Registered Nurse - Coronary Care Unit - EDGH

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust; England; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

Onsite parking

Staff restaurants

Accommodation

Job summary

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is recruiting a Registered Nurse for the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) and related cardiology services at EDGH. The role includes care of high dependency patients, rotation into Cardiac Catheter Laboratory and recovery areas.

You will be supported with supervision, professional development, and opportunities to gain qualifications in cardiology. NHS pension, staff facilities, and onsite parking are available.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with active NMC registration and appropriate nursing qualification.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development in cardiology or critical care.
• Postgraduate qualification in cardiology preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standards of patient care in CCU/EDGH, including elective and emergency cardiology cases.
• Support imaging services and electrophysiology duties as required.
• Provide clinical supervision and mentorship to junior staff and learners.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Care planning

Mentor learners

Team leadership

Education

NMC registration

Diploma/Degree in Nursing

Postgraduate qualification in cardiology

Tools

ECG interpretation

Job description

Registered Nurse - Coronary Care Unit - EDGH

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Coronary Care Unit and Cardiac Catheter Laboratory team. CCU is a busy 11 bedded high dependency unit nursing elective and emergency cardiology admissions. In addition, the role will involve rotation into the Cardiac Catheter Laboratory and recovery areas.

You will need to be well motivated and committed to high standards of patient care and personal, professional development. The team is both friendly and supportive, with a strong commitment to providing a high standard of care.

We will provide a supportive atmosphere, mentorship and clinical supervision in the unit and are committed to professional development of all staff. This includes training and support for assisting allied healthcare professional teams with imaging services- including cardiac CT and nuclear imaging, and complex echocardiography.

As well as our elective and primary angioplasty services, we undertake complex pacing and have a variety of well-established electrophysiology and arrhythmia services, including AF and VT ablation and nurse-led DC Cardioversion service.

We have strong links with the University of Brighton and encourage further education and gaining qualifications within the field of cardiology, multi-disciplinary team working with allied healthcare professionals and senior nurses is an integral part of this unit with all staff enabled and empowered to make a real difference for their patients.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated nurse with good interpersonal skills. Whether you are just starting out on your Nursing career, looking for a change of specialty, or returning to practice, we would welcome the opportunity to meet with you.

As well as our elective and primary angioplasty services, we undertake complex pacing and have a variety of well established electrophysiology and arrhythmia services, including AF and VT ablation and nurse-led DC Cardioversion service.

About us

A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries. staff restaurants and accommodation.

In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.

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Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description attached.

If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.

Experience

• Experience in nursing care, knowledge and expertise acquired through training
• Demonstrate experience of providing
• NHS experience or relevant health care organisation

Qualifications / Training

• Registered Nurse and hold active registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
• Diploma/Degree level qualification relevant to role
• Professional qualification and knowledge of patient assessment, planning, developing and implementing programmes of care
• Evidence of mandatory and statutory essential training skills, for example, Basic Life Support, manual handling, infection control, fire etc
• Post Graduate qualification at Degree level relevant to role to demonstrate clinical skills

Skills / Knowledge / Abilities

• Professional clinical knowledge skills and skills that demonstrate the ability to assess, plan, develop and implement programmes of care
• Ability to apply professional judgement and problem solve
• Able to support learners and clinical supervision of junior staff.
• Able to support mentors in decisions related to students/learners and make judgements regarding competence and fitness to practice.
• Day to day management of a patient caseload and delegate effectively to clinical support workers.

Other

• Able to manage the physical and emotional demands of the role, including moving and handling of patients, able to concentrate to provide clinical care, calculation of drug dosages and communication of distressing or unwelcome information
• Flexibility in working hours and patterns

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 Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£32,073 to £39,043 a yearper annum, pro rata