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Job overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for detailed job description of the role.
Main duties of the job
As a Sister/Charge Nurse in the cardiac catheter labs you will play a key role in leading a fast paced, expanding service that delivers high quality interventional cardiology care.
You will support the daily running of four cardiac catheter labs and general anaesthetic recovery, with a fifth lab due to be operational in 2027. Your management and leadership will directly support safe, efficient patient care and you will provide a central role in developing junior staff through mentorship and training.
You will take on the role of the nurse in charge on a rotational basis, coordinating activity across the labs and supporting the wider multidisciplinary team. As a clinical expert you will undertake projects to enhance our service and work with the wider team to ensure a positive patient experience with a forward thinking ethos.
The ideal candidate will be experienced in a wide range of cardiology scrub procedures, including interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, structural heart interventions, heart failure therapies, and both congenital and paediatric cases.
The cardiac catheter labs run 08:00 - 18:00 five days per week, with an out of hours emergency service covered by the on call team. It is expected that all qualified members of the team will partake in covering the on-call service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Responsibilities
- you will act as nurse in charge on a rotational basis, ensuring safe, efficient coordination of cath lab activity - you will support and develop junior nurses, providing mentoring, training, and guidance to maintain high clinical standards - you will help drive service expansion and be integral to evolving the cardiac cath lab nursing role - you will promote evidence based practice by engaging with research and current national guidance
Experience/ Skills required
- significant cardiac cath lab scrub experience and confidence working across a range of interventional cardiology procedures - experience mentoring and supporting junior staff in the cath lab environment - excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team - you will be able to work flexibly and reprioritise workloads effectively when managing high-pressure in charge shifts
Person specification
Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Patients First
- Always Improving
- Working Together
Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Essential
- Qualified Nurse (Degree/Diploma)
- Registered nurse on appropriate part of the register
- Significant post registration experience / qualification / training, including experience and knowledge within relevant speciality
- Ward management experience
- Knowledge of current issues within acute Health Service
- Experience in an acute hospital setting
- Provide evidence of supporting / managing a range of learners in practice
- Provide evidence of supporting colleagues to promote effective learning in practice
Desirable
- Experience in handling adverse events and complaints
- Appraisal skills
- Act in the role of Practice Assessor or supporting the progression of learners / supporting challenges as needed
- Some insight into budget management
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This advert is for Sister/ Charge Nurse with University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust in Southampton, South East, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Nurse (adult and children) role. The advertised salary is £39,959 to £48,117 per annum, pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 15 Jul 2026.
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