Are you an already experienced cardiology nurse looking to progress your career further? The CCU at St Thomas' hospital is looking for a experienced nurse to join our friendly and supportive team to assist the Charge Nurse with the co-ordination of the unit and primary PCI service for the south east of London. We admit patients via a number of different pathways for a range of cardiology conditions including acute MI, heart failure and arrhythmia management.

We are comprised of six beds and care for a range of patients requiring level 2 care.

You will ideally already have experience with level 2 care and be given the opportunity to develop the below skills further:

• Intra-aortic balloon pumping
• Inotrope therapy
• Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)
• Invasive blood pressure monitoring
• Arrhythmia management
• Temporary pacing
• Arterial Sheath Management

The ideal candidate would have experience with shift co-ordination, experience mentoring both students and junior members of staff and hold ILS. You will have the opportunity to develop your life support skills and cardiac arrest management and would be fully supported to undertake ALS.

If you have any further questions about the unit or the role please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Informal visits encouraged

Peter Watters - Charge Nurse

Application closes: 20th September 2023

Interview: 28th September 2023

Main duties of the job

• Independently manage a group of patients within the specialty whilstworking as part of the multidisciplinary team, delivering individualised and personalised direct patient care.
• Demonstrate appropriate practice and specialist advice in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care. This includes history taking, physical examination and the requesting of agreed diagnostic procedures/clinical investigations.
• Responsible for the correct administration of prescribed medication including transfusion of blood and blood products
• Be responsible for assessing and recognising emergencies in the speciality. To interpret information and take appropriate action and to lead others to do the same.
• Act as an advocate for patients within the department, to ensure a patient orientated approach to the delivery of care and to meet standards within the NHS Plan and other relevant guidelines.

About us

Guy's and St Thomas' 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 centers, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centers, 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, neighboring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description for specific responsibilities of the job

Confidentiality / Data Protection / Freedom of Information

Post holders must maintain the confidentiality of information about patients, staff and other health service business in accordance with the Data Protection Act of 1998. Post holders must not, without prior permission, disclose any information regarding patients or staff. If any member of staff has communicated any such information to an unauthorised person, those staff will be liable to disciplinary action up to and including dismissal. Moreover, the Data Protection Act 1998 also renders an individual liable for prosecution in the event of unauthorised disclosure of information.

Following the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) 2005, post holders must apply the Trusts FOI procedure if they receive a written request for information.

Information Governance

All staff must comply with information governance requirements. These includes statutoryresponsibilities (such ascompliance with the Data Protection Act),following nationalguidance (such as theNHS Confidentiality Code of Practice) andcompliance with local policies and procedures (such as the Trust's Confidentiality policy). Staff are responsible for any personal information (belonging to staff or patients) that they access and must ensure it is stored, processed and forwarded in a secure and appropriate manner.

Equal Opportunities

Post holders must at all times fulfil their responsibilities with regard to the Trusts Equal Opportunities Policy and equality laws.

Risk Management

All post holders have a responsibility to report risks such as clinical and non-clinical accidents or incidents promptly. They are expected to be familiar with the Trusts use of risk assessments to predict and control risk, as well as the incident reporting system for learning from mistakes and near misses in order to improve services. Post holders must also attend training identified by their manager, or stated by the Trust to be mandatory.

Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults

Post holders have a general responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their daily duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

• Demonstrates specialist expertise underpinned by theory acquired through CPD
• Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues. Knowledge of evidence based practice.
• Good communication skills and ability to deal with sensitive information

Desirable

• IT skills

Experience

Essential

• Previous post registration experience within the relevant specialty
• Experienced and competent in the management of patients within the speciality
• Experience of teaching/assessing/ supervising others in a clinical setting.
• Experiencing of co-ordinating a shift

Qualifications/ Education

Essential

• Evidence of professional/clinical knowledge in area supplemented by specialist clinical, managerial training and CPD
• Mentorship/Teaching Qualification
• Post registration qualification in (appropriate area of speciality)

Desirable

• Leadership qualification (e.g. LEO)

Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Thomas' Hospital

Westminster bridge road

London

SE1 7EH

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