Main area Cardiology Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 5 sessions per week (Mon - Friday 9-5 (and one weekend in 5).) Job ref 287-AMED-93-25
Employer Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Aintree Hospital Town Aintree Salary £46,148 - £52,809 Per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 16/06/2025 23:59
Band 7
Job overview
To deliver a comprehensive support service for patients diagnosed and suffering from cardiac arrhythmia’s and promoting a seamless pathway of care for this patient group and ensuring individualised patient support, effective self-management and education. Acting as a resource point providing educational and clinical support to health professionals within primary & secondary care. Facilitating the implementation of NSF targets.
Main duties of the job
As an independent practitioner to assess patients in an outpatient clinic setting, assessing patients, history taking and examining patients and formulating a treatment plan with the the support of the ANP and Consultant Cardiologist. To assist in the running of the nurse led cardioversion service.
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Delivers a support service for patients with arrhythmia’s and their families to ensure they receive pertinent information regarding their condition with treatment alternatives explored and relative risks as per current research explained. There by empowering patients to make an informed choice.
2. Develops services in line with recommendations in the National Service Framework for CHD Chapter 8, NICE guidelines for AF and the European Society of Cardiology guidelines.
3. Uses highly specialist and well-developed communication skills to deal effectively with patient and family education needs, including breaking bad news, prognosis and dealing with emotive situations.
4. Works autonomously in day to day practice with support from the Consultant Cardiologist and Advance Nurse Practitioners (ANPs)
5. Provides a comprehensive clinical assessment of patients using advanced clinical knowledge and skills including pharmacology and use of antiarrhythmic/cardiology drugs obtained through completion of the Supplementary/Independent prescriber’s course.
6. Has the ability to carry out detailed assessments of patient’s arrhythmic risk utilising knowledge of ECG, Echocardiography, angiography and other cardiological diagnostic testing.
7. Appreciation and scrutiny of latest research developments applicable to arrhythmia care, management of sudden cardiac death, familial screening for genetic cardiac syndromes & device implantation.
8. Develops and implements policy and practice guidelines specific to the management of patients with arrhythmia’s to deliver high standards of care.
9. Liaises with other specialist services, clinical psychology, cardiac rehabilitation and heart failure services.
10. Participates in providing a long term follow up clinic in conjunction with cardiac physiologists and consultant Cardiologists.
11. Acts as a resource point providing education and support at local and regional level for health care professionals within Primary and Secondary care.
12. Develops and maintains effective audit systems for performance indication and future service development.
13. Actively participates in own personal development and performance review.
14. Develops and maintains good working relationships with cardiology colleagues
15. Participates in programs to raise profile of arrhythmia care at local regional and national level with membership & input to relevant professional bodies.
16. The ability to interpret complex investigations and acting accordingly to deliver evidence based clinical care, incorporating government initiatives and Cardiology guidelines.
17. To produce complex reports and is able to produce a good standard of written communication to report findings to other members of the multidisciplinary team, primary care, patients and their families.
18. To partake in audit across the service and contribute toward providing best practice.
19. To improve and enhance the patient experience by coming up with innovative ideas to enhance the service and continue to improve client/ patient relationships.
20. Facilitates patient support groups enabling development of patient to patient support and feedback and review of the service.
21. Facilitates participation in rehabilitation exercise programs for patients where appropriate
22. Facilitates patients return to employment arranging workplace assessment where appropriate & by providing relevant information and employers.
23. Maintains personal responsibility to comply with all organisational and statutory requirements e.g. Health & Safety.
Person specification
Qualifications
* RGN
* Teaching and assessing.
* Completed clinical Examination modules And Non-medical prescribing
Experience
* Range of clinical experience.
* Demonstrable experience in Cardiology assessment, diagnosis and management.
* Experience of teaching and assessing in the clinical area.
* Participation in staff management
* Participated in service development and implementation of change.
Knowledge
* Knowledge of professional and NHS issues.
* Detailed knowledge of current best practice area and at least 2 years’ experience at band 6 level
* Basic knowledge of financial management within the clinical setting
* Documented evidence of continuing professional development.
Skills
* Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients of varying levels of understanding.
* Ability to communicate unpleasant and sensitive information.
* Able to present written information in a logical manner
* The ability to interpret heart rhythms accurately.
* To interpret abnormal findings on a 12 lead ECG
* Able to manage own workload, work autonomously, plan, organise and prioritise whilst co- ordinating the work of others with minimal supervision
* Basic IT skills in word processing and spreadsheets
* Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the health care setting
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Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.
Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Candidatesapplying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months’ of their 18 th birthday.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.
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Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.
All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.
As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.
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