Vascular Nurse Specialist

Overview

The Vascular Nurse Specialist will act as the clinical expert and professional resource to the multi-professional team, patients, and carers within their speciality service of vascular surgery. The vascular nurse specialist will take overall responsibility to develop the specialist area of practice in partnership with the other members of the speciality team (Head of Operations, Clinical Director, Associate Director of Nursing, Service Manager, Vascular Nurse Specialists etc.

within their site and broader within the network). This will be achieved through the core dimensions of the role, clinical practice, leadership, acting as the patient advocate, audit, and education. The vascular nurse specialist will carry responsibility for either a defined caseload or offer a highly specialised service, to include setting standards of care, assessment of care needs, development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care.

The vascular nurse specialist will contribute to achieving the objectives of the clinical service group/speciality corporate objectives and work within the clinical governance framework. They will lead the development and delivery of a programme of practice for the professional development of staff within the speciality.

• The Vascular Nurse Specialist will act as the clinical expert and professional resource to the multi-professional team, patients, and carers within their speciality service of vascular surgery.
• The vascular nurse specialist will take overall responsibility to develop the specialist area of practice in partnership with the other members of the speciality team (Head of Operations, Clinical Director, Associate Director of Nursing, Service Manager, Vascular Nurse Specialists etc. within their site and broader within the network.)
• This will be achieved through the core dimensions of the role, clinical practice, leadership, acting as the patient advocate, audit, and education.
• The vascular nurse specialist will carry responsibility for either a defined caseload or offer a highly specialised service, to include setting standards of care, assessment of care needs, development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care.
• The vascular nurse specialist will contribute to achieving the objectives of the clinical service group/speciality corporate objectives and work within the clinical governance framework.
• They will lead the development and delivery of a programme of practice for the professional development of staff within the speciality.

The Liverpool Vascular & Endovascular Service (LiVES) provides vascular surgical services to the whole of North Merseyside. The post will be based primarily at the Aintree Hospital, Liverpool UK. The Vascular unit consists of 14 consultant surgeons with supporting junior staff. The junior middle grade staff currently consists of 4 Specialist Registrars, 2 Clinical Fellows and 1 Research Fellow.

The unit has one dedicated vascular ward and most vascular work is managed within this bed complement. There is a fully equipped vascular lab with 3 technologists providing a full range of scanning services. The majority of elective surgery takes place in a dedicated vascular theatre and a vascular hybrid theatre. The majority of endovascular work, apart from EVAR and related procedures, is carried out in Interventional Theatres by Interventional Radiologists at the hub or at one of the three spoke sites.

There are excellent outpatient facilities adjacent to the vascular lab. This area also houses our Vascular Specialist Nurses with major interests in wound care and lifestyle management.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital. We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was formed to improve the care we provide our patients. UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities—from birth…