Vascular Specialist Nurse | Liverpool University Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen to expand the team of Vascular Specialist Nurses within the Liverpool Vascular and Endovascular Service (LiVES) with full time and part time Band 6 roles avaliable.
We would welcome enthusiastic and committed Registered Nurses with a high level of clinical decision making and sound theoretical and practical knowledge base, who strives to maintain clinical excellence.
Successful appicants will be provided with a 6 month, role specific developmental plan in order to develop your vascular knowledge and skills.
Post holder may be required to work across the LiVES footprint of the Royal, Aintree, Whiston and Southport Hospital with occassional travel for AAA Screening across the Chesire and Mersey region.
***Please note this post will predominantly be based in Southport following induction period***
-The role will involve supporting the Senior Vascular Nurses with thedaily coordination of the Vascular service and caseload management of this group of patients within both clinic and ward environment.
-Supporting National Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme where you will manage and be responsible for community based nurse assessment clinics across the whole of Cheshire and Merseyside region including secure unit,which includes health promotion, appropriate referrals, data management and participate in audits.
-You will need excellent communication skills be able to deliver education and advice to patients, carers and health care professionals.
-This post entails working alongside the Vascular multi-disciplinary team and could involve the review of patients across a number of hospital settings and clinics as well as integration within the community.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
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Perform specialist assessment of patients nursing needs, plan, implement and evaluate care delivery using advanced clinical knowledge and clinical skills.
Co-ordinate and manage nurse-led clinics (within Speciality).
Contribute towards a multi-professional approach in the management of patients within the specialist area, especially in relation to ongoing care needs and discharge arrangements.
Establish and maintain effective communication with patients and carers / relatives.
Support patients and their families and ensure that they receive the required information to enable them to self manage, lead or participate in their care delivery.
Recognise changes in patients condition that require the intervention of others and refer on as appropriate.
To support, assist and encourage the multi-disciplinary team in resolving patient problems, by the provision of new and innovative models of case management.
To support the specialist nursing contribution to the service, work in partnership with lead clinicians, General Managers, Senior Nurses and Matron to ensure the delivery of highstandards of patient care.
This advert closes on Thursday 25 Jan 2024