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Sister/Charge Nurse
The closing date is 29 July 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join The Coronary Care Unit for a 6 month secondment. We are looking for an enthusiastic nurse with minimum of 3 years cardiology experience looking to develop their career further into a Band 6 role.
If you are ready to to progress your career and develop leadership skills in a Coronary Care environment this may be the opportunity for you.
We are a 13 bedded high dependency unit, caring for critically unwell patients ranging from a number of cardiac conditions. As a Band 6 sister/charge nurse you will be responsible for co-ordinating the care of the patients in the unit and ensuring delivery of high quality care to our patients from the team.
1- Permanent Post
Main duties of the job
As a Band 6 Sister on the critical care your duties will include the following skills on a shift by shift basis:
-Interpretation and assessment of ECG's.
-Co-ordination and management of The Coronary Care Unit including the co-ordination of admissions and discharges and managing capacity within the unit.
-Ensuring safe staffing levels are maintained by management of rosters and escalating to the ward manager as required
-Providing support and guidance to junior members of the team caring for critically ill patients.
-Working within the multi disciplinary team to ensure safe and effective care is delivered to critically ill patients.
-Ensuring The Coronary Care Unit has sufficient resources to deliver high quality care and escalate to senior staff if there is a deficit.
-Actively engage with staff's development and supervision through education, appraisals and mentorship.
-Adhere to current policies in relation to infection control, Health and Safety and Well being of the staff
Closing date of applications: 29 July 2025
Interview date: 12 August 2025
If you are applying for an Internal Secondment, please ensure you have spoken to your line manager and have their support prior to your application. Please speak to the Recruitment Team if you have any questions.
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.
Job responsibilities
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Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert (below).
Person Specification
Qualifications
* NMC Registration
* Minimum 3 years Cardiology experience
* Degree or equivilent
Experience/Knowledge
* Able to interpret ECGs
* Able to demonstrate a good understanding of cardiac conditions
* Advanced Life Support Provider
* ECG interpretation module
Skills
* Evidence of excellent communication skills
* Teaching experience
* Evidence of leadership
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
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