NursingNetUK

Job overview

We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated deputy lead nurse to join our nursing leadership team. You will be responsible for providing professional and clinical leadership to the nursing staff across the directorate, but, specifically to your designated areas of responsibility - Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinics. 
Our Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinics (RACPC) are based across our hospital and community sites. The service is nurse led. The clinics accept Gp/A&E referrals for patients with stable Chest pain . Monday-Friday 8am-6pm.
The RACPC CNS are experienced cardiac nurses who act as autonomous practitioners,clinically assessing patients,organising cardiac investigations, interpreting results and formulating a plan of careunder the supervision of theLead and Deputy Lead nurses.
 The deputy lead nurse will support the lead nurse with service delivery and will provide managerial and clinical support to our team of chest pain clinical nurse specialists. The post holder should have experience in RACPC as a CNS in order to fulfill the band 8a role.
The Directorate will offer further development that can be tailored to the successful candidate and include both leadership and clinical components.  

Main duties of the job

Support the Lead Chest Pain Nurse in providing clinical leadership, providing a highly visible and assertive presence, responsible for ensuring the delivery of high quality, evidence based care. Ensuring that the needs of the patient are placed at the centre of care delivery.

Commitment to elevating all aspects of the patient experience. Work in collaboration with the Lead Chest Pain Nurse in the delivery of both local and Trust initiatives pertaining to achieving greater patient satisfaction.

 Act as a clinical expert within your sphere of work including leadership and chest pain clinic service delivery.

Provide expert specialist advice and develop education programmes on chest pain assessment, coronary heart disease and cardiovascular risk factor management within the Trust and primary care.

Manage a defined caseload, independently assess, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care for patients during clinic visits.

Triage of referrals to the service, providing appropriate clinical feedback /advice to clinicians if referrals are not appropriate.

Educate, support and assess new members of the chest pain specialist nursing team to supervise and interpret the results of nurse lead exercise treadmill tests. 

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.  Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme.  Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.