Staff Nurse

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust seeks experienced cardiology nurses to provide high-quality patient care in a fast-paced environment. The role includes responsibilities in a specialist cardiology ward, with opportunities for career development and flexible working arrangements. Candidates should possess relevant qualifications and experience in cardiology nursing.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Wellbeing initiatives

Staff recognition scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Car lease schemes

Season ticket loan

Membership options for onsite leisure facilities

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 months post registration experience within healthcare.
• Previous coronary care/cardiology or acute medical ward experience.
• Previous cardiothoracic care experience.

Responsibilities

• Providing high quality, effective, individualised nursing care to patients.
• Liaising with key members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Managing a group of healthcare support workers.

Skills

Medication administration skills

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Rhythm recognition

ECG interpretation

Education

Current RN (Adult) with NMC registration

Immediate Life Support (ILS)

Relevant post registration course in ECG monitoring

Mentorship course or equivalent

Job description

Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

Hammersmith Hospital is ICHT’s specialist hospital based in East Acton and renowned for its strong research connections. It offers a range of services including renal, haematology, cancer and cardiology care, and provides the regional specialist heart attack centre.

A7 is a 25-bedded inpatient cardiology ward incorporating a 5 bedded coronary care unit (CCU) and 20 step-down beds including monitoring and telemetry. A7 is the predominant receiving unit for patients admitted via our 24/7 Primary PCI and arrhythmia service that covers North West London ICS.

All staff work across both the CCU and our step down ward. CCU cares for higher acuity patients post PPCI, complex cardiac arrhythmias, intra-aortic balloon pumps (IABP), TAVI, and patients on non-invasive modes of ventilation (NIV). ECG interpretation skills are essential for these posts.

The unit is fast paced and our Band 6 team both lead and co-ordinate; out of hours they are the point of contact and hold the bed bleep for cardiology.

We are looking for experienced cardiology nurses who are knowledgeable, ambitious and safety focused, and who put the patients at the centre of all they do. The Directorate will offer further development that can be tailored to the successful candidate/s and include both leadership and clinical components.Informal discussions welcomed.

Main duties of the job

• Providing high quality, effective, individualised nursing care to patients by assessing their needs and developing, implementing and evaluating care plans without supervision.
• The post holder will be expected to liaise appropriately with all key members of the multi-disciplinary team and service users related to the specialty.
• To be responsible for all aspects of patient care including the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of direct patient care with supervision from senior staff.
• To support the ward manager to monitor the safety and quality of care for patients. Maintaining accurate clinical observations of patients, utilising nursing skills and competencies.
• To manage a group of healthcare support workers and assign delegated tasks and responsibility as appropriate. Assisting in the teaching and development of healthcare support workers and students, helping them to achieve their learning outcomes.
• To ensure a positive focused service incorporating patients’ feedback to maintain and improve patient care. To act as an effective role model promoting excellence through practice.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .

Detailed job description and main 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 overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education

• Current RN (Adult) with NMC registration
• Immediate Life Support (ILS)
• Relevant post registration course in ECG monitoring and interpretation
• Mentorship course or equivalent

Experience

• Minimum 6 months post registration experience within healthcare
• Previous coronary care/cardiology or acute medical ward experience
• Previous cardiothoracic care experience

Skills

• Knowledgeable about healthcare issues and care of the acutely ill patient
• Medication administration skills including IV drug administration (or a willingness to undergo training)
• Able to demonstrate ability to deliver high standards of care to patients
• Good interpersonal and organisational skills
• Basic knowledge of CPAP, NIV, acute MI interventions and treatments
• Rhythm recognition and 12-lead ECG interpretation
• Evidence of teaching and developing junior staff, formally or informally (or willingness to)

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.