Job Overview
Band 5 Staff Nurse (23 Hours) – Ward G9 (Cardiology)
Ward G9 is a dynamic, 20-bedded acute cardiology unit equipped with full cardiac monitoring at every bedside. We care for patients with a wide range of acute cardiac conditions including acute coronary syndromes, suspected myocardial infarctions, heart failure, and arrhythmias. Patients are admitted from various areas including Emergency Department (ED), Coronary Care Unit (CCU), Acute Medical Unit (AMU), cardiac catheter labs, cardiology outpatient clinics, and other tertiary centres.
We work closely alongside our colleagues in the Coronary Care Unit and cardiac catheter laboratories, ensuring a seamless, high-quality pathway for patients requiring specialist cardiology care.
We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Registered Nurse (Band 5) to join our friendly and committed team. The ideal candidate will have strong interpersonal and communication skills, and while previous experience in a cardiac setting is desirable, it is not essential—what matters most is your passion for learning and delivering excellent patient care.
Main duties of the job
To implement and be responsible for maintaining high standards of patient care.
* To act in accordance with policies and nursing procedures as per Trust policy.
* To co-ordinate the team in absence of the team leader or ward manager.
* To ensure confidentiality of patient records and high standards of nursing documentation.
* To escalate as appropriate any incidents, complaints and ward/staff issues.
* To participate in ongoing clinical supervision.
* Take responsibility for annual updates on current legislative/hospital issues.
* To ensure all training undertaken is evaluated to determine it’s effectiveness in practice and to ensure all objectives have been met.
* To assist in teaching programmes for student nurses/new staff and newly qualified nurses and contribute towards a positive learning environment.
* To promote good working relationships and to support the ward manager to achieve high morale within the team.
* Provide specialist advice in Cardiac procedures.
* To actively support in the promotion of health.
* To use all resources efficiently and effectively maintaining an awareness of budgetary implications.
* To carry out all administrative and nursing duties as delegated by the team leader and ward manager.
* Practice extended clinical roles eg venepuncture, cannulation, IV additives and male catheterisation.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Current NMC registration
Desirable criteria
* Undertaking or completed further academic study
* Relevant specialist course
Experience
Essential criteria
* Effective working with multi-disciplinary teams
Desirable criteria
* Some post registration cardiology experience
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Competent in basic life support
* Computer literate
* Good interpersonal skills with the ability to manage difficult / stressful situations
Desirable criteria
* Confident in teaching
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
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