Vascular Nurse Specialist | Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 25 April 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 May 2025 |
| Location: | Bedford, MK42 9DJ |
| Company: | Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7110356/418-NUR0356-MR |
Summary
The band 6 vascular specialist nurse specialist plays a key role in the vascular service for the Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes network (BLMK). The post holder will use their knowledge of vascular disease and experience in nursing to support all members of the multi-professional team to achieve the highest standards of care for vascular patients.
The main aim of the post is to strengthen the vascular care and management in clinical practice, supporting all members of the multi-disciplinary team to enhance the experience for vascular patients within the organisation.
As a band 6 vascular nurse specialist you will be supported to develop skills and expertise in order to become an independent practitioner. This will be through training and support from the vascular nurse specialist team and the vascular team.
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology.
Our Values
We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.
Clinical
· To support the vascular team in the management of vascular inpatients to enhance the experience of the vascular patient through their relevant pathway.
· facilitate and support the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care pathways for vascular patients in line with research based evidence.
· To provide psychological and emotional support, advice, information and health education to all vascular patients and their families during diagnosis, treatment and recovery periods. This will involve the utilisation of excellent communication skills to communicate sensitive or confidential information with empathy
· To support clinical staff with specialist advice for the management of vascular patients
· Assist with the assessment of peripheral arterial disease
· Assist and provide complex wound care management for vascular patients. This will include VAC therapy and compression bandaging
· To support patients in the community referred to the vascular team. This will include acting as a link between services including amputee support, wound advice, lifestyle education and smoking cessation.
· Act as a contact for patients post discharge to minimise readmissions, complaints and concerns.
This advert closes on Tuesday 6 May 2025