Cardiology Cath Lab Nurse

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for a Cardiology catheter lab nurse (Band 5) at Blackpool Victoria Hospital. The role involves assisting in cardiology procedures, rotation to the day case unit, and on-call duties within a busy, multidisciplinary team.

The post offers progression to Band 6 after training completion, with a rota that includes evenings, weekends and bank holidays. Salary ranges £32,073–£39,043 per annum pro rata, and full-time hours are 37.5 per week.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (1st Level) with current NMC registration.
• Diploma in Nursing or equivalent.
• Teaching & Assessing qualification as per NMC guidelines.
• Degree or working towards.
• Leadership course.
• ALS certification.

Responsibilities

• Support registrar and consultant; sedation and airway management during procedures.
• Monitor patient and ensure safe handover to ward.
• Cover on-call evenings, weekends and bank holidays on a rota.
• Rotate to day case unit and take charge as required.

Skills

Team leadership

Decision making

Communication

IV cannulation

Venepuncture

Education

Registered Nurse (1st Level)

Diploma in Nursing

NMC registration

Leadership course

ALS

Degree or working towards

Job description

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Main area Cardiology Catheter Lab Nurse Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Will cover on call evenings and weekends) Job ref 382-SWC154-26

Site Blackpool Victoria Hospital Town Blackpool Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 11/11/2026 23:59

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.

We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.

We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic staff nurse to join our team within the cardiology catheter labs. The applicant should be able to work under pressure and ideally have a knowledge of cardiology procedures carried out within the unit. The applicant should be a team player and be able to react to the switch between specialities within the labs. Initially will be a band 5 post with progression to band 6 once all training has been completed. Part of the role there will be a requirement to rotate onto the day case unit whereby there will be a requirement to take charge within this capacity and co ordinate the daily activities.

Main duties of the job

As a cardiology catheter lab nurse you will be instrumental in supporting the registrar and consultant, within a small team you will be responsible for sedation and airway management of patients undergoing procedures and ensure that this is completed in a professional and safe manner following up to date guidelines available. Monitoring of the patient throughout the procedure and a safe handover is given to the returning ward. You will be expected to cover on call on evenings, weekend and bank holidays on a rota basis, and undertake all other aspects of your job role as required.

Working for our organisation

This is a busy unit where we take elective patients, inpatients and emergency patients for procedures. Due to the geographical area this incorporates a wide range of people from many different locations. The nursing team works alongside the cardiac physiologists and radiologists in a multidisciplinary manner leading to strong inter team relationships whereby we support one another in our day to day working. Through rotation strong working relationships will be formed with the cardiac day case unit who are instrumental in preparing patients for their procedures for both elective and interpatient transfers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the job description and main responsibilities please see the attached job description, and person specification to ensure that you have the relevant criteria for the post.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (1st Level)
• Diploma
• Teaching & Assessing qualification/conversion completed as per NMC guidelines
• Degree or working towards
• Leadership course
• ALS

Experience

• Substantial post registration cath lab experience and signed off for on call emergency service.
• Experience of regularly managing own workload across all specialties within the cath labs
• Teaching within clinical area
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Experience of clinical audit and research
• Experience of managing acutely unwell patients
• Experience of taking charge of ward area
• Experience of change management

Skills & Attributes

• Ability to set and establish priorities
• Team player and team leadership qualities
• Decision maker
• Communicates at all levels
• Lateral thinker and problem solver
• Management of change
• Venepuncture/cannulation
• IV drug administration
• ILS
• Ability/willingness to train to scrub assist for Angio/PCI procedures or be working towards sign off for this

For the role you have applied for requires a Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check we will administer this as part of your pre-employment checks. Please note, you will be required to repay the cost on appointment. This will be collected via a salary deduction. You can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months from your salary or as a one-off payment on commencement in post. The level of check required depends on the role that you have been offered. Currently the charges are - Basic DBS check £24, Standard DBS check £24 and Enhanced DBS check £45.

You are encouraged where possible, to register for the DBS update service. This is an annual registration fee of £15. By registering for the update service you will not have the additional cost of repeated disclosures.

Should you withdraw your application, you may be required to reimburse the cost of the DBS check.

DBS checks remain free of charge for volunteer positions.

DBS Code of Practice can be accessed here.

Please note that every effort will be made to keep the vacancy live until published closing date, though there may be instances where such interest is generated, that for administrative reasons the post may close earlier.

Please note that in line with national NHS guidelines this Trust operates a strict non-smoking policy. Members of staff are not permitted to smoke on Trust premises or grounds at any time nor take breaks during working hours for the purposes of smoking.

The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.