Registered Nurse | Cath Lab

Job description
37.5 Hours per week | Competitive Salary in line with Agenda for Change.

Are you a registered nurse with experience working in Coronary Care? Do you want to develop your career in an amazing Cardiology Centre?

Due to a growth in service with now 2 Cardiac Cath Labs and a Cardiac ward, we have a very rare and exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and passionate Registered Nurse to join our Cardiac Cath Lab as a Staff Nurse.

You will be responsible for managing a busy list including the pre-assessment, scrub, circulatory and recovery nursing of Cardiac Cath Lab patients.

This role is ideally suited to a Registered Nurse with post registration experience and knowledge in Coronary Care, this could be a CCU background, Cardiac Cath Lab or an Acute Medical Ward.

Your working hours will be 37.5 Hours per week, Monday – Friday, 8am – 4pm, +am – 5pm, 10am – 6pm or 11am – 7pm on a rota basis.

Role Responsibilities include:
• Providing care and support to patients throughout their pathway with KIMS Hospital including pre-operative assessment right through to discharge.
• Scrub for a case load of patients undergoing cardiac procedures including catheterisation, pacing and ICD fitting.
• Ensure the patient experience and well-being remain at the heart of the business at all times and best practices are implemented and maintained within the Cardiac Cath Lab.
• Day to day duties of a cardiac nurse including taking bloods, cannulation, performing angiograms, pacing’s as well as assessing and monitoring patients.

Person Specification:
• Be a Registered Nurse.
• Have experience working in a Cath Lab, CCU or Acute Medicine.
• Be fully trained in resuscitation and have the ability to handle emergencies appropriately.
• Have experience in cannulation, venepuncture and carrying out ECG’s.
• Have a post registration training in Cardiology.
• Have demonstrable knowledge of current nursing and clinical developments.

KIMS Hospital is the largest independent hospital in Kent and we care about our staff. We support our staff in building a career and encourage them to feel their worth and enjoy their time at work. Our One Team culture creates a working environment that offers you the time to care, and allows you to develop new skills, and strengthen existing ones.

KIMS Hospital employees enjoy the following benefits:
• Free Staff Parking.
• Pension Scheme.
• Private Health Insurance.
• 33 Days annual leave plus extra time off for your birthday.
• Life Assurance.
• Free Eye Test.
• Flexible working and annualised hours contracts available.

At KIMS Hospital we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive working environment. We strive to create a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and are proud to be an equal opportunities and disability confident employer.

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