Staff Nurse - Cardiac Cath Lab

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join our team working in the Cardiac Catheter labs providing care and support for patients within the Cardiology Department.

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has 2 Cardiac Catheter Labs and a 7 bedded day ward/recovery area. Staff work across both areas to ensure that they experience all aspects of the care from admission to discharge following Cardiology procedures.

We undertake a number of Cardiology procedures including coronary angiography and PCI (Percutaneous Coronary Intervention), Primary PCI, Implantable Loop Recorders (ILR), Pacemakers including Biventricular pacemakers and ICD's and Transoesophageal echocardiograms (TOE).

The candidate will ideally have relevant Cath Lab or Cardiology experience however this is not essential as an internal teaching and training programme is provided. The successful applicant will be expected to have completed or be prepared to embark on the ILS (immediate life support) course.

The candidate should have excellent communication, enthusiasm, organisational skills and a commitment to work flexibly within a multi-disciplinary team. If this is you, we encourage you to apply!

Please note that successful applicant once deemed competent will be expected to participate on the on-call rota. This is currently a Monday-Friday service.

The post holder should have excellent communication, enthusiasm, organisational skills and be able to work flexibly.

Your main duties within the Cath Lab would be to care for patients pre and post procedures when working within our day ward/recovery bay. This will include being responsible for admitting patients, performing pre procedure safety checks, offering emotional support if required pre and post procedure and caring for the patient up to the point of discharge or transfer to the ward.

Within the cardiac Cather Lab training will be given in both circulating/monitoring the patient as well as scrubbing for procedures such as angiogram/angioplasty's and implantation of devices such as pacemakers and ICD's.

Clinical skills - Venepuncture; cannulation and IV drug administration skills would be ideal, but not essential.

At DCHFT, we pride ourselves on the care we provide for our patients, and on the culture, we are creating for our staff. We work hard to create a fair, inclusive environment for our staff.

Our Mission is to provide outstanding care for people in ways which matter to them, and our vision is Dorset County Hospital, working with our health and social care partners, will be at the heart of improving the well-being of our communities.

We are a Trust that celebrates diversity, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from people in all under-represented groups.

We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidate’s individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role.

All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety. Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements. Where we have concerns that AI has been used to generate content that misrepresents your experience and suitability for the role, we may withdraw your application.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kerry Clark Job title: Cardiac Catheter Lab Sister Email address: Sign in to view email Telephone number: 01305 254990