Job summary
- Main area
- Cardiac Cath Lab
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 434-IM6237700
- Employer
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wycombe Hospital
- Town
- High Wycombe
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Junior Sister - Cardiac Cath Lab / Cardiac Day Unit
Band 6
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
- provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
- nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
- regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
- deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Junior Sister/Charge Nurse to join our friendly team in the Cardiac Cath Lab/Day Unit.
The unit is expanding and this is an exciting time to join in the development of the existing Cardiac Day Unit and two Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratories, where a wide range of procedures are performed including primary angioplasty. The Cardiac Day Unit consists of 6 bedded areas and a newly introduced radial lounge.
Main duties of the job
You will be enthusiastic, well motivated and friendly with a genuine interest and previous experience in cardiac nursing. This position will involve working with the cardiologists in the Cath lab and acting as scrub nurse during pacemaker insertion, angiogram and percutaneous coronary intervention , as well as proving high quality care to both NHS and private patients in the Day unit having procedures such as transoesophageal echo and cardioversions
We encourage and support training and development opportunities to all our staff.
You will be enthusiastic, well motivated with excellent clinical skills having worked in an acute medical setting at Band 5, preferably with experience in a cardiology setting. A Coronary Care Course is desirable. Applicants must be able to work the required shift pattern.
Working for our organisation
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good general education
- NMC Registered Nurse
- ENB 998 or equivalent (mentor/teaching)
- Evidence of further continued professional development
Desirable criteria
- ALS course
Experience
Essential criteria
- Very strong experience at band 5
- Previous experience as shift/team leader
- Experience of teaching students, HCA’s and qualified staff
Desirable criteria
- Previous Cath Lab experience
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate clearly with patients, relatives and the multi-disciplinary team in English.
- Ability to write clearly and legibly in English
- Managerial and leadership ability
- Core competencies achieved - IV medication/PO medication
Desirable criteria
- ECG course
- Computer Literate
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
If you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before to the closing date.
Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
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
- Natasha Young
- Job title
- Unit Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01494 425278
- Additional information
For an informal discussion about the Trust and further details about the job, please contact Natasha Young on 01494 425278
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