Job summary
- Main area
- cardiology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (secondment)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 193-7150627UCGB6-SSN
- Employer
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- royal berkshire hospital reading
- Town
- reading
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 on call rota payments
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Senior staff nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements. The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’. This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust. Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”
We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions
We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate
We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live
We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice
Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.
Job overview
The Jim Shahi unit is a day case unit for cardiology interventional procedures and provides a 24/7 Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention service. the Royal Berkshire has been a top performer consistently with a regard to Call to Balloon times and Door to Balloon times.
The day case unit has two bays consisting of spaces for 8 patients in each bay.
The unit performs the below procedures
1. Angiograms/ angioplasty
2. Devices : Permanent Pacemakers, CRT P, CRT D, Left bundle pacing , His pacing , Nurse Led linq devices.
3. Electrophysiology studies
4. Temporary Pacing
5. Pericardiocentesis
6. Brugada testing
7. DC cardioversions
8 Trans oesophagus echocardiograms
Our department is committed to delivering a high standard of patient care and we are seeking experienced Cath Lab Nurses to join our Team.
The nursing team will rotate between the two catheter labs and recovery areas. We also within the Jim Shahi Unit care for patients that require day case frusemide infusions and patients requiring IV fluids pre CT scans.
Within the last year we run a Cardiac Ambulatory Day Case unit on certain days for patients that require urgent review by a Cardiologist.
In the role of the Senior staff nurse it will be expected to cordinate the unit on a day to day basis and we look forward to new members of staff joining our experienced team.
You will be expected to be able to fulfil the on call requirement for the Cath Lab
Main duties of the job
Responsible for providing clinical and managerial support to the ward manager and the junior team
Responsible for providing education , mentoring and supervision to appropriate staff members
Expected to be fully competent in the clinical skills required to work in the Cath Lab ( competent as a scrub nurse to work on the on call rota and proficient at running the day unit
To provide leadership and a vision to the department
To be able to report , escalate and investigate incidents at ward level and develop appropriate action plans if required
Working for our organisation
The Jim Shahi Unit is a small friendly unit which puts the care of its patients and staff first.
It provides the opportunity for great learning opportunities and is proactive towards education.
We work very closely with whole cardiology department which consists of the Jim Shahi Unit, Cardiac Care Unit , Whitley ward ( stepdown cardiology) and the cardiology department.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- The post-holder works as a skilled practitioner and is responsible for the delivery of patient-focused programmes of care, which address the complex and changing health and well-being needs of the client group in his/her clinical area.
- The post-holder ensures the smooth running of the Ward/Department in the absence of the Ward Sister/Charge Nurse, and provides clinical and managerial leadership to nursing and support staff.
- The post-holder is will be required to be a fully trained scrub in all cardiac procedures
- The post-holder is expected to continue to be a part of the on-call rota.
- The post-holder is expected to work closely with cardiac care unit (CCU) to provide staffing support.
Person specification
skills
Essential criteria
- evidence of trained scrub nurse
- critical care course
skills
Essential criteria
- evidence of being able to coordinate
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Suja Varghese
- Job title
- Ward Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0118 322 6662
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