Registered Nurse - Claydon Ward (cardiology)

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Do you have an interest in cardiology nursing? Are you looking for a new challenge to expand your knowledge and skills in a new specialty or expand your existing knowledge?

We are looking for enthusiastic, flexible, and well-motivated Registered Nurse to join our amazing team on Claydon Ward.

Claydon is a 14 bedded Cardiology Ward with an additional 10 bedded Cardiac Monitoring Unit. The ward works closely with Ipswich Heart Centre who carry out onsite procedures including Cardiac Catheterisation, pacemaker insertions and DC Cardioversion.

You'll be working with a friendly, motivated, supportive team to provide excellent patient care.

We offer great opportunities for learning and development to enable you to meet your career goals.

Two posts available:

1 x 30 hrs per week - Fixed term until August 2024

1 x 37.5 hrs per week - permanent

Main duties of the job

To work within the framework for Clinical Governance to provide effective, high quality individualised nursing care to patients and relatives/carers and to contribute to the continuing development of nursing practice.

To work within the Trust's Competency Framework for Registered Nurses, the Ward/ Department Philosophy and the NMC Code of Conduct/ Professional Standards for the Protection of Patients.

About us

One of the largest Trusts in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

Find out about living and working with us - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Date posted

25 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year per annum pro rata + unsocial hours as applicable

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

432-HR1523-23

Job locations

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

Job description

Job responsibilities

Ensure that safe, effective and holistic patient care is delivered
Assist patients to fulfil the activities of daily living
Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual programmes of care in partnership with patients and relatives/carers
Accurately observe patients condition and initiate appropriate action
Administer medication safely to patients, including IV and Controlled drugs
Actively participate in safe, timely discharges
Maintain accurate, timely patient records and relevant data collection

For full details please see the attached job description

Job description

Job responsibilities

Ensure that safe, effective and holistic patient care is delivered
Assist patients to fulfil the activities of daily living
Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual programmes of care in partnership with patients and relatives/carers
Accurately observe patients condition and initiate appropriate action
Administer medication safely to patients, including IV and Controlled drugs
Actively participate in safe, timely discharges
Maintain accurate, timely patient records and relevant data collection

For full details please see the attached job description

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Proven NHS Experience

Desirable

Experience in cardiology

Qualifications

Essential

NMC registration

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Proven NHS Experience

Desirable

Experience in cardiology

Qualifications

Essential

NMC registration

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).