# Heart Centre Charge Nurse/Sister

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Harrogate District Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children)
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-26T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-12T13:01:02.135Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/North_Yorkshire/Harrogate/Harrogate_District_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Cardiology_Nursing/Cardiology_Nursing-v8206867
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8206867?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.hdft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The Heart Centre is a small team based within Harrogate District Foundation Trust, performing cardiac investigations that include Coronary Angiograms, Trans-oesophageal Echocardiograms, Dobutamine stress echo tests as well as insertion of devices such as Permanent Pacemakers and ILR Devices. Procedures for other departments are also undertaken as required.

### Main duties of the job

The post holder will deputise for the unit manager for the catheter laboratory team and adhere to high professional standards of patient care and effective service delivery within the Heart Centre.

The post holder will deputise for the operational and managerial responsibility for Heart Centre involved in all aspects of the patient care from admission to discharge both in the lab and in recovery. A successful candidate will support with the training and clinical supervision of staff nurses in the Heart Centre. The post holder will be involved in setting the strategic direction for future activity in the Heart Centre in conjunction with the heart centre unit manager, Matron, Cardiology Consultant Team and the Chief Cardiac Physiologist.

The post holder will liaise with all members of the multi-disciplinary team within the Cardio-Respiratory department and with those in other departments including the general ward areas.

The post holder will be involved in performing clinical audit and risk management whilst acting as a role model and uphold the values and behaviours of The Trust.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information about this position please see attached job description & person specification and for any questions please contact Matron Abbie Gentle at abbie.gentle@nhs.net

### Applicant requirements

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.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- - Experience working as a senior staff nurse
- - Ability to work unsupervised at times
- - Experience of team working
- - Supervisory experience

**Desirable**

- - Post registration clinical experience
- - Experience in change management

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Recent experience working within a cardiology setting
- Teaching or mentorship qualification- or working towards
- Registered Nurse or qualified cardiac physiologist

**Desirable**

- Advanced cardiology course

### Skills and aptittudes

**Essential**

- - IV drug administration.
- - Cannulation
- - ECG interpretation skills/willingness to learn
- - Passion and motivation to develop the service
- - Adaptable and flexible with regard to needs of the service.

**Desirable**

- - Scrub competency
- - Advanced life support
- - Teaching and assessing skills

## Documents

- [jd - 421-ltucc-3960c (pdf, 280.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10513598)
- [trust policies and procedures (pdf, 184.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10533935)

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