8a Lead Nurse / Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP)

The postholder will provide expert autonomous clinical practice for highly complex cardiomyopathy patients requiring initiation, optimisation, monitoring, and long-term management of Mavacamten therapy. They will assist in the introduction of other cardiac myosin inhibitors as they become available. They will act as the professional and operational lead for the service, working collaboratively across cardiology, pharmacy, imaging, genetics, and commissioning teams to ensure compliance with NICE guidance, Trust governance standards, and national service specifications. The 8a Lead Nurse/Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) for inherited cardiac conditions will provide strategic, clinical, and operational leadership for the OUH Mavacamten service within the regional Inherited Cardiac Conditions (ICC) programme. The postholder will lead the implementation and delivery of the NICE TA913-approved Mavacamten pathway for patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (oHCM), ensuring safe, effective, evidence-based, and equitable access to treatment across the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (BOB) region and wider referral network. The 8a with act as a senior clinical expert resource for inherited cardiac conditions (ICC) services, in particular for the Band 7 nurses within the ICC team,

• Providing expert clinical leadership for the Mavacamten service and associated oHCM pathways.
• Delivering advanced autonomous assessment, prescribing, treatment initiation, optimisation, and monitoring of patients receiving Mavacamten. They will run clinics independently.
• Leading implementation of NICE TA913 within OUH and across the regional referral network.
• Coordinating multidisciplinary care across tertiary and local services.
• Developing sustainable operational pathways to support phased expansion of patient access.
• Ensuring robust governance, safety monitoring, audit, and outcome reporting, as well as leading Quality Improvement projects
• Leading education and training for multidisciplinary staff across the regional network.
• Supporting research, innovation, and service development within cardiomyopathy care.
• Acting as a senior clinical expert and professional resource for inherited cardiac conditions services, in particular acting as a senior clinical resource for the Band 7 nurses within the ICC team, The 8a Lead Nurse/Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) for inherited cardiac conditions will provide strategic, clinical, and operational leadership for the OUH Mavacamten service within the regional Inherited Cardiac Conditions (ICC) programme. The postholder will lead the implementation and delivery of the NICE TA913-approved Mavacamten pathway for patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (oHCM), ensuring safe, effective, evidence-based, and equitable access to treatment across the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (BOB) region and wider referral network.
  
  Registered Nurse
• First level degree
• Completed MSc L7 Advanced Practice, Strong level of experience working in Inherited cardiac conditions speciality
• Evidence of management & Leadership
• Evidence of ongoing CPD, bility to work with a high level of attention to detail, supporting ability to deliver service measurement and improvement
  
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