Fetal and Cardiology Clinical Nurse Specialist

Fetal and Cardiology Clinical Nurse Specialist Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

An opportunity has arisen for a motivated experienced nurse to cover maternity leave for a combined fetal cardiology and cardiac nurse specialist post. You will support, educate and prepare families for the arrival of a newborn baby with a wide range of congenital heart disease but provide seamless, expert ongoing care. We are looking for an experienced children's cardiac specialist nurse to join our current dynamic fetal and cardiac nurse specialist teams. You will need to be a cardiac children's nurse with vision and enthusiasm to contribute to the continued quality and the developmental success of the service, with a commitment to children and families both internal and external to the trust. The role includes managing your own caseload of families with complex cardiac needs; providing complex psychosocial support & preparing them for a variety of cardiac pathways they will be embarking on. You will need to work closely with the multiprofessional team, including the fetal cardiologist, paediatric cardiologists, paediatricians, fetal echocardiographers, obstetricians, local community services and allied health professionals. A thorough knowledge of congenital heart conditions and fetal circulation is essential to support your decision making and escalation of care as well as an ability to support and teach families. Hours can be negotiated and a job share would be considered.

Main duties of the job

1. Learn expert and specialist nursing skills in the clinic setting to support and prepare families who have had an antenatal diagnosis of CHD in partnership with consultant fetal cardiologist and multidisciplinary team (MDT).
2. Provide expert ongoing support of the mother and family around prenatal fetal diagnosis of congenital heart disease (CHD) up to birth and until follow up by cardiologist or relevant postnatal team within GOSH or local care.
3. Provide information, expert clinical advice and support to families of complex cardiac patients.
4. Be a highly competent, knowledgeable clinician ensuring the provision of high quality evidence based nursing care for families of complex cardiac patients.
5. Ability to escalate clinical concerns and respond to emergency situations, utilising expert clinical judgement and decision making to initiate appropriate interventions and treatment for own patient caseload.
6. Support the effective management of patient activity throughout the care pathway with a focus on continuous quality improvement.
7. Actively participate in an annual appraisal process including a review of job plans and of the service, ensuring it meets the needs of the children, young people, their families, and the Departmental/Divisional/Trust objectives.

About us

GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

• On the relevant part of the NMC register i.e. Children's registered and evidence of revalidation.
• Evidence of ongoing, dynamic continuing professional development within the specialty, linked to demonstrable clinical competencies.
• Assessing and mentoring qualification.
• Possession of a relevant honours degree.
• Leadership and management skills.
• Recognised teaching qualification.
• Willing to work towards a masters level of education in a modular form.
• BLS life support trainer.

Experience/Knowledge

• Sufficient experience at band 6 level or equivalent, including relevant clinical environment.
• Experience of leading and managing a team.
• Basic understanding of audit and research methodologies.
• Excellent cardiac specialist knowledge including fetal circulation anatomy.
• Experience of handling clinical incidents and complaints.
• Demonstrates compassion in practice.
• Understanding of resource management, health and safety, clinical risk and quality issues.
• Previous experience of change management and problem solving.

Skills/Abilities

• Excellent clinical skills.
• Relevant specialist skills and abilities for the post.
• Able to problem solve and initiate change.
• Ability to delegate and prioritise.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and listening skills.
• Computer literacy, presentation skills and experience of databases.
• Interviewing and Appraisal skills.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Contract

Fixed term, 1 year, Full-time

Salary

£54,320 to £60,981 a year inclusive

Job locations

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust