Cardiac Cath Labs Day Ward and Recovery Staff Nurse

Job overview

We are looking for:

A Band 5 RN who will join our team to work in the Cardiac Cath Labs, Day Ward and Recovery, including night shifts in the Cardiac Day Ward.

When you join our team, you will be based at Hammersmith Hospital, renowned for its strong research connections and being a regional specialist heart attack centre. This role will offer you the opportunity to upskill and specialise your nursing role in cardiac, giving you opportunities to grow and develop your career further!

The 6 cardiac Cath labs in Hammersmith Hospital runs a service running Monday to Saturday, providing a variety of procedures from simple diagnostics and treatments i.e., coronary angiogram, angioplasty and device implants to more complex Interventional, EP and Structural procedures i.e., PCI of CTO, Ablations and Device Extractions, TAVIs, Mitral and Tricuspid Clips/TEER.

We aim to build a flexible workforce, where you will rotate between the Cath lab, day ward, and recovery areas. You will be supported by dedicated mentors, a visible Cath lab leadership team, and a Clinical Practice Educator to help you achieve essential skills and competencies to ensure you succeed within your role. We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join our growing nursing workforce due to service expansion.  We are expanding into 6 Cath labs, 8 day case beds, 6 radial chairs, and 4 recovery beds.

Main duties of the job

• Carry out planned care for a group of patients with support from senior staff
• Ensure the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of evidence based, individualised patient care
• To perform safe effective care for patients requiring advanced clinical skills
• To provide a safe patient environment at all times.
• Recognise when changes in patients condition occur and take appropriate action including reporting to the nurse in charge.
• Assist in carrying out extended roles under supervision to ensure best clinical practice, this includes: - acting as a scrub or circulating nurse to assist the doctor during invasive cardiac procedures, which include coronary angiography, pacemaker implant, PCI, TAVI, CTO, Rotablation, ASD/PFO closures, ablation and other complex cardiac invasive procedures.
• Able to perform venepuncture and cannulation following appropriate training.
• Assist in the safe transfer of critically ill patients.
• On call commitment as required following training and preparation.
• Assist and advise support staff in the delivery of patient care.
• Able to remove both venous and arterial sheaths following appropriate training and supervision.

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.