Main area Interventional Radiology Grade NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract Permanent
Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Cross site / Out of hours working)
Job ref 361-7087319
Employer East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Lister Hospital
Town Stevenage
Salary £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Salary period Yearly
Closing 28/04/2025 23:59
Registered Nurse/ODP- Interventional Radiology
NHS AfC: Band 5
Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Registered Nurse/ODP in Interventional Radiology who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
Interventional Radiology is an expanding service providing excellent care now to include admission and recovery of elective patients and a continued emergency service for the Trust. This role may be of interest for nurses who have experience in either Radiology, Operating Theatres, Day Surgery, Endoscopy and or general surgical experience.
The team currently covers Monday to Friday but will be expanding to provide a seven day service, so candidates will be expected to work evenings and weekends as part of a rotation with other team members.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Main duties of the job
As an Interventional Radiology Registered Nurse you will need to be competent to scrub and assist Consultant Radiologists doing interventional procedures including Vascular, Renal, Urological, Gastric and Biliary interventions, as well as assisting with interventional procedures in CT, Ultrasound and the Breast Unit.
With the new addition of an Admissions and Recovery area, you will need to assist and support the Senior Sister manage a small nursing team with day to day management of the interventional lists on a regular basis ensuring adequate skill mix and list utilisation.
You will participate as a member of the nursing team in providing a high standard of research-based patient care within the Radiology Department.
Provide advice and support to the team of staff working in all interventional areas including Admission and Recovery in order to deliver a quality service that is linked to high standard of patient care.
Within the role there is the opportunity to work autonomously and/or as part of a multi-disciplinary team. Professional development is encouraged and supported.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Teaching Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
* Registered General Nurse on part 1 or 2 of the NMC Register
* Commitment to lifelong learning
* Ability to produce updated personal professional portfolio
* R50 or equivalent
* ENB 998 or equivalent
* D32/33 or equivalent
Previous Experience
* Experience of post registration
* Experience working in an acute setting.
* Practical experience in a Radiology Department
* Procedural experience in areas such as Theatres or Endoscopy.
* Able to act up for the sister/charge nurse in their absence
Skills
* Evidence of good communication both written and verbal
* Ability to work within a team
* Ability to work independently to organise own work and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
* Sound organisational skills
* Flexibility
* Knowledge of monitoring conscious sedated patients.
* Cannulation and IV injection competence
Knowledge
* Knowledge of surgical/medical conditions and their management
* Awareness of strategies for maintaining a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors
* Previous experience of working in a radiology/investigative department
Other requirements
* Flexibility with working hours
Our values
We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.
Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.
Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.
Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.
Committed to our Community
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce.
We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.
We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing resourcing.enh-tr@nhs.net
We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.
We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.
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Secondments/Fixed term
Where a vacancy is advertised as a temporary position, the duration will be specified in the advert. If the vacancy becomes permanent towards the end of the specified duration, the successful applicant may not be required to re-apply and can be slotted into the role on a permanent basis if appropriate.
If you are an internal applicant applying for a temporary working arrangement, please see the attached notes on secondments.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name Carolina Coultas Job title Senior Sister Email address carolina.coultas@nhs.net Telephone number 01438 284815 Additional information
Helen Russell, Sister
Emma Barlow, Sister
Blair Robertson, Charge Nurse
Phone the department for an informal discussion or visit between the hours of 8 am and 5 pm, Monday to Friday.
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