Cardiac Cath Lab Staff Nurse
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation TrustBrowse all Band 5 Nursing jobs in London
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Job overview
Our Cardiac Catheter Lab team are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Cath Lab Staff Nurse with a commitment to deliver high standard of patient care.
The department operates from Monday-Friday 0800 to 1800. Shift patterns include 0800-1800 and 1000-2000. You will be required to work 4 times a week to complete 37.5 hours.
You will be given an opportunity to rotate into the pre-assessment area, cardiac day ward and cardiac catheter lab theatre.
We have 1 dedicated Cath lab providing various minimal invasive and non-invasive procedures to both elective and inpatients such as Coronary angiography +/- Angioplasty, implantation of cardiac devices and Direct Current Cardioversion.
The post holder is expected to pro-actively participate in the planning, assessing, implementation and evaluation of patient care from admission to discharge.
Main duties of the job
To provide high quality care to patients undergoing a procedure in the cardiac catheter lab
To be able to achieve competency specific in the cardiac catheter lab
To be able to comprehensively take nursing history from the patients during pre-assessment.
To be able to manage group of patients pre and post cardiac procedure in the cardiac day ward.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a full list of responsibilities associated with this role please refer to the job description and person specification.