Staff Nurse

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Cramlington; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Cramlington is recruiting for a nurse to join the Cardiac Catheter Lab, caring for patients from referral through discharge. The role covers assisting with angiography, stress echo and trans-oesophageal echo, and may involve cross-site work.

You will work with Ward 10 and CCU teams, receiving bespoke training to develop core cardiology skills and contribute to service development across NSECH and partner sites.

Qualifications

• Nursing registration and licensure.
• Experience in cardiac catheter laboratory settings preferred.
• Ability to assist with cardiac diagnostic investigations and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients for preassessment prior to their procedure.
• Prepare patients for their procedure on the day, cannulation and safety checks.
• Administer IV drugs prior to and during procedures.
• Monitor patients during procedures and respond to changes in condition.
• Provide post-procedure recovery, discharge advice and follow-up.
• Support learning and development within the Cardiac Catheter Lab and cardiology teams.

Skills

Cardiac catheter lab experience

Nursing registration

Patient assessment

Education

Nursing degree/registration

Job description

This position offers an exciting opportunity to work within the Cardiac Catheter Lab at the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital.
Within the Cardiac Catheter Lab we implant pacemakers, Internal Cardiac Defibrillators and Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy Devices. We have recently extended our scope to include subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillators. The role involves caring for patients from the point of referral to their discharge home.
Patients in our service can require a variety of cardiac diagnostic investigations including elective angiography, stress echo and trans-oesophageal echo. This role involves assisting with those tests at NSECH and when needed across a range of sites at Northumbria Hospitals.
The job role includes working within the cardiac investigations unit to provide safe and high quality nursing care to patients who require a variety of cardiac diagnostic investigations including elective angiography, stress echo and trans-oesophageal echo.
We offer a bespoke training programme designed to provide you with the core skills required to excel in our service. We work very closely with Ward 10 and the Coronary Care Unit at NSECH, providing opportunity to learn and develop within a range of cardiology based teams.
The job is based at NSECH in Cramlington, however the successful candidate may be expected to work on other hospital sites.

• Assessing patients for preassessment prior to their procedure.
• Preparing patients for their procedure on the day ensuring they are cannulated and safety checklist is completed. Preparation extends to preparing the procedure space and ensuring medical equipment is appropriately set up.
• Administration of IV drugs both prior and during procedures.
• Monitoring patients throughout the procedure and responding promptly to changes in clinical condition.
• Post procedure recovery, providing discharge advice and follow up.
• Contributing to the ongoing development of the Cardiac Catheter Lab, supporting students from a range of disciplines.
  

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alison Savage Job title: Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0191 6072504