitoring and education. Report to and/or refer onto other agencies and health professionals, patients following participation in cardiac rehabilitation programme. To educate and mentor less experienced members of the cardiology nursing team. Work autonomously within scope of practice to make clinical decisions and judgements regarding patient management as per local/national and international guidelines. Undertakes risk assessments regarding patient condition and environment to ensure patient and staff safety. The post holder must be able to give a full explanation of the patient’s condition and proposed management to the patient and discuss expected outcomes with them. The post holder is required to educate patients on an individual and group basis. Ensure the patient understands and agrees to therapy plan and to set realistic timescales for achieving goals. To ensure that within the group setting each patient exercises within their agreed individual exercise prescription and is monitored at each session. To act independently to changes in the patients status and modify treatment accordingly. In conjunction with exercise specialist, undertake an individual risk assessment for exercise, based on cardiac history and current medical conditions. Taking into consideration both cardiac and physical risk of exercise allowing safe exercise prescription and adaptations of exercise programmes. Agreed functional capacity tests to be performed as part of the patient’s initial assessment and again at the completion of the programme in order to contribute towards monitoring and audit of patient related outcome measure. Support patients to self-manage their condition where deemed appropriate. Provide education for those who will need guided support to self-manage and those who will need on-going face to face support. Contribute to the management of a caseload of patients within specialty and prioritise workload to meet patient and service need, including MDT clinics. Management & Leadership Act as a role model demonstrating high standards of holistic care and provide clinical leadership to others across the organisation. Participate in the recruitment and selection of staff where required. Provide support to ensure public and patient involvement is embedded within the sphere of practice. Assist in setting measurable outcomes for the service and continuous evaluation of practice supporting changes where necessary. Participate in operational and strategic planning for the development and delivery of the service. Support service improvement activities. Attend Trust senior nurse meetings and contribute to the agenda and strategic nursing vision. Represent the Trust by contributing to and participating in meetings locally, regional and nationally relating to the speciality. Contribute to an annual service review, gathering information to support an annual report. Communication Take personal responsibility for ensuring effective communication between all service providers. Act as a role model for excellent communication skills. Work in partnership with patients, relatives and carers to obtain complex information. Create a climate in which patients are empowered to make informed choices. Ensure all clinical practice is documented appropriately in patient records ensuring that the NMC guidelines for documentation are adhered to. Informally manage complaints with the aim of a satisfactory resolution. Ensure appropriate escalation when this is not achieved. Demonstrate empathetic interpersonal and communication skills in supporting, informing and advising patients and carers through diagnosis, treatment, disease progression, prognosis and supportive and palliative care where applicable. This will involve occasionally imparting significant news or supporting patients and carers during and following such consultations. Effectively and sensitively communicate complex and sensitive information to emotionally distressed patients and family/carers at key points along the care pathway on a frequent basis. |
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Sometimes we get a lot of applications for our roles. On those occasions we might close the job early. If you don’t want to miss out we recommend submitting your application as early as possible.
The Trust use an Applicant Management System called TRAC which helps us manage the recruitment process. All communications regarding your application will come via TRAC (even if you applied via NHS Jobs).
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We aim to shortlist all vacancies within 2 days of the vacancy closing, we will get back to all candidates ASAP.
Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address.
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is an equal opportunities employer who is committed to Equality and Diversity and does not tolerate discrimination or harassment on the grounds of any protected characteristic as defined by the Equality Act 2010.
All South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust sites are smoke free. We feel it’s a great way to help our patients, visitors and staff stay healthy.
The Trust is part of a ‘Foundation Group’ through a strategic alliance with Wye Valley NHS Trust, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. This partnership is great for the sustainability of all four organisations and allows us to share learning and maximise opportunities to ensure the delivery of high quality health and care services for our local populations.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered General Nurse Level 1 with active NMC registration
- Post basic qualification in specialty
- Degree or equivalent in a relevant subject
- BACR Phase IV training or equivalent or willingness to undertake course
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Recognised teaching certificate / qualification (e.g. Post Graduate Certificate in Education / Mentors & assessors / SLAiP / ENB 998, C&G 730 or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
- Health Promotion certificate / course
- Counselling qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- A minimum of three years post registration experience
- Extensive clinical experience in an Acute cardiology setting
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- ILS training
Skills
Essential criteria
- Clinical, managerial and leadership skills in acute cardiology
- Proven listening skills
- Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
- Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to prioritise workload
- Good decision making abilities etc.
- Evidence of negotiation skills, informing, enquiring, persuading and directing as appropriate
- Understanding of the change management process
- Knowledge of quality standards and relevant national and local guidance e.g NICE, BACPR, BSH, CQUINS
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Recognition of own development requirements
- Team player
- Creative thinker
- Diplomatic
Other Job Requirements
Essential criteria
- Flexible and positive approach to work, ability to work at various hospital and service delivery locations.
Desirable criteria
- Car Driver
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sharon Cunningham
- Job title
- Clinical Lead Nurse Cardiology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07880 272625
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