Job summary
CardiologyCath Lab Nurse | Cath Lab/Nurse | Band 5/6 | Full Time Permanent | Bristol | Negotiable salary plus excellent benefits and £3k joining bonus
Spire Bristol Hospital is looking for a Cardiology Cath Lab Nurse on a full time basis. The role will be to provide exemplary planned care for patients both pre and post cardiac catheter lab procedures. To ensure the team delivers effective patient care by providing appropriate clinical leadership. To participate in the pre-assessment of all cath lab patients (when required). And to develop and improve the cardiology service (Cath Lab, Cardiology OPD and Cardiology POA)
Main duties of the job
Duties and responsibilities:
1. Develop practice in the assessment of health and wellbeing needs
2. Develop practice in addressing and assessing an individuals health and wellbeing needs
3. Provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information
4. Develop knowledge and practice in an area of work
5. Develops a working environment and culture that actively improves health, safety and security
6. Develop and improve services
7. Improve quality
8. Enable people to exercise their rights and promote their equality and diversity
9. Lead others in the development of knowledge, ideas and work practice within the specialty of cardiology
10. Plan, monitor and quality assure the application of technology for measurement, monitoring and treatment
About us
At Spire Healthcare, caring is our passion. We have been putting patients at the heart of everything we do for over 25 years. We're committed to looking after people, both patients and staff. We deliver high standards of care to our insured, self-pay and NHS patients across 39 hospitals and 33 clinics, medical centres and consulting rooms. Our successful business is led by an experienced and stable senior management team, we provide the highest quality of care through the latest medical technology, new facilities, and a focus on inspiring leadership and employee development. We have achieved our market leading position because of our Purpose, which is to 'make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care'. Everyone at Spire is aligned to this purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion, passion and collaboration across our business, enabling us to achieve more than 98% of our hospitals being rated 'Good' or 'Outstanding' by the Regulators; these are sector leading standards.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Who we're looking for:
11. NMC registered
12. Minimum of 1-2 years post-graduation experience in Cath Lab
13. Ideally having cardiology experience, but training is provided
14. Excellent communication skills
15. Good team player
16. Experience in circulating and scrubbing for a variety of cardiac cath lab procedures
17. ILS
18. Working as a practitioner in and across multi-disciplinary teams
19. Experience of applying clinical reasoning skills to a range of complex and varied patient case mixes
20. Challenging consultants to influence evidence-based practice
21. Share evidence based practices with colleagues to enhance service and standards
22. Experience of working in partnership with consultants and participating in creating innovative solution for the service
23. Competence across a range of nursing skills supported by professional and clinical knowledge
24. Possess the mandatory training requirements for role including infection control and health and safety competencies.
25. Possess equipment and medical devices competencies
26. Trained on MS Office and other relevant packages
27. English language to IELTS
28. Auditing skills across clinical standards and departments
29. Professional assessment skills
Benefits:
We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:
35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
Spire for you reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
Free Bupa wellness screening
Private medical insurance
Life assurance
Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park
We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.
Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group that has been putting patients at the heart of everything we do for over 40 years. We have 39 hospitals, 10 clinics and a Specialist Cancer Care Centre across England, Wales and Scotland.
For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Mark Ballard
For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.
Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
30. Please see above
Experience
Essential
31. Please see above