Clinical Nurse Specialist in AF and Stroke Prevention

We are looking for a highly motivated Band 6 Specialist Nurse to join our Stroke Prevention and Optimisation in Atrial Fibrillation team (SOS-AF). As a successful applicant, you will have excellent communication and time management skills, and a strong ability to analyse complex cases, and provide detailed management advice to medical teams regarding anticoagulation in AF/atrial flutter management

You will work with various members of the Multi-Disciplinary team, screen for AF and atrial flutter, and recognising these on ECGs. You will work as an autonomous practitioner, and show evidence of expert clinical decision-making. You will also participate in clinics, projects, research, data analysis, and audits.

• Responsible for identifying daily caseload, and working methodically, with flexibility to adapt to changing circumstances.

         Responsible for providing high quality, specialist advice and support to Multi-Disciplinary teams, patients, family members.

• Providing specialist education and training for other staff and students.
• Liaise with Primary Care and other secondary care hospitals
• Work with intra-hospital departments, seeking and providing advice, and managing referrals.

• Registered General Nurse
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Teaching qualification
• Advanced communication skills/counselling
• Qualification or willingness to undertake post registration qualification in Cardiology
• Demonstrate relevant experience in AF RvR management and stroke prevention strategies, and ability to demonstrate expert nursing skills
• Evidence of mentorship/preceptorship roles
• Accept personal accountability for own practice
• Experience of formal/informal teaching
• Understanding of evidence based practice
• Understanding of Clinical Governance
• Understanding and knowledge of AF, stroke risk and anticoagulation
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Capable of working as an integral member of a small team
• Flexible and adaptable to changing situations due to both workload and colleagues’ needs
• Ability to undertake teaching of staff and patients
• Ability to work unsupervised and manage own workload; effective time management
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Commitment to multidisciplinary working
• Assertiveness/perceptive counselling skills
• Documentation, audit and presentation skills
• Leadership Skills

• Degree
• Research module
• Non-medical prescribing
• High level of knowledge and experience in Cardiology and anticoagulation
• Experience working in Acute Medicine setting
• NHS experience
• Assertiveness/perceptive counselling skills
• Documentation, audit and presentation skills
• Leadership Skills

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.