Arrhythmia Specialist Nurse

Job summary

Main duties of the job

As part of the team, you will work with the other Specialist Nurses to manage the Arrhythmia Nurse service which includes pre-admission clinics, outpatient arrhythmia clinics, the nurse-led cardioversion service, patient helpline, device wound management and managing inpatients. You will develop your skills in caring for adults with cardiac arrhythmias, in particular those patients undergoing electrophysiology studies, catheter ablation, and device implantation such as Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICD) and Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy (CRT).

Candidates must possess the skills required to work independently as well as being a team player. They must have an interest in developing and improving services, be highly motivated and committed to improving quality of care for arrhythmia patients. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential along with proven organisational skills and experience of teaching and relevant post-graduate cardiorespiratory education.

Candidates must have experience of working with cardiology patients as a Band 6 or 7, preferably to include working in arrhythmia management.

Job responsibilities

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

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