Cardiac Catheter Suite Senior Sister/Charge Nurse
The closing date is 15 July 2025
Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Sister to join our team at Royal Derby Hospital, Cardiac Catheter Suite.
The Cardiac Catheter Suite comprises of two theatre rooms, soon to be 3 rooms in 2025. The team supports the Cardiology consultants in performing percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI), or simple and complex devices (pacemakers). The cardiac catheter suite is a day case unit that supports the cardiology flow in the Trust, and the imminent Cath Lab Replacement programme will support the flow and increase our cardiology activity through our theatre rooms.
The post holder will show a particular interest in Cardiology and Day Case Activity . Full responsibility, accountability, and leadership, will be needed for the daily management and organisation of the cath labs. This will require assessments, planning, implementation and evaluation of the specialty needs closely working with the operational management team.
Focus will be required to work closely with fellow Lead Practitioners (Radiographers and Physiologists) and Senior Sisters from all the cardiology areas in conjunction with the Operational Manager and Matron across the wider UHDB team, ensuring smooth, efficient and effective pre, intra and post operative care delivery.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide clinical management, staffing management, operational support and leadership for the Cardiac Catheter Suite to ensure a patient focused care delivery. This will incorporate undertaking a co-ordinator role, management of day-to-day activities, trouble shooting and working collaboratively with MDT to maximise efficiency of the service. A keen interest in driving and developing the Cardiology Strategy Plan is required.
The successful candidate will take responsibility for financial budgets, targets and cost savings with regular finance meeting.
Ensuring that Guidelines, National and Local policies, Infection control measures, Audit collection and Quality Assurance is maintained and adhered too. From these assessments to provide improvement pathways to ensure best practice is achieved, which is evidenced based.
Closing date of applications: 15 July 2025
Interview date: 29 July 2025
About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
- Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
- On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
- UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff
Details
Date posted
01 July 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£46,148 to £52,809 a year pro rata pa
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
320-MED-1675
Job locations
Royal Derby Hospital
New Uttoxeter Road
Derby
DE22 3NE
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Derby Hospital
New Uttoxeter Road
Derby
DE22 3NE
Employer's website
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Employer contact details
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