Vascular Nurse Specialist

• To take responsibility for and advise on the co-ordination of the patients care within a vascular disease specific pathway, acting as the Vascular Nurse Specialist contact for the patient/client and their relatives/carers.
• To establish and maintain effective communication pathways within the vascular nursing and medical teams, the MDT, associated Primary Care Teams, and Tertiary referral Hospital Teams.
• Provide specialist vascular nursing advice to support and facilitate high quality, individualised care to patients/clients with vascular disease and their relatives/carers without supervision in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team in line with local and national targets.
• The post holder will provide specialist vascular nursing care and support and deputise for their line manager in the management of their clinical speciality. This will involve dealing with complex situations and having to take appropriate action in a variety of settings.
• To be flexible in the approach to the vascular clinical areas across the Trust and to provide cover for any area specified acting as professional role model providing direct and indirect clinical care, teaching and research

Essential

• Registered Nurse.
• Evidence of post registration education activity
• Teaching and Assessing qualification or equivalent teaching experience.
• Post registration experience in a relevant area with experience of change management.

Essential

• Demonstrate commitment through involvement in Trust wide initiatives/ committees
• Able to demonstrate highly developed specialist knowledge of own patient group
• Knowledge of research and audit including implementation of findings and review of outcomes
• Good IT skills and understanding of office Works suite including PowerPoint

Essential

• Significant post registration experience in specialty area and experience in either junior specialty role or team leader/ward management role
• Experience with managing patient relevant to specialist area