Staff Nurse

Job overview

This position offers an exciting opportunity to work within the Cardiac Catheter Lab at the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital.

Within the Cardiac Catheter Lab we implant pacemakers, Internal Cardiac Defibrillators and Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy Devices. We have recently extended our scope to include subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillators. The role involves caring for patients from the point of referral to their discharge home.

Patients in our service can require a variety of cardiac diagnostic investigations including elective angiography, stress echo and trans-oesophageal echo. This role involves assisting with those tests at NSECH and when needed across a range of sites at Northumbria Hospitals.

The job role includes working within the cardiac investigations unit to provide safe and high quality nursing care to patients who require a variety of cardiac diagnostic investigations including elective angiography, stress echo and trans-oesophageal echo.

We offer a bespoke training programme designed to provide you with the core skills required to excel in our service. We work very closely with Ward 10 and the Coronary Care Unit at NSECH, providing opportunity to learn and develop within a range of cardiology based teams.

The job is based at NSECH in Cramlington, however the successful candidate may be expected to work on other hospital sites.

Main duties of the job

• Assessing patients for preassessment prior to their procedure.
• Preparing patients for their procedure on the day ensuring they are cannulated and safety checklist is completed. Preparation extends to preparing the procedure space and ensuring medical equipment is appropriately set up.
• Administration of IV drugs both prior and during procedures.
• Monitoring patients throughout the procedure and responding promptly to changes in clinical condition.
• Post procedure recovery, providing discharge advice and follow up.
• Contributing to the ongoing development of the Cardiac Catheter Lab, supporting students from a range of disciplines.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care working as a member of the ward team under the direction of the Ward Manager.
• To be responsible for the organising and co-ordination of nursing services in the ward/department in the absence of senior staff on a regular basis.
• To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• To be responsible for all nursing care standards and to maintain high clinical standards.
• To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

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.