Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Cardiac Catheter Labs for a Band 6 Junior Sister/Charge Nurse to join our dynamic and friendly team. If you are enthusiastic, flexible and passionate about cardiology then this would be an ideal opportunity for you to join our team.
The successful candidate will have cath lab experience at band 5 level.
As the successful candidate, you will be expected to work across both Northwick Park and Ealing Hospital, within these 2 sites there are three Cardiac Catheter labs and a day care unit on each site. You will support the band 7 Clinical Nurse Managers across the sites to maintain and audit the quality standards for the areas and support with staff management.
There are exciting changes have happened and are happening across the 2 sites:-
- Ealing hospitals Cardiac Catheter Lab is newly refurbished and provide both an inpatient and outpatient service for cardiac interventional and diagnostic procedures.
- At Northwick Park one of the labs will be opening later in the evening giving staff the opportunity to work more flexibly with different shift start and finish times. There is also going to be the introduction of weekend working as part of the substantive job which will enable the introduction of unsocial hours into this role. We are also in the planning stage of providing a 24/7 service which will enable the successful candidate to be part of an on call rota for cath lab emergencies.
Main duties of the job
Working within the cardiac cath labs and day cares to deliver high quality care to patients undergoing cardiac procedures.
You will be trained to work in both the day care and the cardiac cath labs and be a scrub nurse for procedures.
About us
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working within the cardiac cath labs and day cares to deliver high quality care to patients undergoing cardiac procedures.
You will be trained to work in both the day care and the cardiac cath labs and be a scrub nurse for procedures.
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working within the cardiac cath labs and day cares to deliver high quality care to patients undergoing cardiac procedures.
You will be trained to work in both the day care and the cardiac cath labs and be a scrub nurse for procedures.
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or desire to do
- Evidence of continuing professional
- Current registered nurse with NMC
Desirable
- Teaching qualification or desire
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Experience in cardiology and the cardiac cath lab
- IT Literate
- Effective verbal, written and electronic communication
- ILS/ALS or desire to do so
- Leadership skills
Desirable
- Experience in implementing improvement in practice
Skills, Abilities and attributes
Essential
- Ability to work with the multi -disciplinary team
- Committed to providing the highest quality of care
- Self motivated and able to motivate a team
Desirable
- Able to demonstrate application of expanded roles/skills within clinical setting.
Person Specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or desire to do
- Evidence of continuing professional
- Current registered nurse with NMC
Desirable
- Teaching qualification or desire
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Experience in cardiology and the cardiac cath lab
- IT Literate
- Effective verbal, written and electronic communication
- ILS/ALS or desire to do so
- Leadership skills
Desirable
- Experience in implementing improvement in practice
Skills, Abilities and attributes
Essential
- Ability to work with the multi -disciplinary team
- Committed to providing the highest quality of care
- Self motivated and able to motivate a team
Desirable
- Able to demonstrate application of expanded roles/skills within clinical setting.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
