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Post Title: Vascular Clinical Nurse Specialist
Location: Based at Victoria Hospital, but covers all of Fife
Salary/Banding: Band 6
Hours: 13.5 hours (permanent)
Open to NHS Fife employees only - You must be currently employed by NHS Fife to be eligible to apply for this post
A rare opportunity has arisen for a Registered Nurse with a strong interest in caring for individuals with Vascular disease to join NHS Fife’s Vascular Team. The successful candidate will become part of a small team of Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) who are integral to the multidisciplinary Vascular “hub” team covering the whole of Fife.
Although there are no designated vascular in-patient beds in NHS Fife, the Vascular CNS (VCNS) team provide advice and support to the people of Fife as in-patients during admissions under different specialities, and as out-patients in a variety of community settings. There are also various roles in patient care before, during and after interventions.
As a “hub” site, many of these are nurse-led and the VCNS team provide a constant presence on the Fife sites, therefore knowledge of wound care and previous experience of caring for individuals with arterial and venous disease would be advantageous, although training will be provided.
As a CNS, there will be an expectation that the successful candidate will be able to work at an advanced level of practice, encompassing the 4 pillars of advanced practice. The successful candidate must be willing to undertake self and formal assessment, and training at an advanced level as deemed necessary for the service.
With all of this in mind, an individual with substantial post-registration experience and educated to degree level would be preferred.
The successful candidate will have the ability to work flexibly as a member of the vascular team, and be able to liaise with staff in other clinical areas when required. Although the working hours will be primarily Monday – Friday and based on VHK site, travel around Fife (and potentially beyond) with occasional evening or weekend work may be required. Excellent verbal and electronic communication skills will be required to fulfill this role effectively.
For informal enquires please contact Debbie McKinnon, Vascular Advanced Clinical Nurse Specialist extension 29715 email: deborah.mckinnon@nhs.scot
A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.
Please note as this a part time post salary is pro rata
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