Main area Willow/CCU Grade NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract: Fixed term: 9 months (maternity cover)
Hours: 75 hours per week (Full time / Part time)
Job ref: 262-A-24-6685888
Employer: North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Site: Cumberland Infirmary, Town: Carlisle
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 pa pro rata per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 19/02/2025 23:59
Staff Nurse - Willow C
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job Overview
We are looking for experienced or newly qualified nurses to join our friendly team. We provide high-quality care to cardiac patients both within our coronary care unit and general cardiology step-down. This is an excellent opportunity for those interested in cardiac care wishing to gain experience in the care of patients experiencing acute MI, heart failure, and arrhythmias along with other cardiac conditions.
Work as part of the team to provide high-quality nursing care for cardiology and medical patients in your care, supervise healthcare assistants, junior staff, and students on the ward. Communicate effectively with patients' relatives and the MDT. Assist the senior nursing team within the coronary care team to care for level 2 patients. Analyse cardiac rhythms on telemetry systems and bedside monitors.
The successful applicants will be required to move departments once completion of the maternity cover.
Main Duties of the Job
Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate nursing care for patients within all of the acute cardiac care areas, providing the prescribed nursing care without supervision. Contribute to the development and evaluation of nursing practice in the acute cardiac areas.
Great opportunity for registered nurses to join our friendly, enthusiastic team. Working between coronary care and step-down of Willow C caring for a variety of cardiology conditions. Learn new skills within cardiology from telemetry monitoring and caring for patients in a high-dependence environment and follow the patient journey to discharge. Excellent level of support from the senior nursing team with a band 6 nurse on shift at all times.
Working for Our Organisation
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people. Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond. We’re responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.
As an organisation, we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered nurse with active registration.
Knowledge and Experience
* Continuing professional development with portfolio.
* NMC code of professional conduct.
* Equality issues
* Mentoring/teaching
* Acute medical Nursing
* Cardiology Nursing experience
Skills
* Able to work as a member of a team.
* Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
* Ability to act as a mentor to HCAs.
* Ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care.
* ECG interpretation, Cardiac Rhythm analysis, central line administration.
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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