We are recruiting for a Registered Nurse - Fixed Catheter Lab who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
The Cardiac Suite at East and North Hertfordshire NHS trust, is currently looking for a dynamic and motivated registered nurse to join our progressive cardiology team. The area provides 24/7 primary angioplasty service and is continuously expanding and developing the service provided, to ensure high quality patient care.The department has developed a continuing education program, to achieve the required competencies to work effectively in the day to day provision of acute cardiology services including on call cover for primary PCI.
The ideal candidate will provide excellent time management and nursing care to patients with the designated ward/department when on duty, and complete competencies regarding clinics and emergency procedures in order to carry out delivery of care to a complex group of patients.
If you have an interest in working within our cardiology cath lab team and would like to hear more we would encourage you to come for an informal visit.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Assist the cardiologist in diagnostic and interventional procedures.
Act as a scrub nurse during procedures, on a rotational basis.
In conjunction with the Senior Sister / Charge Nurse, to be responsible for delivery and evaluation of nursing care for patients within the department.
To ensure the effective maintenance of paper and integrated electronic communication systems to enhance clinical practice.
To oversee the ordering, stock levels and security of drugs kept in the department as per Trust protocol.
Actively participate in emergency cover for the department and to participate in our 24/7 oncall PPCI service.
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and 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
New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
Hertford County, Hertford
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
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 and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification information pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
