This is an exciting opportunity for either a newly qualified or experienced nurse to develop their career within the field of Cardiology delivering the highest quality nursing care to patients undergoing interventional cardiac procedures.
Candidates should be highly motivated, forward thinking, enthusiastic and flexible. They should demonstrate excellent communication skills and work well as part of a team with commitment to providing a quality service to our patients in an inclusive, open and supportive environment for our staff.
The post holder will learn the skills to enable them to work on Ward 1 caring for patients pre and post cardiac interventional procedures, in the Cardiac Catheter Lab assisting with cardiac interventional procedures, in the Cardiac Pre-Op Clinic and in the Dobutamine Stress Echo Clinic.
The successful candidate would be expected to participate in the 24/7 out of hours on call service and be prepared to work flexible shifts including weekends and bank holidays.
Using your clinical experience and skills you will be responsible for the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of care for patients pre and post procedure on the ward. You will undertake nursing interventions consistent with evidence-based practice, transferring and applying knowledge and skills to meet patients’ needs.
You will rotate to the Cardiac Catheter Lab where you will complete competencies to enable you to assist in interventional procedures.
You will have the opportunity to rotate to Cardiac Pre-Op Clinic and Dobutamine Stress Echo Clinic to complete competencies in nurse led consent and DSE.
You will display excellent communication skills to deliver sensitive information, lifestyle advice and post procedure care.
You will play a key role in the education, development, supervision and assessment of all learners and unregistered staff.
You will support the department in the achievement of all clinical governance requirements and participate in audit reviews.
You will conduct yourself professionally within the standards and framework provided by the NMC Codes of Professional Conduct.
You will mainly work Monday-Friday between the hours of 08:00-20:45, but may be required to work weekends and bank holidays.
You will be required to take part in a 24/7 on-call rota.
You will be expected to be a team player, reliable, have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to manage your own workload in a fast-paced environment,
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential tomake a differenceand we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire– to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
This vacancy is open to those who have a current NMC PIN to practice as a Registered Nurse or Midwife in the UK, or those who are currently enrolled on a course which means they expect to receive their full NMC Pin within the next 2-3 months.Please note an NMC PRN Pin is not a full NMC Pin and would not fulfil the essential criteria for this role.
The NCA can no longer accept applications from International Nurses and Midwives who are yet to complete all competencies needed to receive a full NMC PIN to practice in the UK as we have paused our OSCE programme indefinitely. To learn more about how you can gain a full NMC PIN to be eligible to apply for our vacancies in the future, please see the NMC website: https://www.nmc.org.uk/registration/joining-the-register/register-nurse-midwife/trained-outside-uk/how-to-guide/
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
This advert closes on Sunday 1 Sep 2024
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