Vascular Nurse Specialist
3 weeks ago
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Vascular Nurse Specialist to join our team at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. As a key member of our Lower Limb Vascular Service, you will play a vital role in providing high-quality patient care and contributing to the development of our service.
Main Responsibilities- Assess and diagnose patients with potential or diagnosed peripheral arterial disease and/or venous disease
- Support community teams with the management of patients with venous/arterial leg ulcers
- Deliver education to community teams and other professionals
- Initiate and evaluate treatment plans
- Triage referrals
- Offer support and advice over the telephone to patients/carers and community staff
At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, our vision is to provide safe, personal, and effective care to our patients. We are committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities- Receive referrals from a wide range of healthcare professionals and advise on plans of care for individual patients in the community with complex vascular needs
- Represent the trust as the Lower Limb Vascular Sister, working in partnership with the line manager and secondary care team
- Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate programmes of care, actively seeking evidence-based practice to improve patient outcomes
- Develop, review, and implement policies, integrated care pathways, guidelines, and patient information leaflets to reflect current trends and developments in nursing and the NHS
- Work across both primary and secondary care sites to promote a smooth transition for patient care
- Perform high-level clinical skills in assessment and/or diagnosis or treatment, such as extended vascular assessments
- Teach and support staff in the community in all aspects of lower limb management
- Provide specialist knowledge and advice to colleagues and patients in the multidisciplinary environment
- Share best practice, knowledge, and expertise in associated conditions through participation in educational support networks and provision of teaching programmes
- Deputise for the line manager as required
- Support the line manager in managing and developing the Lower Limb Service
- Participate in clinical supervision in accordance with Trust policy
- Ensure nursing interventions are clinically effective and evidence-based
- Respond to patient needs and organise own and others' work within the team as required
- Demonstrate an active role in health promotion and prevention of ill health for patients, carers, and colleagues
- Actively seek to improve patient care, responding to identified needs
- Coordinate community-based lower limb vascular clinics, offering advice, support, training, mentorship, and supervision to healthcare workers/patients/carers
- Chair and facilitate meetings and working groups as required
- Provide information to the line manager to support the development of the service
- Manage own workload and, when required, the workload of junior staff
- Initiate and participate in audit relating to all aspects of lower limb management to ensure high standards of clinical practice across the Trust
- Maintain a database of clinical incidents relating to the service through production of quarterly reports in partnership with the line manager
- Be a member of appropriate committees and groups as required by the line manager
- Record activity and input into a database to allow reports to be generated to demonstrate outcomes of the lower limb vascular service
- Provide a high standard of skilled care in the field of lower limb management in a variety of settings, using evidence-based practice and working within NHS East Lancashire national policies and standards
- Participate in audit/monitoring mechanisms and product evaluations within the service
- Make clear, concise records of individual patient assessments, advice, and predicted outcomes in patient notes
- Be responsible for paper and electronic diary and recording patient and non-patient activity for data collection, to be forwarded to the line manager as required
- Be responsible for disposal of clinical waste in line with infection control policies
- Be aware of patient needs and organise own workload accordingly
- Monitor patient condition and report significant changes and concerns to line manager and other professionals as appropriate
- Preserve confidentiality and be aware of the Data Protection Act, Access to Health Records, and Consent for Treatment
- Acknowledge a holistic approach to patients/carers/family in their own homes or elsewhere in the community, treating patients as individuals
- Liaise with nursing and non-nursing colleagues to create good working relationships for the benefit of patients
- Attend and contribute at staff meetings and working groups to identify areas of improvement to ensure targets and objectives are achieved
- Have a flexible approach to the working day and working week to meet the needs of the patient/service
- In partnership with the line manager, support the development of and participate in patient support groups
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