Location : Alexandra Hospital - Cheadle
Functional Area : Clinical - Contract ~ Nursing
Proposed Hours Per Week: 37.5
Role Hours : Full Time
Role Type : Permanent
Alexandra Hospital in Cheadle has a vacancy for a Registered Nurse - Catheter Lab / Interventional Radiology to join their team of staff.
This role is offered on a full time, permanent basis at 37.5 hours per week.
Applicants should meet the following criteria:
· RGN - Diploma or degree desirable.
· Must have proven experience as Staff Nurse (Band 5) in invasive cardiology, interventional radiology or critical care nursing.
· Actively maintain own professional development in accordance with service needs, evolving legislation and professional issues in conjunction with NMC policies and guidelines.
· Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
· Experience of applying clinical reasoning skills across a range and varied patient case mix and competent across a range of skills
Duties of this role include:
· To ensure that standards of patient care are consistently maintained at all times in accordance with agreed operational policies as a skilled member of the team.
· To promote and safeguard the well-being and interests of all patients, colleagues and visitors.
· To provide scrub skills to cardiologists and radiologists during interventional procedures.
· To provide patient monitoring and patient care during procedures where sedation or a general anaesthetic is required..
· Provide support and assistance to the multi-disciplined team within the Imaging & Cardiology unit.
· Be actively involved in scheduling of procedures, pre admission, pre and post procedural patient support.
Please see attached role profile for further detailed information on the responsibilities and accountabilities of this vacancy.
If you are committed to delivering excellence in patient care and would like to work for an organization that values its staff, patients and consultants, we would like to hear from you. To be considered for this role, please complete our brief online application form.
Salary : Competitive salary plus benefits
Closing date : 27/11/2016
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