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King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

About

We are one of London's largest and busiest teaching Trusts, with a strong profile of local services primarily serving the boroughs of Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham.

Our specialist services are available to patients across a wider catchment area, providing nationally and internationally recognised work in liver disease and transplantation, neurosciences, haemato-oncology and foetal medicine.

Source - Trust Website

Contact

Address: King's College Hospital; Denmark Hill; London; SE5 9RS
Contact Number: 0203 299 9000

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Ref: 213-NUR-DH-6169191 Vacancy ID: 6169191

Experienced Staff Nurse - Cardiac Catheter Lab

Closed for applications on: 2-Apr-2024 00:03

Vacancy status: Closed

Closed for applications on: 2-Apr-2024 00:03

Location

Site: King's College Hospital
Address: Denmark Hill
Town: London
Postcode: SE5 9RS
Major / Minor Region: London

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £34,089 - £41,498 per annum including High Cost Area
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 5)

Specialty

Main area: Nursing

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.

We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main duties and responsibilities:

Clinical Practice

To practice within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and adhere to this at all times
To assess, plan and evaluate individualised programmes of care for patients in partnership with the patient, their carers and the multi- disciplinary team
To support and assist in the health education of patient’s and their families
To work in the elective patient areas admitting caring for patient pre and post procedure and discharge.
To recover GA patients; discharge home or admitted to ward.
Looking after patients from other hospitals and transferred back to local.
Looking after emergency patient as part of the PAMI service.
To participate in the on call rota for out of hours emergency work
To cover the non-invasive cardiology work list
To ensure care is delivered in accordance with latest evidence based practice guidelines
To ensure that patients and next of kin are informed as appropriate and as consented to by the patient themselves
To maintain up to date and comprehensive records of care in accordance with NMC and legal requirements
To maintain patient confidentiality at all times
To practice within the Unit philosophy
To support junior colleagues, students, and visitors to the department

2. Education and Research

To assist in the teaching and practice development of junior colleagues and students
To demonstrate the use of information and research findings to support and promote evidence based practice within the clinical area
To participate in research and audit within the unit
To assist in setting up protocols and guidelines to enhance best practice
To assist in auditing of these protocols and guidelines
To participate in Trust and Care Group initiatives to develop nursing practice

3. Management

To manage an agreed workload with support from colleagues and senior staff as appropriate
To ensure that all Trust and local policies, protocols and procedures are adhered to by colleagues as appropriate
To work within and support the multi-disciplinary team
To maintain effective communication and professional relationships with all areas within the Care Group and with associated clinical areas within the Trust
To participate with the monitoring of standards of hygiene and cleanliness on the ward / department and report as appropriate
To share knowledge and skills developed with other members of the multi- disciplinary team
To participate in reflection & / or Clinical Supervision sessions as provided
To observe personal responsibility for resource management
To observe a general duty of care for the health, safety and well–being of self, work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital, in addition to any specific risk management associated with this post

4. Personal Professional Development

To achieve a range of clinical competencies as required within the Trust and Care Group
To maintain your own personal and professional development in accordance with PREP requirements, attending mandatory study sessions as required
To undergo and actively participate in your own performance appraisals
To keep up to date with NMC & Trust guidelines and protocols
To adhere to the NMC Code of Professional conduct working within and accepting responsibility for maintaining agreed levels of competence

IMPORTANT

Check your email account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you
If you delete the job from any of your accounts, you may be prevented from accessing further communications
To enquire about your application or inform us of any changes in your circumstances, please contact the named person on this advert
Please provide email addresses for referees where possible
Click here to see the range of benefits we offer
Please review the documentation on our recruitment microsite, particularly the Trust’s criminal records checking policy
All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. On occasion, we might close a vacancy early due to a high number of applications being received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Annual Reports and Other Corporate Publications

King's Health Partners Academic Health Science Centre Website

King's College Hospital is part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC), a pioneering collaboration between King's College London, and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts.

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.