Senior Registered Nurse - Heart Centre

Job summary

This is a wonderful opportunity for a dynamic, motivated and innovative person to join our friendly cardiac team. We are keen to give you the opportunity to develop your skills whilst supporting you in your career development.

The Ipswich Heart Centre has two catheterisation laboratories and a 12 bedded recovery area.

You will support the delivery of coronary angiography, rotablation, stenting, cardiac implantable devices, and DC Cardioversions. You will work closely with the wider multi-disciplinary team including physiologists, radiographers, medical colleagues and admin staff.

We are looking for a highly motivated individual who is keen to develop and deliver excellent clinical care. You need to be enthusiastic, flexible and have excellent communication skills. They also need to have the ability to remain professional under pressure and have excellent leadership skills.

You will have experience of working within an acute setting, and is responsive to change. If you are an experienced nurse in this area or have a keen interest to pursue a senior role within this field, we would love to hear from you.

Hours of work are currently between Monday and Friday, between the hours of 7am to 8pm, with a requirement to provide on-call and BH cover. There will be a requirement to work shift patterns to meet the demands of the PCI service which is working towards delivering a 24/7 service.

Main duties of the job

• Be able to identify potential complications associated with radiological procedures and know how to respond to these providing appropriate quick responses to support the team in stabilising the patient
• Assist the doctor performing the investigation as a runner or scrub nurse seeking clarity of instructions wherever necessary
• To know and be able to prepare patients for specific procedures performed in radiology maintaining their safety and dignity throughout
• Upon completion of training, have attained a sufficiently high level of individual competence in order to facilitate immediate responses to emergency situations.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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