Lead Practitioner/ Nurse: Coronial Sudden Unexpected Death Coordinator inBristol inBristol PUBLISHED 11 DEC 2023

Band 8a: £53,755 to £60,504 a year pa pro rata  FIXED TERM 

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

To help lead our regional GMSA inherited cardiac conditions work, focusing on sudden death families. The successful candidate would work with the established BHF funded regional group and clinicians and pathologists across the sector to improve the associated cardiovascular pathways. As well as helping to coordinate the clinical ICC units, the project would also involve working with coroners, pathologists, and intensive care units where patients with aborted sudden cardiac death tend to be cared for. The job is a 12-month post to start with, but ongoing funding streams will be explored. The role will be to help coordinate effective pathways within the sector by working with the coronial system, national charities and the clinicians involved in the work across the sector (cardiac and intensive care teams, genetic consultants, nurses, and counsellors

Establishing and developing relationships with key stakeholders involved in the management of the Inherited Cardiac Conditions service both internally and externally. Helping implementation across multidisciplinary services across multiple Trusts in a wide geography.

Being recognised as an expert in their field, holding additional specialist knowledge and experience.

Providing leadership, purpose, and vision in clinical practice for the professional team and peers and supporting hub and spoke working across the GMSA.

Actively disseminating best practice through presentations and participating in nursing research and national working parties.

Assisting in collation, interpretation, and communication of complex and sensitive data.

Practicing as an autonomous clinician within the multi-professional team maintaining clinical skills

Assisting the bereaved families journey, signposting and informing family members along the way. An ability to listen and be empathetic to recently bereaved in tragic circumstances.

Ensuring effective Standard Operating Procedures are in place for delivery of service, requiring updating or contributing to their creation.

Providing Clinical Supervision for members of the team, including supporting the development of Inherited Cardiac Conditions nurse competencies.

Pathway design and implementation,

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

To help lead our regional GMSA inherited cardiac conditions work, focusing on sudden death families. The successful candidate would work with the established BHF funded regional group and clinicians and pathologists across the sector to improve the associated cardiovascular pathways. As well as helping to coordinate the clinical ICC units, the project would also involve working with coroners, pathologists, and intensive care units where patients with aborted sudden cardiac death tend to be cared for. The job is a 12-month post to start with, but ongoing funding streams will be explored. The role will be to help coordinate effective pathways within the sector by working with the coronial system, national charities and the clinicians involved in the work across the sector (cardiac and intensive care teams, genetic consultants, nurses, and counsellors

Establishing and developing relationships with key stakeholders involved in the management of the Inherited Cardiac Conditions service both internally and externally. Helping implementation across multidisciplinary services across multiple Trusts in a wide geography.

Being recognised as an expert in their field, holding additional specialist knowledge and experience.

Providing leadership, purpose, and vision in clinical practice for the professional team and peers and supporting hub and spoke working across the GMSA.

Actively disseminating best practice through presentations and participating in nursing research and national working parties.

Assisting in collation, interpretation, and communication of complex and sensitive data.

Practicing as an autonomous clinician within the multi-professional team maintaining clinical skills

Assisting the bereaved families journey, signposting and informing family members along the way. An ability to listen and be empathetic to recently bereaved in tragic circumstances.

Ensuring effective Standard Operating Procedures are in place for delivery of service, requiring updating or contributing to their creation.

Providing Clinical Supervision for members of the team, including supporting the development of Inherited Cardiac Conditions nurse competencies.

Pathway design and implementation,



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