Job summary

Are you a motivated and enthusiastic Registered Nurse looking to develop your specialist nursing skills? Our newly developed rotational post offers an exciting opportunity to gain experience across two areas of our Vascular Surgery service.

You will spend six months working on our 36-bed vascular ward, before rotating for a further six months into our Rapid Access Service based in Outpatients. This unique structure will give you the opportunity to develop a broad understanding of vascular nursing and experience different aspects of the patient pathway.

We are particularly keen to hear from nurses with an interest in vascular patients, a passion for wound care and a desire to develop specialist knowledge and skills. Previous vascular experience is desirable but not essential, as you will be supported by our friendly, experienced and motivated team.

Whether you are looking to build on existing experience or take your first steps towards a career in vascular nursing, this role offers excellent opportunities for learning, development and progression within a specialist service.

Main duties of the job

As a Registered Nurse within our Vascular Surgery service, you will play an important role in providing safe, effective and compassionate care to patients throughout their vascular journey.

You will:

• Deliver high-quality, evidence-based nursing care, working collaboratively with patients, families and the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate individualised care, taking responsibility for planned patient care and working independently within your scope of practice.
• Develop your knowledge and skills in vascular nursing, including wound care and vascular assessment and investigations.
• Provide patients and their families with appropriate education, advice and support, promoting health and wellbeing and helping patients to manage their condition.
• Contribute to effective discharge planning, working closely with the multidisciplinary team to support safe transitions of care.
• Support and supervise Healthcare Support Workers, students and other colleagues as appropriate.
• Contribute to maintaining a safe, welcoming and therapeutic environment for patients, relatives, visitors and colleagues.
• Treat every patient with dignity, compassion and respect, recognising and responding to their individual needs while maintaining confidentiality.
• Work in accordance with Trust policies, professional standards and evidence-based practice.

About us

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations,operatingfrom three main sites at Southmead, Bristol citycentreand Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that theSouth Westhas to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retaina workforce whichrepresentsthe rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your applicationin order toensurewe'remeeting our pledge.