Job responsibilities
Cardiothoracic Senior Staff Nurse
Nuffield Health St Bartholomew's Hospital | Hospital | Permanent | Full time |
Salary: £35,750 - £48,000 | Additional shift enhancements and overtime uplifts for nights and weekends above 15% of the equivalent hourly rate |Bank holidays uplifts will be double time.
Nuffield Health is Britain's largest not-for-profit healthcare organisation. Our family of 37 award winning hospitals, 112 fitness and wellbeing clubs, healthcare clinics and over 160 onsite workplace wellbeing services are united in our purpose to build a healthier nation.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Cardiothoracic Senior Staff Nurse to join our team in our new hospital in London, Nuffield Health at St Bartholomew's Hospital. At Nuffield Health we are committed to providing our patients with the highest standards of care, and we want you to be the best you can be, so you can deliver the best care possible, by providing you with development opportunities, and a unique wellbeing offering.
Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, with cardiothoracic surgical specialist skills training should ideally include postgraduate qualifications and a minimum of ILS, ideally ALS / CALS. You will have extensive experience in managing patients cardiothoracic patients, be accustomed to being the Nurse in Charge of the shift and have experience in mentoring. You must have a good knowledge of cardiothoracic and will have a minimum of 2 years' experience in working in the field of cardiothoracic. You'll be accountable for leading, motivating, educating and supervising the nursing and multidisciplinary team.
You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team and you will be able to provide clinical leadership, act as a mentor and role model, manage complex patient care, and lead the unit in the absence of the Sister/Charge Nurse. You will support individuals and teams to deliver safe, high quality and effective patient care that is responsive to the needs of our patients and their families. Along the way, you'll build strong relationships with consultants, hospital senior leaders, a wide range of healthcare professionals and, of course, patients.
As a Cardiothoracic Senior Staff Nurse you will:
Report and investigate clinical incidents and risks, completing all documentation and suggesting potential solutions.
Support the development of clinical cardiothoracic competencies in line with clinical needs, policy recommendations, risk assessments and evidence-based guidelines.
Take on additional responsibilities and extend the scope of practice in accordance with patient, clinical and service needs e.g. BLS Trainer/Link Practitioner.
Take charge of a shift, co-ordinating and delivering work activities and leading clinical colleagues and students, in accordance with skill mix.
Deputise for Clinical Leaders during their absence.
Nuffield Health at St Bartholomew's Hospital: The City of London's only independent hospital, situated next to St Bartholomew's NHS hospital. This is our flagship centre for cardiac services and we also provide a full range of surgical and medical services, including: orthopaedics, oncology, general surgery, gynaecology and urology services.
The hospital consists of:
48 inpatient and day case bedrooms
28 consultation rooms
Three digital operating theatres
Cardiac catheterisation lab
Specialist intensive care beds
Oncology day unit
Endoscopy and minor ops theatre
Full diagnostic imaging suite including MRI, CT, ultrasound, mammography and general X-ray
Be your best and join us in building a healthier nation. We promise to support you with training, career development and our unique lifestyle and financial wellbeing benefits package. This includes free membership of your local Nuffield Health Fitness and Wellbeing Club, an annual health assessment, as well as a range of lifestyle and financial wellbeing benefits.
Helping you feel good.
We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind. Choose from private healthcare to free financial advice, a cycle to work scheme, emotional wellbeing support and more. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what's important to you.
Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.
If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it's a good idea to apply right away to ensure you're considered for this role.
It starts with you.
For more information please contact Hiring Manager Neha Chouhan at neha.chouhan@nuffieldhealth.com