Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiology
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (nil)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (13 11.5 hr shifts per month)
- Job ref
- 343-6639846-RB-SK
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Epsom Hospital
- Town
- Epsom
- Salary
- £42,939 - £50,697 pa Inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Junior Sister/Charge Nurse - Cardiac Cath Lab & Day Unit
Band 6
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
Would you like to be part of this exciting developing service?
Come and join our expanding cardiology service. On our cardiology day ward, we currently offer angiography and device implant and will be developing a PCI and an EP / Ablation service. The role includes pre op. care, recovering patients post procedure and working within the catheter lab itself! You will have had experience within an acute cardiology setting and be enthusiastic to learn and to develop new clinical skills. If you are an experienced nurse with a cardiology background with sound ECG knowledge, we need you!
You must enjoy working in a busy environment and be a true team player. Excellent communication and organisational skills are essential. The role will also involve rotating into our cardiology investigation department when required.
Training will be provided to support your Cath Lab/Cardiology career with specific competencies to support your professional development.
Come and join our friendly team!
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide excellent clinical care to those patients pre and post cardiac procedures, including diagnostic coronary angiogram, permanent pacemakers, PCI, ablations and complex devices. The post holder will work with the consultants, support the ward manager and assist in the line management of junior team members.
The post holder will be expected to work within the catheter lab itself as a circulating nurse, and may be required to scrub in. The nurse will be the patient advocate during the procedure and will assist the members of the multidisciplinary team as requested.
The post holder will ensure that high quality nursing care is delivered within the cardiology day ward. You may be required to work in other areas within the cardiology directorate according to service needs.
Working for our organisation
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the Junior Sister/Charge Nurse role at Epsom and St Helier.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse
- Evidence of further education in cardiology
- Mentorship / preceptorship course
- Evidence of professional development
Desirable criteria
- Degree level education or working towards
Experience
Essential criteria
- The skills and competencies associated with extensive post registration experience in an acute Cardiology setting.
Desirable criteria
- Experience working within cardiology investigations.
- Experience in management of nursing teams in acute cardiology settings.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of current clinical issues.
- Understanding of audit.
- Sound knowledge of acute coronary syndromes
- ECG interpretation
- Proven demonstration of informal / formal cardiology patient assessment
Skills
Essential criteria
- IV drug administrator
- IV cannulation
- IV venepuncture
- ILS
- Good written skills
- Willingness to develop own practice
- Good IT Skills and familiarity with Microsoft suite
Desirable criteria
- Experience of using databases.
Aptitude
Essential criteria
- Innovative, enthusiastic embracing change
- Calm under pressure
- Persuasive skills to deal with conflicting priorities
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected]. Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rosalind Paine
- Job title
- Cardiology Lead Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 296 2000
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