Deputy Sister/ Charge Nurse inNottingham inNottingham PUBLISHED
THU 7 NOV 2024
Ideal applicants are motivated, adaptable, and possess excellent communication skills, with the ability to perform well under pressure. The position requires completion of the Advanced Life Support (ALS) course to manage cardiac emergencies and provide critical oversight when in charge of the unit. Interested candidates are encouraged to explore this opportunity further, including a visit to meet the team.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Deputy Sister / Charge Nurse on our Acute Cardiac Unit at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Acute Cardiac Unit (ACU) is a thriving busy acute Cardiology unit consisting of 20 beds and caring for those patient's in their acute phase of their cardiac illness. We care for a variety of patients with Cardiac conditions and take patients from a variety of sources: home, ED, teriarty centres, Gp, clinics. We care for patients requiring up to level 2 cardiology cares and take those requiring emergency or urgent admission.
ACU is a 20 bed acute Cardiology admissions unit. We Care for those patients that are very sick, with many Level 2 patients whilst also taking acute cardiology admissions direct from home, GP, other tertiary centres and other wards and admission areas within the trust. We have a direct admission pathway for our PPCI patients and have recently expanded to take severely Bradycardia patients via our Bradycardia pathway direct to the unit in order to relieve bed flow pressure through ED. We care for patients with many various cardiac conditions who require various treatments and procedures such as Angioplasty, ablations, TAVI, PPM and ICD insertions.
In addition to the below summary you need to familiarize yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.
We are currently classed as a yellow/Green covid area due to the fact we take direct admissions.
About us
If you are a motivated and enthusiastic individual who has a keen interest in acute Cardiology then this is the job for you!
We would love to welcome you to an interview for ACU if you have previous acute Cardiology experience, can take charge of a busy acute admission unit whilst delivering optimal patient care and providing excellent leadership on the unit when in charge. We would also expect you to have your ALS course so you can take charge and carry the cardiac arrest bleep. You will need to be able to interpret ECG's as you will be triaging PPCI and Emergency Bradycardia patients over the emergency phone.
If you are keen, motivated, adaptable, excellent a communication and cope well under pressure, ACU is the place for you.
We welcome you to come and have an informal visit and meet the excellent team we have on the unit.
If you think you meet the above, then please apply to join our amazing team on ACU
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