Job overview
We are looking for experienced staff nurses who are passionate about working in a supportive learning environment and who are keen to progress to a band role.
Main duties of the job
We are excited to announce that Acute Cardiac Care (ACCU) within the Cardiology Ward has an exciting opportunity to join the specialist unit. ACCU is a bedded unit located on the Cardiology ward, which also consists of HDU beds, side rooms and bays. We care for all aspects of cardiac medicine including; Intervention, Electrophysiology, Structural and Adult Congenital.
We are looking for experienced staff nurses who are passionate about working in a supportive learning environment and who are keen to progress to a band role or are already acting as a band and want to experience working within the OUH. You will act as senior cover on ACCU, managing your patients, supporting the other staff on the unit and managing the primary PCI pathway making active clinical decisions about the patients needs based on their ECG and background given.
The John Radcliffe Hospital (JR) is an award-winning hospital and is Oxfordshire's main accident and emergency site. The JR provides acute medical and surgical services including trauma, intensive care and cardiothoracic services. It is part of Oxford University Hospitals which is one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in the UK and has a national and international reputation for the excellence of our services and our role in teaching and research. The OUH values are Learning, Respect, Delivery, Excellence, Compassion and Improvement and these underpin everything we do.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the .