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The Scottish Adult Congenital Cardiac Service (SACCS), based at the Golden Jubilee National Hospital in Clydebank is seeking a highly motivated and energized experienced nurse who will work in closely with the clinical team to provide the highest quality of care to the patients requiring the specialised input of the service.
You must have excellent communication, leadership and people management skills in addition to extensive clinical experience within cardiovascular nursing and preferably the specialty.
The role provides the critical link and liaison of patients and their families undergoing treatment within the SACCS service encompassing the complete patient pathway from outpatient to in patient and ongoing care and requires excellent organisational and communication skills.
The SACCS ACNSs provide specific expert knowledge underpinning their clinical competence, and are able make complex decisions using specialised clinical judgement without ongoing supervision. They work closely with multiple internal and external stakeholders ensuring the seamless transition of care from local or regional into the National SACCS service, through to referral back to the patient’s base health care provider.
Pivotal to this role is participation in all the relevant multi disciplinary meetings and communication to patients and colleagues about agreed outcomes. The role also requires active participation in the provision of and support of research within the speciality.
The post holders must demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills across internal and external departmental and multi disciplinary boundaries, displaying a positive, inclusive approach and an understanding of the overall service pressures faced by each of those teams.
You should be able to demonstrate your commitment to ongoing personal and professional development and the ability to act as a role model to others within the team, adapting to variable service demands, change and improvements.
NHS Golden Jubilee encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Job Pack.