Registered Nurse

Are you a motivated, forward thinking and dynamic individual who is passionate about high standards of patient care? If you are then we have exciting opportunities for enthusiastic Registered Nurses to be a part of our team on the Coronary Care Unit. We are a 12 bed high dependency unit providing care for a variety of patients with different cariology issues. We accept admissions from The Emergency department, Medical Assessment Unit, Outpatient Clinics, Catheter Suite as well as directly from the Ambulance. We are looking for an experienced nurse to become a valued member of our team. The Coronary Care Unit is a supportive and friendly unit where we pride ourselves in providing outstanding patient care. The successful candidate will be expected to complete a few weeks in the cardiac catheter suite to become competent to be part of the PPCI team.Main duties of the job You will be educated in how to use Balloon Pumps, CPAP, CVADs, Cannulation, Venepuncture, Cardiac Monitoring, to assist in PPCI, perform ECGs and ECG interpretation. We take a Multi-disciplinary approach with all our patients, providing compassionate, individualised and holistic care. We are closely linked to the Cardiac Catheter Suite, Cardiac Clinical Nurse Specialists, Cardiac Rehabilitation and Ward 408. The ward has a supportive, motivated Senior Team who have a passion for developing their team and patient care. We are dynamic and open to change embracing the ever changing demands of our busy service. We offer a supernumerary period supported by our fantastic team and we offer the opportunity for various insight visits to support you every step of the way from recruitment.

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together. Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work. In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.