Advanced Clinical Practitioner Cardiology - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
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Nottingham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

NHS AfC:
Band 8a


Main area

  • Cardiology

Grade

  • NHS AfC: Band 8a

Contract

  • Permanent

Hours

  • Full time hours per week (Required to work between 0700 hrs and 1930 hrs contributing to a rota that provides cover daily including weekends and bank holidays)

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Site

  • Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Town

  • Nottingham

Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 per annum


Salary period

  • Yearly

Closing

  • 13/07/2023 23:59
Job overview


Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is one of the busiest teaching hospitals in Europe and is nationally recognised for having an established Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) service.

We have 180 qualified ACPs working in 18 specialities and are committed to supporting ACPs career pathways across the pillars of advanced clinical practice.

We are seeking a committed, compassionate and enthusiastic individual to join our team of cardiology ACPs.

The team rotate to cover the acute cardiology wards, an in reach service to the emergency department and acute medical admission units and outpatient clinics.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the established NUH ACP career pathway.

Main duties of the job

In addition to the information below, you need to familiarise yourself with the job description attached.

The Cardiac ACP service covers 3 clinical areas:

The Cardiac Assessment Team at QMC:

The cardiac assessment team (CATS) work in the Emergency Department and across the Queens Medical Centre providing specialist Cardiology opinions and specialist emergency treatment.

The trust is split over two campuses and the majority of acute cardiology is based at the City campus.

The CATS team are essential in providing senior advice and support to ensure that cardiac patients are quickly assessed, treated and transferred to the appropriate area (City or QMC).


Clinic Team:


The clinic team manage the Chest Pain clinic which sees approximately 1800 new patients referred to cardiology each a year.

They also manage the Acute Coronary Syndrome follow up clinic seeing approx. 1000 patients a year.

ACP based on ACU and Papplewick wards

The ACPs provide consistent specialist knowledge, supporting the junior doctors rotate through cardiology 4 monthly.

Working for our organisation


Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) was established in 2006 and we are one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country and provide services to over 2.5 million residents of Nottingham.

NUH are, by any measure, a large, complex, person-centred organisation. With over 17,000 employees from a wide range of professional backgrounds, they are one of the region's largest employers.

For information about the Trust, including business plans, annual reports, and services, visit their website.

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust have various staff benefits. Some of the benefits of working for NUH include;
Access to the Staff Wellbeing programme including our 24hour staff advice and emotional support service, financial advice service, a staff physiotherapy service and staff support networks

Access to Spiritual and Pastoral Care Services

Salary sacrifice schemes

Cycle to work and travel passes

NHS discounts

Flexible working

Details of these and other benefits can be found on our intranet pages which you will have access when you commence with Team NUH


In addition to the brief list above you must familiarise yourself with the full job description and person specification attached to this advert prior to applying.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities


Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification for key duties and responsibilities.


The post holder will rotate to the Cardiology clinics (City campus), Cardiology wards (City campus) and Cardiac assessment team (QMC campus).

When working with the Cardiac assessment team, they will be required to:

Accept referrals from the Emergency Department and the Acute Medical wards/Admission units for patients with suspected cardiology problems who require specialist input from the Cardiology team.


Formulate appropriate management plans for patients with suspected angina, acute coronary syndrome, heart failure, cardiac arrhythmias and other cardiac conditions.

When working in the CCPS clinic, they will be required to:

Accept referrals from General Practitioners (GP), Emergency Medicine and other NUH specialities for patients with suspected angina who require specialist input.

Manage a caseload of new outpatients with suspected angina.

This will include interpretation of investigations to deliver a clear diagnosis to the patient and the provision of a clinic summary letter for the GP outlining the ongoing management plan.

When working in the ACS clinic, they will be required to:
Accept referrals for patients who require out-patient follow up after being admitted with an ACS or post PCI.

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