Clinical Nurse Specialist - Cardiology inWakefield inWakefield PUBLISHED
TUE 26 NOV 2024
Band 6: £37,338 to £44,962 a year pro-rated for part time positions
PERMANENT GOOD SALARY
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The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust rYYv8Rti
Opportunity to make a meaningful impact on patients' lives suffering from heart failure.
Diverse work environment with a blend of home visits and hospital setting, providing varied experiences.
Supportive and enthusiastic team, fostering a collaborative work culture and professional development.
Possibility to enhance clinical skills and knowledge through advanced assessments and evidence-based practices.
Involvement in multi-professional approaches to improve patient management and care delivery.
Opportunity to contribute to important initiatives like the National Heart Failure Audit and deliver high standards of care.
The role of Clinical Nurse Specialist - Cardiology with The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust in Wakefield focuses on providing comprehensive care for patients with heart failure. Key responsibilities include conducting specialist assessments, planning and implementing care, and evaluating patient outcomes using advanced clinical knowledge. The nurse will work both in patients' homes and hospital settings, contributing to a supportive team and participating in a multi-professional approach for ongoing patient management.
Essential duties involve monitoring patients' medication and clinical status, offering psychological support for those requiring implantable devices, and ensuring effective communication with patients and their families. The position also includes coordinating patient transitions between primary and secondary care, supporting outpatient clinics, and engaging with palliative care for end-stage heart failure patients.
Ideal candidates should have excellent communication skills, clinical credibility in cardiology, and the ability to handle emotional situations sensitively. The role presents an opportunity to enhance nursing skills and make a meaningful impact on patient lives.
Essential duties involve monitoring patients' medication and clinical status, offering psychological support for those requiring implantable devices, and ensuring effective communication with patients and their families. The position also includes coordinating patient transitions between primary and secondary care, supporting outpatient clinics, and engaging with palliative care for end-stage heart failure patients.
Ideal candidates should have excellent communication skills, clinical credibility in cardiology, and the ability to handle emotional situations sensitively. The role presents an opportunity to enhance nursing skills and make a meaningful impact on patient lives.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Heart failure nursing team. The role involves assessment, planning, and treating patients suffering from heart failure. You will be visiting patients in their homes and within the hospital setting. You will be a member of a small, but enthusiastic and highly supportive team. It is an opportunity to enhance your skills and knowledge and really make a difference to the lives of patients with heart failure.
- Perform specialist assessment of patients nursing needs, plan, implement and evaluate care delivery using advanced clinical knowledge, clinical examination and clinical skills.
- Assist in inputting data to contribute to the National Heart failure Audit
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Key Responsibilities
- Perform specialist assessment of patients nursing needs, plan, implement and evaluate care delivery using advanced clinical knowledge, clinical examination and clinical skills.
- To be clinically credible in the area of heart failure and other aspects of cardiac disease.
- Has excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Contribute towards a multi-professional approach in the management of patients, especially in relation to ongoing care needs, admission avoidance and discharge arrangements.
- Support patients and their families and ensure that they receive the required information to enable them to self- manage, lead or participate in their care delivery.
- Recognise changes in patient condition that require the intervention of others and refer on as appropriate.
- Review patients medication regime, ensuring that patients receive appropriate pharmacotherapy in effective doses, and monitor patients clinical status and blood chemistry following medication changes.
- Assist in the pre assessment and psychological support for patients requiring ICD/CRT implants.
- To work in partnership with colleagues, lead clinicians, Heart Failure Team Leader, General Managers and Matron to ensure the delivery of high standards of patient care.
- To ensure that nursing is underpinned by evidence-based practice where applicable
- Establish and maintain effective communication with patients and carers / relatives.
- Ensure seamless transition of care between the primary and secondary care interface.
- Makes sound clinical decisions based on the situation
- Provide a complete discharge package for patients including referral to other agencies and providing education literature.
- Provide accurate discharge information for GPs and community teams to facilitate effective follow up care and management for patients who access the service.
- Liaise with palliative care teams regarding patients with end-stage heart failure.
- Support the nurse led outpatient clinic for patient requiring ongoing care assessment and counseling services.
- To provide cross cover between all aspects of the Heart Failure Role including both primary and secondary care and across all hospital sites
- Attends regular team meetings.
- Occasional requirement to deal with highly distressing or emotional circumstances
- Explain condition and treatment options to patients and carers that may be difficult for them to comprehend or difficult for them to receive.
- Occasional requirement to deal with challenging behavior or difficult family circumstances and situations
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