Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Nurses with experience in Cardiology and Adult Congenital Heart Disease. You will work in a highly skilled busy CNS team caring for a diverse group of patients.

The GUCH team care for in the region of 10,000 patients with adult congenital heart disease. As an NHSE designated Level One ACHD centre we work in a network with Great Ormond Street Hospital as our referring paediatric centre. We also work across an Adult network which includes outreach services at UCLH, Luton and Dunstable and Basildon.

There are a number of sub-speciality areas that sit under the ACHD service. We have clinics in the specialist areas of Maternal Cardiology, Electrophysiology, Heart Failure (including close working with Transplant Centres). Pulmonary Hypertension and Transition.

Main duties of the job
You will work providing expert clinical nursing care to patients within a busy and dynamic service. The role is muti-facetated and includes responsibilities in providing access to patients via a helpline, supporting in-patient care and assistance in the patient pathways of interventional undergoing interventional and surgical procedures.

Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To participate in the clinical care of patients with Adult Congenital Heart Disease CHD (GUCH) and to assess the need for cardiological/medical review.
To provide expert nursing advice and support to ACHD patients and their families at all stages of their disease/illness.
To play a vital and important role in the outpatient care of patients and their families/carers.
To collaborate with the multi-professional team to ensure that the care delivered to patients and their families is quality driven and that Trust standards are set to reflect appropriate local and national standards.
To promote a patient focused approach to care in collaboration with carers and relevant health care professionals
To assist in establishing and monitoring protocols/care pathways related to Congenital Conditions.
To ensure patient confidentiality and to act as a patient advocate, contributing on relevant nursing issues.
Where appropriate, to establish links with community/charitable services to provide support for families/carers.
To work with the departmental team to identify areas where change is required or opportunities exist for improving the treatment and care of GUCH patients and work with them to initiate changes and facilitate/evaluate their implementations
To develop guidelines to support the delivery of care for GUCH patients

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person specification
Qualifications and knowledge
Essential criteria
Registered nurse
Possession of or working towards a first degree
Desirable criteria
Specialist clinical course
Prep for mentorship course
Experience
Essential criteria
5 years post registration
2 Years experience at Band 6 within Cardiology
Relevant experience in Specialty
Experience in the management of the acutely unwell patient
Desirable criteria
Experience in management of staff
Participation in delivering care in the outpatient setting
Skills
Essential criteria
Excellent communication skills with MDT and patients Flexibility
Ability to support the development of others
Ability to organize and forward plan
Ability to take on an active role in agreed activities and keep a record of them
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

Our people strategy for 2019-2022 sets out our priorities and an action plan to meet our ambition. In this strategy, we set out the deal we are offering to you in return for living and breathing our values so that they shape everything that you do every single day.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals’ who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Heath NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.