Job summary
Employer heading
Senior Sister (Coronary Care Unit)
Band 7
Job overview
Permanent Band 7 Senior Sister
Coronary Care Unit
Cardiovascular Collaborative
James Cook University Hospital
This post is for internal candidates to South Tees Trust. If you are not currently working within the trust your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.
An opportunity has arisen for a motivated, enthusiastic and dedicated nurse to join our team on the Coronary Care Unit (CCU).
Main duties of the job
To act as a clinical expert within the field of coronary / critical care and demonstrate advanced specialist skills in the assessment and treatment of acute cardiac patients.
To be responsible for the management of the unit and staff during a span of duty, offering both specialist clinical and professional support to all members of staff (medical and nursing) thus ensuring an effective clinical service. They will frequently co-ordinate a shift acting as clinical expert to CCU staff and other interlinked areas such as accident / emergency and acute admissions unit. The post holder will be expected to demonstrate advanced clinical assessment skills to triage cardiac patients to an appropriate destination liaising with relevant departments and staff. They will assess patients for emergency cardiac intervention. In addition to a shift management role the post holder will be expected to mentor, manage and develop their own individual groups of staff and be independently responsible for appraisals, sickness monitoring, discipline and grievance management.
Please note that this vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.
Working for our organisation
This is a regional centre providing acute coronary care services for patients from Durham and Tees Valley in addition to the local population. Experience in a Coronary Care setting is essential, ALS qualification also essential. Experience of working within Cardiac Catheter Lab is also preferred. The successful applicants will have opportunity to develop their clinical skills supported by in-house training.
The department encourages all staff to develop their skills and in service training will be provided. We are therefore seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic Registered General Nurses to join our teams.
South Tees is a high performing Trust, employing 9000 staff, providing acute and community services. We pride ourselves on excellence and are situated at the heart of a great place to live
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current NMC Adult Nurse Registration.
- Masters level healthcare qualification (or working towards).
- Recognised university accredited qualification in advanced ECG and rhythm analysis (may be part of above).
- Recognised university accredited qualification in physical assessment skills (may be part of above).
- Current Advanced Life Support certification.
- Current Independent Nurse Prescriber status.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Good knowledge of contemporary practice in cardiology and accuracy in analysis analysis of 12-lead ECGs and cardiac rhythms.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience of acute cardiology nursing experience at band 6 level.
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Susan Mullender
- Job title
- CCU & CADU Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01642 854801
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
The Recruitment Team
The Murray Building
The James Cook University Hospital
TS4 3BW
- Telephone
- 01642 850850, ext. 57396
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