Cath Lab Staff Nurse

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS trust in London is seeking experienced Cath Lab Nurses to join their multidisciplinary team. You will rotate through various specializations, enhancing your advanced nursing practices. Successful candidates will demonstrate excellent communication skills, support junior staff, and have a minimum of nine months recent acute experience. This role offers opportunities for continuous professional development within a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of nine months recent acute experience is required.
• Preferable experience in Cardiology and/or Cath Labs.
• Post Registration Critical Care Course or Cardiac course is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Provide care to critically ill patients in the cath lab.
• Supervise and teach junior staff and maintain personal development.
• Deliver high-quality nursing care in line with Trust policies.

Skills

Listening and comprehension

Organizational skills

Management of difficult situations

Planning and delivering interventions

Self-development

Physiological assessment

Assessment and escalation of deteriorating patients

Education

Nursing Degree/Registered Nurse

NMC Registration/ NMC PIN

Job description

Job summary

you will have an opportunity to rotate internally between Cardiology Intervention, Electrophysiology & Structural in order to develop a full range of skills and be supported with in house training. We have created exciting opportunities for experienced Cath Lab nurses to develop clinically in advanced nursing practices such as Implantable Loop recorders Implantations, Nurse-Led Sedation and Valve loader. You will be expected to take an active role in helping us to continuously improve our patient centred care. Excellent communication skills are essential with a proven ability to support; mentor & line manage junior staff. Part of the country's largest Heart centre, the Education, training and development are an important philosophy of the units and access is provided to courses both in-house and at partner universities. There are multiple roles and reserve lists may be maintained.

Main duties of the job

To work within the cath lab multidisciplinary team to provide care to critically ill patients in a complex acute environment. To supervise and teach junior members of staff and learners as required and maintain own personal development with support. To be a safe and effective practitioner able to provide high quality nursing care to the patient and their families, in accordance with agreed Trust and local policies. Our cath lab has its own dedicated Education Sister who supports all staff in their development and works closely with new starters.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Details

• Date posted: 29 October 2025
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 5
• Salary: £37,259 to £45,356 a year per annum inc
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 259-7583839SBH (N)
• Job locations: St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London, EC1A 7BE

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Nursing Degree/Registered Nurse
• NMC Registration/ NMC PIN

Experience

• Minimum of nine months recent acute experience

Desirable

• Preferably had previous experience working in Cardiology and/or Cardiac Cath Labs department
• Evidence of mentoring and development of staff

Knowledge

• Post Registration Critical Care Course or Cardiac course
• Recognised teaching and assessing qualification

Skills

• Demonstrate an ability to listen and comprehend
• Ability to prioritise and organize workload
• Ability to manage potentially difficult situations
• Ability to plan, deliver and evaluate interventions and/or treatments
• Ability to develop own skills and knowledge
• Physiological assessment of acutely unwell patient
• Ability to assess and escalate deteriorating patients
• Maintain own knowledge up to date to provide evidence based care at all times

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the DBS to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Barts Health NHS Trust

St Bartholomew's Hospital

West Smithfield

London

EC1A 7BE

Employer's website: https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk