Staff Nurse, Band 5, Cardiac Catheter Lab
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Job summary
Staff Nurse - Cardiac Catheter Labs
St. Thomas's Hospital site has five Cardiac Cath Labs, through which a range of procedures are undertaken, such as, diagnostic angiography, complex interventional coronary angioplasty, device implantation, electrophysiology studies and ablation, and structural heart interventions (incl. TAVI and BAV). We also provide an on-call emergency post-acute MI service.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity for an experience nurse to join our Cath Lab team Cardiovascular at Guy's and St. Thomas's Hospital Foundation Trust.
We are looking for candidates who will be enthusiastic, self-motivated and good team players; truly passionate about providing an exceptional service for our diverse cardiology patients. The successful candidate will under go our unit specific training to be competent as a scrub and circulating nurse within the labs for various procedures as well as competent in recovering the patients in the department post-procedure.
The successful applicant will be involved in relevant quality improvement projects and patient safety initiatives within department and the cardiovascular directorate.
We have a 4 day working week from Monday-Friday with the addition of on-call emergency service for out of hours (nights and weekends), which is contractually required.
You will be held accountable for adhering to the Trust's Values and Behaviours- Put patients first, Take pride in what we do, Respect others, Strive to be the best, and Act with integrity.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs
Details
Date posted
20 August 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£34,089 to £41,498 a year p.a. inclusive of HCA
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
196-NM11993
Job locations
St Thomas's Hospital
249 Westminster Bridge Road
LONDON
SE1 7EH
Employer details
Employer name
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Address
St Thomas's Hospital
249 Westminster Bridge Road
LONDON
SE1 7EH
Employer's website
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