Job Details
Job overview
As an exciting new post for the trust, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop and mould the Vascular Access Service.
The post will cover all of the York and Scarborough Teaching Hospital sites and the post holder will need to travel to meet the needs of the service.
It is essential that the post holder is either a current qualified Registered Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner with a minimum of 5 years post registration experience in a patient facing and educational role. A minimum of 3 years post registration experience in a patient facing and educational role is desirable.
Main duties of the job
In Collaboration with the Consultant Lead for the vascular service, the post holder will deliver an effective, responsive, and high quality vascular access service across the sites.
You will act as a clinical expert in relation to vascular access – providing clinical leadership to nursing staff and expert professional advice to other professionals, multi-disciplinary groups, patients, relatives and carers.
You will develop the practice of the multidisciplinary team and be responsible for reducing the level of line related bacteraemia’s and other Central Venous Access Device complications.
The post holder will promote evidence-based practice in vascular access through the integration of expert clinical practice, education, and implementation of guidelines and policies.
Working for our organisation
Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit you application at the earliest opportunity.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: .
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
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COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements
Our Trust continues to strongly encourage our staff to be vaccinated against COVID19, this remains our best defence to protect our patients, ourselves and everyone else.
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