The post holder will participate in all aspects of the Nuclear Medicine Service as part of a multidisciplinary team of nurses, clinical scientists, technologists and clerical staff.
Duties include patient assessment, involvement in cardiac stressing, liaising with wards to ensure optimum patient care while patient is in the department.
Post holder will also be expected to be involved in the Nuclear Medicine paediatric service. In addition, you would be expected to represent nuclear medicine at required meetings such as safeguarding and acting as the Fab Champion.
Main duties of the job
* Direct patient care, providing a quality supportive service to patients and significant others, offering advice, information, support and counselling.
* Assess, counsel and monitor patients undergoing routine Nuclear Medicine procedures, ensuring patient safety.
* With continuous in-service training, perform several different methods of administration of a variety of radioactive and non-radioactive pharmaceuticals, whilst working to strict protocols under safe practice.
* Provide routine advice to patients undergoing administration of radioactive materials as well as to staff or relatives providing care to such patients, to ensure the risks of exposure to ionising radiation are understood by the concerned parties.
* With continuous in-service training, participate in non-physician led stressing for myocardial perfusion imaging.
* With continuous in-service training, ensure paediatric safety.
* Assist higher-grade nursing staff with the introduction of new procedures and techniques into routine service.
* Respond to complaints and assist in their resolution within the Trust's complaints handling framework.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse (Adult Branch)
* Evidence of recent study
* Intermediate Life Support
* ENB 998 or equivalent
* Paediatric Life Support
Previous Experience
* Post registration experience in acute medical setting
* Experience of working with paediatric patients
* Experience of working in Clinical Diagnostics
Evidence of Knowledge; Skills; Aptitudes
* Good interpersonal skills / communicate at all levels
* Ability to deal with complex and unpredictable situations
* Able to demonstrate a flexible approach to the provision of holistic, clinically effective care.
* Ability to organise and prioritise workload
* Willingness to undertake training as an assistant stressor.
* Experience of undertaking audits.
Specific Requirement
* Ability to receive / impart complex information from / to patients.
* Able to move/handle patients and equipment.
* Good manual dexterity to safely manipulate radioactive materials.
* Extended competencies in cannulation and venepuncture.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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