Registered Nurse - Cardiology

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to work within the Cardiology specialty as a Staff Nurse. Our department encompasses an 8 bedded Coronary Care Unit which is the PPCI Centre for Norfolk, 37 bedded acute Cardiology Ward, Cardiac Elective Area and Angiography suite. Our centre provides some of the latest Cardiology interventions in our 5 Cath Labs and is involved in National and International Research projects.

Within the departments we pride ourselves on supporting colleagues therefore please note that full training and support will be given to the successful applicant.

Full and Part time positions available.

We pride ourselves on being a friendly and supportive team providing high standards of care. If as an individual you have excellent communication skills, consider yourself to be caring and compassionate and want to make a difference to patients, their relatives and your colleagues on a daily basis then we need you !

All of these skills complement our team and we would actively encourage you to apply.

Main duties of the job

This role would involve assessing, planning and implementing care for the acute cardiology patients within the hospital. You would care for patients post MI, pre and post procedures, heart failure, arrhythmias, pre and post cardiac surgery amongst others.

The Band 5 role is rotational therefore you would have the opportunity to work within all aspects of the department (CCU / Kilverstone ward/ Cardiac Cath labs) to optimize your skills as a Cardiology Nurse.

There is also the opportunity for extended learning such as band 5 study days which the trust holds but as a department, we also hold bespoke study / training days.

There are also development opportunities - both in terms of clinical skills that can be achieved as well as further career opportunities within the department.

If you would like more information about the role and / or department, please do not hesitate to call or email on the below contact details. We would also be more than happy to showcase the department to you by arranging a tour which will enable you to obtain a full experience of the department.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached job description for full details of the role and use your supporting statement to confirm how you meet the essential and desirable criteria on the job specification.

Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role asap.

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.