Job summary
Registered Nurse - Cath Lab – Training Position| Maidstone
Part Time Permanent | Competitive Salary in line with Agenda for Change.
Are you a registered nurse with an interest in Interventional Cardiology? Would you like to expand your skills into a specialist area? Do you want to develop your career your way?
Due to a growth in service, we have a very rare and exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Registered Nurse with an interest in interventional Cardiology to join the only Private and Self Pay Cardiac Catheter Laboratory in Kent as a trainee Cardiac Cath Lab Staff Nurse. You will be fully trained in the pre-assessment of Cath Lab patients, processing the admission and recovery of patients, and scrubbing and running for procedures.
This role is ideally suited to a Registered Nurse with post registration experience and a desire to develop specialist skills and gain expert cardiac knowledge in coronary angiograms, PCI, Pacing and EP Studies.
Your working hours will be Hours per week, Monday - Friday, 8am - 4pm, 9am - 5pm, 10am - 6pm or 11am – 7pm on a rota basis.
Main duties of the job
Role Responsibilities include:
1. Providing care and support to patients throughout their pathway with KIMS Hospital including pre-operative assessment right through to discharge
2. Scrub for a case load of patients undergoing cardiac procedures including catheterisation, pacing and ICD fitting
3. Ensure the patient experience and well-being remain at the heart of the business at all times and best practices are implemented and maintained within the Cardiac Cath Lab
4. Assist the cardiac technicians and radiographers as necessary in placing ECG electrodes, setting up transducers and preparing equipment ready for procedures
5. Day to day duties of a cardiac nurse including taking bloods, cannulation, performing angiograms, pacing’s as well as assessing and monitoring patients
About us
KIMS Hospital is the largest independent hospital in Kent and we care about our staff. We support our staff in building a career and encourage them to feel their worth and enjoy their time at work. Our One Team culture creates a working environment that offers you the time to care, and allows you to develop new skills, and strengthening existing ones.
KIMS Hospital employees enjoy the following benefits:
6. Competitive Salary
7. Free Staff Parking
8. Pension Scheme
9. Private Health Insurance
10. 33 Days annual leave plus extra time off for your birthday
11. Life Assurance
12. Annual Flu Vaccination
13. Free Eye Test
14. Flexible working and annualised hours contract’s available.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information regarding this role please see the attached job description and personal specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
15. Be a Registered Nurse
Desirable
16. Have a post registration qualification in Cardiology
Experience
Essential
17. Be fully trained in resuscitation and have the ability to handle emergencies appropriately
18. Have experience in cannulation, venepuncture and carrying out ECG`s
Desirable
19. Have experience working in a Cath Lab
20. Have demonstrable knowledge of current nursing and clinical developments.