Specialist Nurse - ICC

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We have an opportunity for an enthusiastic nurse to join the Inherited Cardiac Conditions Team  post is 37.5 hours at Band 7 working cross site.

The ICC team based across MFT looks after patients with cardiac conditions that potentially have a genetic basis and may be heritable. The service has links to paediatric, pathology and the regional genetics services in Manchester.

• Deliver the care pathway for patients with inherited cardiac conditions alongside the Band 7 lead and Cardiologists.
• Maintain strong links with the genetics services in Manchester.
• Support the running of the ICC pathway in collaboration with senior colleagues within the wider MDT.
• Maintain databases and patient documents for all patients under the ICC service.
• Counsel patients for genetic testing for inherited cardiac conditions.
• Run nurse‑led clinics, assessing family members for possible inherited cardiac conditions and seek advice from senior team members where appropriate.
• Follow clinical management plans and implement care in a variety of outpatient environments, including clinical assessment, assessing a range of clinical markers, diagnostic tests and investigations and interpreting results within the clinical context with support from the senior team.

Further detailed information can be obtained from the job description and person specification and by contacting Samantha Cummins () or Sharon O'Connor (). Telephone: .