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Clinical Nurse Specialist in Fetal Cardiac Care | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 20 August 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £51,488 - £57,802 pa inc HCA |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 September 2024 |
| Location: | London, SW3 6NP |
| Company: | Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6552286/196-NM11999 |
Summary
Do you have a passion for paediatric cardiology and supporting families? Are you knowledgeable about congenital heart disease and looking for the next step in your nursing career? We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic nurse to join the Fetal Cardiology team.
At GSTT, we are proud to deliver high-quality and personal care.
We are guided by our values: putting patients first, taking pride in what we do, respecting others, striving to be the best and acting with integrity. We care about each and every person that visits our service and treat them with kindness. If you feel you have these qualities and want to join our team we want to hear from you.
We currently have a vacancy for a fixed-term full time post. This involves working in both our Level One Centres at Royal Brompton Hospital and Evelina London Children's Hospital, as well as our established cardiac network centres.
Closing date: 29th August
Aim to interview 6th September, to be confirmed.
The Fetal Cardiac Nurse Specialist role supports families in pregnancy from the moment of antenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease until handover to Paediatric Cardiology services after birth. This role involves close collaboration with local hospitals, obstetric and neonatal services, as well as the tertiary centres. The role involves offering support in challenging and emotional situations.
This role is across the Lifelong Network, supporting the women and families seen by the fetal cardiology teams Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, and at Evelina London.
There is great opportunity to be involved in service development, local and national education, also audit and research. Evidence of experience in these areas is preferable.
The successful candidate will be kind and compassionate, be an excellent communicator, a great team player, be a critical problem solver, be able to multitask, and to use basic computer software such as Windows, PowerPoint, and Excel.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
The successful candidate will work as part of the fetal cardiology CNS teams supporting patients and their families through pregnancy, new diagnosis, and handover to the paediatric team postnatally.
They will act as an expert resource to families and junior staff and will be expected to educate families and staff regarding cardiac conditions.
They will advocate for families and patients when required.
They will provide nurse-led services, as well as supporting patients and families with information regarding their cardiac condition and healthcare needs.
They will liaise with community teams including obstetric teams. community teams, GPs, local hospital teams, palliative care specialist teams, and safeguarding teams.
This advert closes on Thursday 29 Aug 2024