Registered Nurse - Fixed Catheter Lab

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is seeking a Registered Nurse to join the Cardiac Suite. You will assist the cardiologist in diagnostic and interventional procedures and serve as a scrub nurse on a rotational basis.

Work with Senior Sister/Charge Nurse to deliver and evaluate nursing care in a high-intensity cardiology department. The role supports a 24/7 PPCI service with ongoing education to develop required competencies for acute cardiology care and on-call duties.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse on part 1 or 12 of the NMC register
• Appropriate post registration course or relevant experience
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Extensive post registration experience
• ILS provider

Responsibilities

• Assist the cardiologist in diagnostic and interventional procedures.
• Act as a scrub nurse during procedures, on a rotational basis.
• In conjunction with the Senior Sister / Charge Nurse, to be responsible for delivery and evaluation of nursing care for patients within the department.
• To ensure the effective maintenance of paper and integrated electronic communication systems to enhance clinical practice.
• To oversee the ordering, stock levels and security of drugs kept in the department as per Trust protocol.
• Actively participate in emergency cover for the department and to participate in our 24/7 oncall PPCI service.

Job description

Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Our mission is:

Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities

Our vision to 2030 is:

To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service

Our values - We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do. Our values are:

Include

We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect

We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve

We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Job overview

We are recruiting for a Registered Nurse - Fixed Catheter Lab who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

The Cardiac Suite at East and North Hertfordshire NHS trust, is currently looking for a dynamic and motivated registered nurse to join our progressive cardiology team. The area provides 24/7 primary angioplasty service and is continuously expanding and developing the service provided, to ensure high quality patient care.The department has developed a continuing education program, to achieve the required competencies to work effectively in the day to day provision of acute cardiology services including on call cover for primary PCI.

The ideal candidate will provide excellent time management and nursing care to patients with the designated ward/department when on duty, and complete competencies regarding clinics and emergency procedures in order to carry out delivery of care to a complex group of patients.

If you have an interest in working within our cardiology cath lab team and would like to hear more we would encourage you to come for an informal visit.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

Assist the cardiologist in diagnostic and interventional procedures.

Act as a scrub nurse during procedures, on a rotational basis.

In conjunction with the Senior Sister / Charge Nurse, to be responsible for delivery and evaluation of nursing care for patients within the department.

To ensure the effective maintenance of paper and integrated electronic communication systems to enhance clinical practice.

To oversee the ordering, stock levels and security of drugs kept in the department as per Trust protocol.

Actively participate in emergency cover for the department and to participate in our 24/7 oncall PPCI service.

Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification information pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person specification

Qualifications / Training

Essential criteria

• Registered nurse on part 1 or 12 of the NMC register
• Appropriate post registration course or relevant experience
• Evidence of continued professional development

Desirable criteria

• ILS provider

Previous Experience

Essential criteria

• Extensive post registration experience

Desirable criteria

• Understanding of the patient pathway including national waiting targets
• Previous experience within a cardiac catheter lab setting
• Experience of non-invasive cardiology tests

Skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent organisation and time management skills and an ability to priorities own workload and that of others
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work as part of a team as well as independently.

Desirable criteria

• Computer literate and presentation skills
• Understanding of research and audit and a willingness to participate in these within the department

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Broad knowledge of cardiology and the management of cardiac conditions, with an understanding of ECGs

Other Requirements

Essential criteria

• Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
• Role model our Trust values every day
• Ability to participate in a 24hour on call service

When you apply...

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Secondments/Fixed term

Where a vacancy is advertised as a temporary position, the duration will be specified in the advert.

If the vacancy becomes permanent towards the end of the specified duration, the successful applicant may not be required to re-apply and can be slotted into the role on a permanent basis if appropriate.

If you are an internal applicant applying for a temporary working arrangement, please see the attached notes on secondments.

Committed to our Community

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing [e-mail].

We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.

We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.

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