Staff Nurse (Cath Labs)

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust; Southampton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Range of NHS discounts

Minimum 35 days paid holiday (pro rata

Generous pension scheme

Job summary

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Nurse to join the Cardiac Catheter Labs as a full-time Cath Lab nurse. You will scrub and circulate for a range of cardiac procedures and support recovery for adult and paediatric patients.

You will contribute to high standards of care, work within a multidisciplinary team, and benefit from training and an induction period before full duty in the Cath Lab. Flexible working options may be considered to meet service needs.

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic, passionate and ambitious nurses who have good initiative, great communication and enjoy change.
• Able to express new ideas and deliver exemplary care.

Responsibilities

• Scrubbing and circulating for cardiac catheter lab procedures.
• Support recovery and care of patients post-procedure (adult and paediatric).
• Assist with throughput of labs for elective, inpatient and emergency cases.
• Promote high standards of nursing care and multidisciplinary teamwork.

Skills

Good initiative

Great communication

Adaptability

Delivering exemplary care

Job description

The successful candidate will be responsible for helping our routine elective lists run from Monday to Friday, 08:00 to 18:00. Outside of these operational hours, including weekday nights, weekends and bank holidays. The department provides a 24-hour on-call service to facilitate emergency and urgent cases. Full training will be given in the catheter lab including an initial 8-12 week supernumerary period (Depending on experience) followed by the completion of competencies. Once fully trained you will become part of the On-Call team and be rostered to cover out of hours emergencies.

As a Cath Lab nurse, you will be scrubbing and circulating for a variety of cardiac catheter lab procedures. As well as supporting recovery, recovering patients post procedure including general and local anaesthetics of adults and paediatric patients. You will be responsible for promoting high standards of nursing care and multi-disciplinary working, requiring good communication and to assist with the throughput of the labs for elective, inpatients and emergencies cases.

The cardiac catheter lab is committed to education, and you will have the opportunity to attend the in-house Introduction to Cardiovascular Nursing course in addition to the opportunity to attend national conferences relating to Cardiology.

We are looking for enthusiastic, passionate and ambitious nurses who have good initiative, great communication, enjoy change and expressing new ideas as well as delivering exemplary care.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Nurse to join the team in the Cardiac Catheter Labs. This is a full time role in the catheter lab, however initially there will be an induction period on the cardiac day unit prior to transfer to the Cath lab in order to gain experience and a full appreciation of the patient journey. The length of this induction period will depend on previous experience.

The cardiac catheter lab carries out a specialist service to both paediatric and adult patients with a variety of interesting cases in interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, heart failure and congenital cardiology, including angiography, angioplasty, electrophysiology, TAVI, Mitral & Tricuspid edge to edge repair and implantable devices.

As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to. UHS is rated 'Good' by the CQC and in the latest national NHS Staff Survey, we were in the top 10 acute trusts for staff engagement and for staff recommending the hospital as a place to work or receive care.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service.

• UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts
• are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata)
• we offer a generous pension scheme

Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 30% lower than London and 17 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.