Staff Nurse Cardiology Rotation

Job Overview

Cardiology Department – Rotational Program

Our Cardiology Department Is Comprised Of Three Key Areas

Coronary Care Unit (CCU): A 10-bed high-acuity cardiology unit

G9 Acute Cardiology Ward: A 20-bed cardiac ward

Cardiac Catheterisation Lab (CCL): A specialised unit for interventional procedures

We provide expert care for patients with acute coronary syndrome, myocardial infarction, cardiogenic shock, heart failure, and arrhythmias. Our team collaborates across all three areas to support a 24-hour primary PCI service for STEMI patients.

This 12-month rotational program offers four-month placements in each clinical area (CCU, G9, and CCL), allowing you to develop a well-rounded skill set in cardiology. You will gain experience in caring for patients before and after coronary interventions, managing intra-aortic balloon pumps (IABP), non-invasive ventilation (NIV), inotropic support for cardiogenic shock, and temporary pacing wires. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to assist in cardiac procedures, including angiograms, angioplasties, pacemaker insertions, pericardiocentesis, and DC cardioversions.

This is an excellent opportunity to expand your expertise in cardiology within a dynamic and supportive environment.

Main duties of the job

• To implement and be responsible for maintaining high standards of patient care ensuring trust policies and guidelines are adhered to.
• To co-ordinate the team in absence of the team leader.
• To ensure confidentiality of patient records and high standards of nursing documentation, in accordance with clinical governance.
• To be aware of the complaints procedure and incident reporting and be able to apply it as needed.
• To escalate as appropriate any untoward incidents, complaints and ward/staff issues.
• To participate in on-going clinical supervision and audits.
• To maintain own personal portfolio/profile and to take responsibility for annual updates on current legislative/hospital issues.
• To ensure all training undertaken is evaluated to determine its effectiveness in practice and to ensure all objectives have been met.
• To assist in teaching programmes for student nurses/new staff and newly qualified nurses and contribute towards a positive learning environment.
• To promote good working relationships, within the multidisciplinary team and to support the ward manager to achieve high morale within the team.
• Provide specialist advice in Cardiac procedures and support in the promotion of health.
• Practice extended clinical roles e.g. venepuncture, cannulation, IV additives and male catheterisation.
  
  

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Nursing degree or equivalent
• Current NMC registration
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Mentorship or equivalent qualification
• Cardiology or acute care courses
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Previous experience at hospital settings
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Basic life support
• Cardiology or acute care courses
  
  

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Basic knowledge of cardiac anatomy and physiology
• Basic knowledge of ECG
• Good communication skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage difficult / stressful situations
• Time management and delegation skills
  
  

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

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