An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Cardiac Catheter Labs for a Band 6 Registered Nurse to join our dynamic and friendly team. If you are enthusiastic, flexible and passionate about cardiology then this would be an ideal opportunity for you to join our team.
The successful candidate will have cath lab experience at band 5 level.
As the successful candidate, you will be expected to work across both Northwick Park and Ealing Hospital, within these 2 sites there are three Cardiac Catheter labs and a day care unit on each site. You will support the band 7 Clinical Nurse Managers across the sites to maintain and audit the quality standards for the areas and support with staff management.
There are exciting changes have happened and are happening across the 2 sites:-
* Ealing hospitals Cardiac Catheter Lab is newly refurbished and provide both an inpatient and outpatient service for cardiac interventional and diagnostic procedures.
* At Northwick Park one of the labs will be opening later in the evening giving staff the opportunity to work more flexibly with different shift start and finish times. There is also going to be the introduction of weekend working as part of the substantive job which will enable the introduction of unsocial hours into this role. We are also in the planning stage of providing a 24/7 service which will enable the successful candidate to be part of an on call rota for cath lab emergencies.
Main duties of the job
Working within the cardiac cath labs and day cares to deliver high quality care to patients undergoing cardiac procedures.
You will be trained to work in both the day care and the cardiac cath labs and be a scrub nurse for procedures.
About us
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
* Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A& E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK.
* St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease.
* Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice.
* Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working within the cardiac cath labs and day cares to deliver high quality care to patients undergoing cardiac procedures.
You will be trained to work in both the day care and the cardiac cath labs and be a scrub nurse for procedures.
Person Specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential
* Educated to degree level or desire to do
* Current registered nurse with NMC
Desirable
* Practice assessor and supervisor qualification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
* 2 years experience in cardiology
* Effective written and electronic communication
* ILS/ALS or desire to do so
Desirable
* Experience in implementing improvement in practice
Skills, Abilities and attributes
Essential
* Ability to work within the multi-disciplinary team
* Committed to providing the highest quality of care
* Self motivated and able to motivate a team
Desirable
* Able to demonstrate application of expanded roles/skills within clinical setting.
Employer details
Employer name
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Address
Northwick Park Hospital
Watford Road
Harrow
HA1 3UJ
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