Staff Nurse - Cardiac Cath Lab

Whether you are newly qualified or an experienced band 5 nurse you’ll find a fascinating speciality that continuously develops and expands as you will too.

We are one of the largest Cath Lab Centres in the UK, and have a reputation worldwide for clinical, teaching and research excellence. The Cardiac Catheter Laboratory is part of a tertiary centre, which incorporates an extensive referral area, offering a 24-hour Primary Myocardial Infarction service. The Cath labs consists of 3 Cath Labs, 1 hybrid theatre and has been steadily expanding over the years achieving a high profile within the organisation due to the provision of excellent standards of patient care and the delivery of a world class service.

Development Benefits

We offer a full development programme, this includes Trust Induction, Introduction to Cardiology course, a period of supernumerary whilst working alongside your mentor to achieve all the required competencies to give you the confidence to work independently, commencement of the on-call rota and having your first appraisal and career conversation.

Extra earning potential.

With an on-call commitment allowing extra earning potential, and private work paid at a very competitive hourly rate, and occasionally waiting list initiative also paid at the same rate there is a great opportunity to significantly increase your annual salary.

The post holder will work as part of the cardiac cath lab Multidisciplinary team assisting medical staff with diagnostic and interventional procedures, angiogram, PCI, Pacing and EP- study. We also provide a very complex Electrophysiology service and busy structural heart service. In this Theatre style environment, the nurse will have both scrub and circulating duties. There is a requirement to wear a lead PPE during the procedures.

You will be required to promote, maintain and deliver patient-centred care and highly professional standard of nursing, meeting the needs of the patients during cath lab procedures. You will act as a professional role model and provide an effective, safe environment to care for individual patients and to promote a positive experience for the patient, their relatives and carers.

As a tertiary centre, this incorporates an extensive referral area. We provide 24hrs Primary PCI service and the post holder will be expected to be part of the emergency on call team after a training period has ended. You will be required to maintain and continually develop nursing practice relevant to clinical area.

We welcome applications from those who currently hold a UK NMC registration. If you currently hold an overseas nursing qualification and require sponsorship we are not currently direct hiring Internationally Qualified Nurses.

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We’re here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our Wellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.

We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kelly-Marie Brown Job title: Cath Lab Nurse Manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01273696955

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