Coronary Care Unit Band 5

Guys & St Thomas Hospital; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS foundation trust in London seeks passionate NMC Registered Nurses for the Coronary Care Unit. This role offers the opportunity to provide high-quality care to cardiac patients in a fast-paced environment, with a commitment to professional development and teamwork.

Qualifications

• Must have NMC registration and experience in acute coronary care.
• Effective communication and leadership skills required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, patient-focused clinical care.
• Work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Maintain patient confidentiality and adhere to professional standards.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Leadership

Education

NMC Registered Nurse

Post qualifications experience in acute coronary care

Tools

Microsoft Word

Electronic Patient Records

Job description

This post is only open to internal applicants.

Coronary Care Unit Band 5

NHS AfC: Band 5

Main area Cardiovascular Directorate Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Long day and weekend) Job ref 196-NM12872

Employer Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site ST. Thomas Town Lambeth Salary £35,964 - £43,780 p.a Inc HCA Salary period Yearly Closing 21/05/2025 23:59 Interview date 02/06/2025

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.

Job overview

We are looking for passionate NMC Registered Nurses to join our supportive team on the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) at St. Thomas’s Hospital. CCU is a fast-paced unit, with a high turnover, caring for level 1 and 2 Cardiac patients from within London and the Southeast. Our PAMI service is provided 24/7, 365 days a year. If you have a love of Cardiac, then this is the place for you. We have a team of PDN's which will facilitate training and development. As well as a team of band 6's and 5's who will be there to support you in your learning.

As a Registered Nurse you will be responsible for supporting your manager in ensuring that our service users' needs are met through the delivery of high-quality care. As a centre of excellence, you will offer a person-centred approach to their independence and well-being.

ClosingDate: 21st May 2025

Interview Date: 2nd June 2025

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

The ideal candidate will enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, understand acute nursing and be a team player. Effective communication and interpersonal skills are essential. We are committed to professional development and provide in-house and post graduate training, in addition to our own cardiology specific competencies that enable our nurses to demonstrate professional progression.

The successful candidate will ideally have 6 months experience and will gain experience caring for patients requiring Level 2 cardiac/critical care support including CPAP, inotropic and intra-aortic balloon pump therapy. You must maintain a high standard of clinical work when carrying out nursing procedures.

Working for our organisation

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job responsibilities

Delivering high quality, evidence-based and patient focused clinical care through:

• Delivering a high standard of evidence-based care to patients.
• Ensuring good standards of care for the patient are maintained at all times.
• Adhering to NMC Code of Professional conduct at all times.
• Involving and supporting patients, relatives, carers and friends in the care process.
• Promoting well-being and involving patients and relatives in health education.
• Ensuring clear and accurate written and verbal information is given at all times.
• Ensuring contemporaneous record keeping at all times.
• Seeking advice from more senior/experienced members of staff where appropriate.

Working effectively as part of the immediate team and wider multidisciplinary team (MDT) through:

• Liaising effectively with all members of the MDT to ensure patients’ needs are met.
• Exercising leadership and taking the initiative where appropriate.
• Providing support and advice to ward/unit staff (especially junior staff) on clinical and administrative issues.
• Liaising with discharge coordinator / bed manager to ensure effective admission/discharge of patients.
• Keeping the ward/unit sister / charge nurse informed of significant changes and/or anticipated problems.

Upholding a duty of care and clinical governance through:

• Observing a general duty of care for the health, safety and well-being of yourself, work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital.
• Ensuring the rules, policies, procedures and standards of Kings College Hospital NHS Trust Foundation together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations are adhered to at all times.
• Maintaining patient confidentiality, dignity and privacy at all times.
• Adhering to the Trusts policy on valuing equality and diversity and showing due regard for each patients cultural and religious beliefs, gender, ethnicity, age and sexuality.
• Strictly adhering to the National Code of Practice on Infection Control. Staff Nurse (Band 5) Job Description Date of Origin: June 2009 3
• Taking responsibility for your own personal development and keeping up to date with nursing and medical knowledge.
• Being aware of current research and the implications for the ward/unit speciality.
• Acting as a role model at all times and for all staff.
• Acting as practice supervisor and/or preceptor/mentor for junior and newly qualified staff.
• Working with appropriate members of the teaching staff to ensure effective staff development (own and others).
• Participating in Trust and Divisional initiatives to develop nursing practice and support change.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

• RN1/ RN2/ RN12 or RN Child Registered Nurse on the NMC register. To hold the appropriate level for the area of speciality.
• Post qualifications experience of working in an acute coronary care unit

Skills/Knowledge/Ability

• Able to assess, plan, implement & evaluate programmes of care
• Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues.
• Knowledge of Evidence Based Practice
• Competent in basic life support Ability to administer prescribed medication including transfusion of blood and blood products
• Able to work as an effective team member
• Able to supervise and teach junior staff
• Able to prioritise & meet deadlines
• Able to manage difficult situations
• Uses own initiative and is able to take decisions
• Self motivated
• Able to maintain clear and legible documentation
• An understanding of Audit and Research Based Nursing Practice
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Basic Computer Skills including ability to use Microsoft Word and Electronic Patient Records (EPR)
• Knowledge of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
• Ability to demonstrate application of the NHS Plan to own sphere of practice
• Knowledge of Clinical Governance & a commitment to clinical supervision
• Knowledge of the individual’s responsibility towards health & safety
• Experience of work in acute health care setting
• Experience of working on own and in a team
• Experiencing of coordinating a shift
• Completion of preceptorship
• Experience of administering intravenous drug therapy
• Supervision of junior staff

Guy’s and St Thomas’celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.

Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.

As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personalcircumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.

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