Fetal and Cardiology Clinical Nurse Specialist

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Fetal and Cardiology Clinical Nurse Specialist Band 7

Main area Nursing Grade Band 7 Contract Fixed term: 1 year (Maternity leave cover) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 271-HL-

Site Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust Town London Salary £54,320 - £60,981 per annum inclusive Salary period Yearly Closing 04/05/:59

Job overview

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 on going 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

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).

Use expert and specialist nursing skills to support and prepare families who have had an antenatal diagnosis of CHD in partnership with consultant fetal cardiologist.

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

Provide information, expert clinical advice and support to families of complex cardiac patients

Be a highly competent, knowledgeable clinician ensuring the provision of high quality evidence based nursing care for families of complex cardiac patients

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

Support the effective management of patient activity throughout the care pathway with a focus on continuous quality improvement.

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

Working for our organisation

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. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.

We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.

We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women's staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust's mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee.

Detailed job description and main 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 GOSH Culture and Values

• Our Always values
• Knowledge and understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
• Understanding of Diversity and Inclusion challenges in the workplace.
• Demonstrable contribution to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
• Ability to teach and support families across all cultural diversities.
• 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
• Detailed understanding of audit and research methodologies
• 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 initiat e change
• Ability to delegate and prioritise
• Ability to work across professional team and organisational boundaries
• Excellent verbal and written communication and listening skills
• Ability to work across professional team and organisational boundaries
• Computer literacy, presentation skills and experience of databases
• Interviewing and Appraisal skills

Please be advised that:

The recruitment process for all admin and clerical roles at Bands 2-4 will be a two stage recruitment process whereby shortlisted candidates will undertake an online literacy, numeracy, ICT and typing test. Only those candidates who pass the competency test will proceed to a formal interview.

The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions where we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification criteria for this post will be shortlisted. Please note that where high volumes of applicants have been received, additional criteria may on occasion be used to determine the final shortlist.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.