We have an exciting opportunity in the BHT Consultant led Lipid Clinic, working in collaboration with Thames Valley ICB (previously BOB-ICB) and the West Midlands Familial Hypercholesterolaemia Service. The role will be to help identify and manage patients with Familial Hypercholesterolaemia in Buckinghamshire.
We are looking for a band 7 nurse with interest in cardiovascular disease prevention. Previous experience in a Lipid Clinic or experience managing patients with Familial Hypercholesterolaemia will be useful. If you are working in Diabetes, Cardiology, Stroke or Vascular units and wish to upskill, this secondment may be of interest.
The post will initially be a 12-month fixed term, 2 days per week (15 hours per week, 0.4WTE) commencing as soon as possible.
Main duties of the job
This post holder will work closely with the Lipid Clinic Consultants to provide professional clinical service management expertise to develop the Bucks FH service. The post holder will collaborate with region-wide stakeholders to develop and set up the Bucks FH service ensuring that process put in place are robust, safe and provide a high-quality service to patients and achieve the objectives of the Bucks FH service.
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
- As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
- We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
- We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Person Specification
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
- Registered Nurse educated to degree level or willingness to undertake (desirable - research module/masters degree)
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Teaching qualification
- Advanced clinical assessment
- Advanced communication skills/counselling qualification or willingness to undertake
EXPERIENCE
- Accept personal accountability for own practice
- Experience of formal/informal teaching
- Experience of initiating change
SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE
- Ability to undertake teaching of staff and patients.
- Ability to work unsupervised and manage own workload; effective time management
- Ability to lead developments in practice
- Commitment to multidisciplinary working
- Understanding of Clinical Governance
- Demonstrate analytical and judgmental skills
- Ability to quickly appraise the situation and act accordingly
- Understanding of evidence-based practice (desirable: Injectable lipid lowering therapies - PCSK9i and Inclisiran pathways, initiation and follow up) (desirable: FH genetic testing)
- Understanding of patient pathways, its complexities and how to support the patient through this
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to Trust Values
- Willing to travel to community to support education/development Development pathway
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum pro rata
