Would you like to join a centre of excellence in rural and remote healthcare?
To provide the highest standard of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised, holistic patient care in conjunction with the inter-professional team.
As a proficient practitioner in vascular nursing, the post holder acts provide a seamless specialist nursing service that is aimed at continuously improving standards of care. This will be achieved through clinical practice, management, education, research and professional activities. This will take into account corporate and Vascular Surgery objectives and work within the clinical governance framework. The role aims to provide an integrated service between the acute areas and community setting.
Main duties of the job
The Vascular Nurse Specialist will work as an practitioner within a defined clinical area, in partnership with the multidisciplinary team. The successful applicant will act as a senior resource within the vascular team.
The Vascular Nurse Specialist will be required to work within local and nationally agreed protocols and guidelines and hold advanced physical assessment skills. The successful post holder will be required to use their independent judgment to assess, investigate, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate the clinical care and management of vascular patients within a defined clinical area.
Working for our organisation
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’:
- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
The successful candidate will be supported by the vascular nursing team and have a competency framework to work through.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligiblevacancies.
Disclosure and Barring Service:
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.
The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £28.00. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.
Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £6.50 = £56.00. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.
NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:
- 27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
- NHS Discounts*
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
- Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
- *Subject to eligibility
Person specification
Qualifications
- Registered General Nurse
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Ist Level Degree or working towards
- Prepared to work towards Masters Level
- Recognised mentoring qualification
Knowledge
- Experience of caring for patients with vascular disease
- Experience of multiprofessional working
- Experience of teaching
- Experience of audit and research
Skills and Aptitudes
- Organisation and negotiation skills
- Effective communication
- Leadership and motivational skills
- Flexible attitude to working
- Ability to lead and influence change
- Ability to work autonomously and as a part of a team
Personal Circumstances
- Willing to be adaptable and flexible to meet service requirement
- Flexible and positive attitude to healthcare and the continued development of the services
- Ability to work cross site
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
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