Staff Nurse Cath Lab

Job summary

An exciting opportunity to join our Cardiac Catheter Lab at Musgrove Park for a Band 5 nurse on a permanent basis .

Excellent communication, interpersonal and time management skills are required, and committed team players with the ability to work collaboratively with other departments involved in delivering care to cardiac patients within the Lab.

The Cardiac Cath lab, Duchess Building at Musgrove and has 3 dedicated hybrid labs and a Day Case unit which operates as a radial lounge. We provide acute and elective coronary work for Somerset, performing over 1000 PCIs, including 250 PPCIs per year. We can offer our patients a range of specialist cardiac services from diagnostic testing and imaging, complex PCI including Shockwave, CSI, and Laser alongside a well-established CTO service. We also offer a range of pacing services from basic to complex devices (ICD/CRT &sICD) The unit is very forward thinking and consistently reviewing its practices to expand our clinical services and meet the needs of our ever-growing population. The unit completed a full system refurbishment in January 2021 which included 3 new fully integrated Siemens Artis Q Labs. We have recently introduced a new automated inventory/ stock control management system for the labs to ensure time can be spent where it is needed most, at the bed side.

If you are interested, please contact Senior Sister Charlotte Baker- charlotte.baker@somersetft.nhs.uk on 01823 343467 to discuss the role.

Main duties of the job

The Cardiac Catheter Lab at Musgrove Park Hospital is looking to recruit enthusiastic nurses that would like to develop their skills and career within Cardiology. We are looking for nurses that have excellent communication skills, interpersonal and time management skills, be a committed team player with the ability to work collaboratively with other departments involved in delivering care to Cardiac Patients within the Lab.

Delivery of patient care on a daily basis, using the systems in place in the ward for a multi-disciplinary approach to patient-centred care delivery, which builds on the philosophy of greater involvement of patients and their relatives/carers by using the Trusts patient and public involvement strategy.

ExperiencedBand 5 post holders will also provide effective clinical and managerial leadership of a ward, in the absence of the senior and junior Ward Sister, which empowers staff to deliver patient-centred, evidence based nursing care. Authorised signatory of bank nurse/agency timesheets. May request authorisation of bank nurses and overtime under the direction of the Matron or Associate Director of Nursing..

About us

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.

The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.

There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone!