Job Title: Cardiac Catheter Band 6
Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week
Perm/Fixed Term: Permanent
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 (dependant on experience)
Closing Date: 31st December 2024
Interview Date: 9th January 2025 (subject to change)
This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly.
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A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
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We are seeking an enthusiastic Band 6 aiming to support, manage and develop in our Cardiac Hub with experience of working in this service. Applicants must be able to demonstrate a genuine desire and interest in working in the field of cardiac nursing.
You must enjoy working in a busy environment and be a true team player. The job can be physically demanding, and you must be able to stand for long periods in the lab wearing lead protection. Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills are essential. Working alongside the Cardiology Consultants, operational leads and Senior Nursing team to help mould the future development of the service.
Main duties of the job
* Maintain and protect the safety, confidentiality, and dignity of the patient and their families, offering support and reassurance during the procedure.
* Assess the patient individual needs, plan care within the framework of medical care, implement and evaluate nursing care for the entire patient undergoing cardiac investigation procedures.
* Demonstrate advanced competent clinical practice in the management of cardiac patients and impart knowledgeable information about diagnosis and treatment as well as lifestyle modification choices to patients and their relatives/carers.
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to 'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever-evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
* Effective Open Communication
* excellence and safety in everything we do
* Challenge but support
* Expect respect and dignity
* Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job responsibilities
* To provide the best care for our patients through the delivery of high quality, evidence based holistic care for patients undergoing Interventional Cardiology and Pacing procedures.
* To provide acute and elective procedures for patients including diagnostic angiography, cardiac devices, and forms of invasive assessment of cardiac function, physiology, and structure within the catheterisation labs.
* To scrub and circulate for all procedures, provide pre- and post-procedure recovery care, patient education to work as part of a multidisciplinary team providing optimal use of the cardiac catheterisation labs to promote flow of patients through cardiology.
* To undertake the Co-ordinator role for the invasive cardiology procedures and to facilitate effective patient flow of elective and emergency patients.
* To receive and care for patients (and their relatives) directly into the Cardiology Day Unit.
* To manage pre-assessment clinics for patients undergoing cardiac procedures.
* To support all patients and staff within the Cardiology speciality services.
* Clinical leadership through effective monitoring and implementation of standards and evidence-based practice.
* Provide clinical leadership and direction to nursing team.
* Act as a role model for all nursing staff within the unit always promoting professional practice.
Person Specification
Application and Interview
Essential
* Experience at Band 5 in a cardiac catheter setting minimum 2 years
* Evidence of managing own workload with excellent time management skills
* Relevant current professional qualification
* Ability to lead and work in cardiac catheter lab with understanding of procedures and devices
* Ability to demonstrate clinical and professional knowledge
* Demonstrates the ability to effectively manage resources
* Teaching/Leadership Qualification
* Evidence of continuous professional development
* Educated to degree level in Nursing
* Organisational skills to review waiting lists and support planning of activity
Desirable
* Evidence of leadership and change management
* Supporting quality monitoring processes
* Able to identify risks, potential risks and advise on solutions to mitigate these
Employer details
Employer name
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
Address
George Eliot Hospital
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
Nuneaton
CV10 7DJ
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