Senior Staff Nurse

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With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

Hammersmith Hospital is ICHT's specialist hospital based in East Acton and renowned for its strong research connections. It offers a range of services including renal, haematology, cancer and cardiology care, and provides the regional specialist heart attack centre.

We are seeking to appoint two Band 6 Senior Staff Nurses for Ward C8.

C8 comprises of 18 mixed cardiology and care of elderly beds. Pulmonary hypertension patients requiring assessment and ongoing treatment, heart failure patients needing stabilisation of their condition and TAVI patients' pre/post procedure are all cared for within this setting. C8 provides holistic care for patients who have completed their cardiac interventions and requiring rehabilitation prior to their discharge.

ECG interpretation skills are essential for these posts. Our band 6 team both lead and co-ordinate with multidisciplinary teams; Band 6s out of hours would be the point of contact and will hold the bed bleep for cardiology.

We are looking for experienced cardiology nurses who are knowledgeable, ambitious and safety focused. The successful candidates will put the patients at the centre of all they do, with a special interest in caring for older adults, patients with cognitive impairment and dementia as well as patients with pulmonary hypertension.

You should be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills as it is an essential part of the role - direct communication with the medical team, patients relatives and other members of the multi disciplinary team who are actively involved in the patients treatment plans.

The Directorate will offer further development that can be tailored to the successful candidate/s and include both leadership and clinical components.

Main duties of the job

• Providing high quality, effective, individualised nursing care to patients across all three sites by assessing their needs and developing, implementing and evaluating care plans without supervision.
• The post holder will be expected to liaise appropriately with all key members of the multi-disciplinary team and service users related to the speciality.
• To be responsible for all aspects of patient care including the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of direct patient care with supervision from senior staff.
• To support the ward manager to monitor the safety and quality of care for patients. Maintaining accurate clinical observations of patients, utilising nursing skills and competencies.
• To manage a group of Nursing Assistants and assign delegated tasks and responsibility as appropriate. Assisting in the teaching and development of nursing assistants and students, helping them to achieve their learning outcomes.
• To ensure the compliance of mandatory training and appraisal requirements for delegated Nursing Assistants.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education/ qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse - Valid NMC PIN
• Minimum of 4 years acute cardiology and 3 years CCU experience
• Relevant Specialist course CCU/HDU

Desirable criteria

• Educated to Degree level

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience of caring for level 1 and 2 patients in a coronary care setting or heart attack centre.
• Ability to manage a group of level 1 and 2 patients independently
• NIV/CPAP training/experience

Desirable criteria

• Bed Management

Skills/knowledge/ abilities

Essential criteria

• Able to manage complex discharges
• Pre and Post interventional procedure care
• Good clinical skills and a commitment
• An awareness of current developments in nursing and a knowledge of the NMC Code
• Basic IT skills

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job description (PDF, 712.3KB)
• Functional Requirement Form (PDF, 304.6KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)