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Job overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Job Title: Staff Nurse (Cath Labs)
Contract Type: Permanent & Fixed Term
Fixed Term Contract End Date: August 2027
Purpose for Fixed Term: Maternity / Shared Parental / adoption Leave Backfill
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Nurse to join the team in the Cardiac Catheter Labs. This is a full time role in the catheter lab, however initially there will be an induction period on the cardiac day unit prior to transfer to the Cath lab in order to gain experience and a full appreciation of the patient journey. The length of this induction period will depend on previous experience.
The cardiac catheter lab carries out a specialist service to both paediatric and adult patients with a variety of interesting cases in interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, heart failure and congenital cardiology, including angiography, angioplasty, electrophysiology, TAVI, Mitral & Tricuspid edge to edge repair and implantable devices.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful candidate will be responsible for helping our routine elective lists run from Monday to Friday, 08:00 to 18:00. Outside of these operational hours, including weekday nights, weekends and bank holidays. The department provides a 24-hour on-call service to facilitate emergency and urgent cases. Full training will be given in the catheter lab including an initial 8–12 week supernumerary period (Depending on experience) followed by the completion of competencies. Once fully trained you will become part of the On-Call team and be rostered to cover out of hours emergencies.
As a Cath Lab nurse, you will be scrubbing and circulating for a variety of cardiac catheter lab procedures. As well as supporting recovery, recovering patients post procedure including general and local anaesthetics of adults and paediatric patients. You will be responsible for promoting high standards of nursing care and multi-disciplinary working, requiring good communication and to assist with the throughput of the labs for elective, inpatients and emergencies cases.
The cardiac catheter lab is committed to education, and you will have the opportunity to attend the in-house Introduction to Cardiovascular Nursing course in addition to the opportunity to attend national conferences relating to Cardiology.
What we’re looking for We are looking for enthusiastic, passionate and ambitious nurses who have good initiative, great communication, enjoy change and expressing new ideas as well as delivering exemplary care.
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.
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This advert is for Staff Nurse (Cath Labs) with University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust in Southampton, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Staff nurse role. The advertised salary is £32073.00 to £39043.00. The contract type is Permanent: Fixed term options available. The application deadline is 28 Oct 2026.
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