Patient Educator-Cardiac Devices

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Patient Educator will work alongside the Cardiac device team and cardiac devices specialist nurse to educate patients about implantable devices at the point of referral, whilst in hospital awaiting treatment and provide post implant education and support. The aim of this role is to ensure patients receive all relevant information required about their heart failure condition, device therapy, implant procedure, living with a device and how the device will benefit them. The patient educator will also be available to speak with patients and answer questions or escalate to the relevant person when questions are too complex. Additionally, the device educators will develop the technical expertise to support the ILR implant service at UHNM. They will form part of the large multi-disciplinary team, delivering care for device patients in order to support high quality and effective service delivery.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• GCSE Maths and English

Desirable criteria

• GCSE Science

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience as Patient Educator or Role involving provision of education to patientss
• Experience in Cardiology with knowledge of Cardiac devices
• NHS Experience

Desirable criteria

• Experience of technical elements of ILR implantation and follow-up

Important information about your application

1. All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
2. References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
3. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
4. Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies
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