Vascular Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job overview

A new opportunity has arisen to expand the Vascular Clinical nurse Specialist team. 

We are looking for a registered nurse who wishes to expand their skills with Vascular Surgery.

The post holder will be a nurse with vascular experience, acting within their professional boundaries, delivering high quality care in an elective and emergency capacity to arterial and venous patients around the vascular network.

They will demonstrate a high level of skill and knowledge working towards independent practice using clinical decision making, including assessment and diagnostic skills caring for patients undergoing surgery and those with longer term vascular complaints requiring specific management.

Main duties of the job

• Complex wound assessment and treatment.
• Providing evidence based relevant information for patients and their family members both verbally and in writing, based on an individual assessment of the patient personal and health care needs.
• Working in the outpatient setting.
• Teaching colleagues.
• Involvement in change and development within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Audit and evaluation.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in dealing with complex and sensitive information with patients, their relatives and colleagues.

Working for our organisation

NBT cares. It’s a very simple statement, one which epitomises how everybody across our organisation goes the extra mile to ensure our patients get the best possible care.

NBT Cares is also an acronym, standing for caring, ambitious, respectful and supportive-our organisational values.

And our NBT Cares values are underpinned by our positive behaviours framework- a framework that provides clear guidance on how colleagues can work with one another in a constructive and supportive way. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To provide skilled assessment of patients with peripheral arterial disease in the outpatient setting, including clinical history taking, performing physical assessment, requesting appropriate investigations and tests and interpreting and acting on the results in a timely manner.
• To autonomously consult ( initially with support) both new and follow up patients with peripheral arterial disease, venous disease and complex wounds in the outpatient setting or by telephone consultation across the network.
• To demonstrate in depth Knowledge and skills in a range of clinical procedures including patient examination and assessment, ABPI, TBI and complex wound assessment.
• To demonstrate a good understanding of complex wound assessment and up to date knowledge of appropriate dressings/ wound management strategies.

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Person specification

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

Essential criteria

• RGN with current NMC registration
• Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development
• Ability and willingness to undertake appropriate training

Work Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience in complex wound care

Desirable criteria

• Up to date knowledge of wound care

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

Essential criteria

• Experience of team working and facilitating change
• Experience in managing a variable workload
• Ability to work well within a multi-disciplinary team and provide direction to junior staff and support staff

Personal Qualities/Special Circumstances

Essential criteria

• Flexible and adjustable to change
• Full Clean driving licence