Role Summary
An exciting opportunity to develop your acute care skills in a Cardiology setting. As a Band 5 you will be given responsibility for a small group of patients within the acute Cardiology setting.
The Registered Nurse in the Coronary Care Unit is a valued and pivotal role within our Cardiology Nursing team. The values that we recognise in our Nursing team that we uphold the trust values of being honest and integrity, fairness, respect and dignity, passion and dedication. If you recognise these qualities in yourself? You will fit in well with our team.
About the Role
For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.
More detail about the role
Previous Cardiology experience is not required but recognised. We are proud as a department to offer weekly teaching and we also hold Cardiology bespoke study days, as well as on the job training. With working in Cardiology, we offer great opportunities to further your career pathway, with various Nursing roles.
This job can be challenging but you will feel the satisfaction that you achieve with the rewards of the job. You will need to be caring and compassionate, keen and enthusiastic, have great communication skills and thrive on meeting the needs of others and working with the Multi-disciplinary team – if this is you, we know that you would be a real asset to our Clinical team and give you a huge pride in your daily working achievements.
The Coronary Care is a 7 bedded, high dependency unit, we provide 24/7 care to our patients to ensure that any patient that requires Percutaneous Coronary intervention, is able to undergo this treatment as per NICE guidelines. Working on this unit, you will likely care for patients and their families that have undergone a range of Cardiological Cardiac interventions. For example, Temporary wires, Treatment for VT and Bradycardia.
We do this through a variety of day and night shifts, of which you would be expected to partake in, in order to support our patients through all aspects of their care. This allows you to create a positive work life balance and work with an assortment of colleagues within the Clinical team.
As a department we strongly believe in ensuring that our team feel well looked after and maintain a good balance of your health and wellbeing. We organise different events throughout the year that is to be inclusive to all.
Working Pattern: 37.5 hours a week, to include rotation to nights
Interview Date: Wednesday 9th August 2023
For further information please contact Jan Lobban, Clinical Nurse Manager on 01392 402837 janette.lobban@nhs.net
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
About Us
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do, click here to find out more
It has never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you will help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
Benefits
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you are starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You will benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we will help you get there.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You will have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we would love to hear from you.
