Registered Nurse - Cath Lab - Training Position

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Job responsibilities

Registered Nurse - Cath Lab - Training Position | Maidstone

Part Time Permanent | Competitive Salary in line with Agenda for Change.

KIMS Hospital is the largest independent hospital in Kent and we care about our staff. We support our staff in building a career and encourage them to feel their worth and enjoy their time at work. Our One Team culture creates a working environment that offers you the time to care, and allows you to develop new skills, and strengthening existing ones. 

Due to a growth in service we have a very rare and exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Registered Nurse with an interest in interventional Cardiology to join the only Private and Self Pay Cardiac Catheter Laboratory in Kent as a trainee Cardiac Cath Lab Staff Nurse.  You will be fully trained in the pre-assessment of Cath Lab patients, processing the admission and recovery of patients, and scrubbing and running for procedures.

This role is ideally suited to a Registered Nurse with post registration experience and a desire to develop specialist skills and gain expert cardiac knowledge in coronary angiograms, PCI, Pacing and EP Studies.

Your working hours will be 28.5 Hours per week, Monday - Friday, 8am - 4pm, 9am - 5pm, 10am - 6pm or11am – 7pm on a rota basis. 

Role Responsibilities include:

• Providing care and support to patients throughout their pathway with KIMS Hospital including pre-operative assessment right through to discharge
• Scrub for a case load of patients undergoing cardiac procedures including catheterisation, pacing and ICD fitting
• Ensure the patient experience and well-being remain at the heart of the business at all times and best practices are implemented and maintained within the Cardiac Cath Lab
• Assist the cardiac technicians and radiographers as necessary in placing ECG electrodes, setting up transducers and preparing equipment ready for procedures
• Day to day duties of a cardiac nurse including taking bloods, cannulation, performing angiograms, pacing’s as well as assessing and monitoring patients

Person Specification:

• Be a qualified Nurse (BSc or equivalent) and hold a current NMC PIN
• Be fully trained in resuscitation and have the ability to handle emergencies appropriately
• Have experience in cannulation, venepuncture and carrying out ECG’s
• Demonstrable knowledge of current nursing and clinical developments.

KIMS Hospital employees enjoy the following benefits:

• Competitive Salary
• Free Staff Parking
• Pension Scheme
• Private Health Insurance
• 33 Days annual leave plus extra time off for your birthday
• Life Assurance
• Annual Flu Vaccination
• Free Eye Test
• Flexible working and annualised hours contract’s available.

At KIMS Hospital we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive working environment. We strive to create a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and are proud to be an equal opportunities and disability confident employer.

Whilst we make every effort to contact all candidates we often receive a high volume of applications. if you do not receive a reply within 1 working week, please assume you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. Previous applicants need not apply.

If you have any queries regarding this vacancy, Diane would be happy to help. Please give her a call on 01622 237634 or email recruitment@kims.org.uk.

Any offers of employment made by KIMS Hospital for this/these position(s) will be subject to proof of eligibility to work in the UK and receipt of a satisfactory DBS Certificate from the Disclosure & Barring Service.   Information about the DBS checks can be found at https://www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Be a qualified Nurse (BSc or equivalent) and hold a current NMC PIN
• Be fully trained in resuscitation and have the ability to handle emergencies appropriately

Desirable

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Experience

Essential

• Have experience in cannulation, venepuncture and carrying out ECG`s
• Demonstrable knowledge of current nursing and clinical developments.

Desirable

• -

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.

Employer details

Employer name

KIMS Hospital

Address

Newnham Court Way

Weavering

Maidstone

All UK

ME14 5FT

Employer's website

https://kims.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)