Vascular Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job summary The Post will start as a training post Band 6 - depending on experience and competencies moving to Band 7 on completion of competencies.
The post-holder will be responsible for the day to day management of a cohort of patients requiring advanced venous access/care, including the assessment of patients, selection of most appropriate vascular devices, device insertion and support with ongoing care.
The post holder will be one of the four Venous Access / Invasive Device Nurse Specialists across the trust and will be based at Grimsby Hospital.
Although the team is managed by the Matron for Critical Care the post holder will be expected to work autonomously, liaising with doctors and nurses of all grades to plan and implement evidenced-based venous access strategies for a complex cohort of acutely / chronically ill and oncological patients, which include the insertion of peripherally inserted central venous catheters (PICC), mid-line, peripheral cannulas and possibility of progression to insertions of both non-tunneled and tunneled central venous access devices.
The post holder will work closely with theTheatres, Anaesthetic and Critical Care nurse Director, implement and maintain a wide range of policies, guidelines, protocols and educational initiatives aimed at ensuring high quality of care of vascular access / invasive devices.
Main duties of the job Have an in-depth knowledge and extensive clinical experience with both vascular and invasive devices.
Receive and act upon complicated or unpredictable clinical information.
Using clinical skills, make decisions on the information, based on specialized clinical knowledge of disease, vascular anatomy and of the patient.
Plan immediate clinical intervention if required.
Be highly skilled in peripheral cannulation and midline / PICC insertions and be willing to undertake further training to achieve competence more invasive forms of vascular access (non-tunneled and tunneled devices) to ensure a more robust offering of the vascular service and enhancing patient choice and availability of IV therapies.
Provide specialist, in formed advice regarding IV therapies for practitioners, patients, families and carers in accordance with agreed protocols and guidance.
Support healthcare professionals to holistically manage complex therapeutic interventions using multiple approaches to decision making.
Identify appropriate patients suitable for PICC lines and following consultation of primary care teams undertake PICC insertions.
About us NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £ billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff.
Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.
Job description Job responsibilities For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.
As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.
Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.
We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.
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This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
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Person Specification application interview Essential level 1 registered nurse, Degree or equivalent subject or experience, evidence of a range of clinical competencies associated with this role, teaching and essessing experience Desirable minimal of 1 years experience clinical at band 6 application an interview Essential master degree/willingness to undertake, END 998 or certificate in education or similar teaching and assessing qualification Desirable experience of the insertions of a range of highly specialised expert knowledge of invasive devices and related clinical safety, clinical effectiveness and infection control