Staff Nurse

Main area: SBH BARTS HEART CENTRE

Grade: Band 5

Contract: Permanent - Additional 12 months Fixed Term Contract

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job ref: 521SBH

Site: St Bartholomew's Hospital

Town: London

Salary: £35,964 - £43,780 per annum inc

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 20/03/:59

About Us:

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

Job Overview

Ward 3A Coronary Care Unit is recruiting for Band 5 nurses to join our nursing team.

Our Coronary Care Unit is a dynamic forward thinking unit and provides the ideal opportunity for both experienced cardiac nurses to further develop cardiac and leadership skills and an opportunity for those looking to start a career in cardiology.

Applicants will need to have one year post registration experience.

Applicants should be able to:

• Demonstrate an understanding of acute nursing, preferably experience within cardiology.

• Display effective communication and interpersonal skills.

• Deliver high quality patient focused care.

• Commit to improving clinical practice.

• Share in personal and staff development.

Part of the country's largest Heart centre the unit cares for a wide variety of cardiology patients including those admitted through our busy emergency Heart attack and Arrhythmia pathways. Successful candidates will gain experience caring for patient requiring Level 2 critical care support including CPAP, inotropic and Intra-aortic balloon pump therapy.

Education, training and development are an important philosophy of the units and access is provided to courses both in-house and at partner universities. 3A is lucky enough to have their own dedicated teaching Sister who supports all staff in their development and works closely with new starters.

Main duties of the job

The aim of this post is to provide direct patient care and enhance the well- being of patients by developing specific clinical competencies and enhancing knowledge through a lifelong learning approach.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

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 documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

RGN/RN NMC registration
Post registration experience
Intravenous accreditation

Desirable criteria

Prep for mentorship course or equivalent
Previous Coronary Care or Cardiology Ward experience

Skills

Essential criteria

Good interpersonal skills
Ability to work as a team member
Ability to manage own workload
Demonstrates clear verbal and written communication skills
Positive attitude and ability to work under pressure
Adaptability to changing workload
Willing to broaden knowledge and learn specific competencies.
Ability to respond positively to constructive criticism

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals' who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Heath NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.