Band 5 Pre-assessment Nurse-Cardiology

Job summary

The HGS hospitals (part of University Hospitals Birmingham) Cardiology department currently spans three hospital sites, Birmingham Heartlands, Solihull and Good Hope Hospitals.

As a centre of excellence for cardiac care we boast a national reputation for the provision of high quality, effective and a patient focussed approach towards nursing care. We have a full range of modern cardiology services.

Bring your enthusiasm, passion and experience for cardiology nursing to our directorate and we will offer you opportunity to build your expertise in the speciality.

We currently have a vacancy for a part time (23 hrs) band 5 cardiology pre-operative assessment nurse.

The key focus of this role is to ensure patients are prepared physically and psychologically for their planned cardiology procedure, ensuring appropriate information provision and identifying potential discharge concerns.

The pre-operative assessment clinics are nurse led and will be based at GHH with the flexibility to work alongside the cardiac catheter lab team across GHH, Solihull and BHH if pre op lists are up to date.

The role requires you to have knowledge of interventional cardiology procedures such as angiography, PCI and pacemaker implantation, however a period of training will be arranged.

For further information or to arrange an informal visit please contact

Adekunbi Lawson

Kirsty Mccarren 0121 424 3090/ 0419/ 7650

Main duties, tasks & skills required

The key focus of this role is to ensure patients are prepared physically and psychologically for their planned cardiology procedure, ensuring appropriate information provision and identifying potential discharge concerns.

The pre-operative assessment clinics are nurse led and will be based at GHH with the flexibility to work alongside the cardiac catheter lab team across GHH, Solihull and BHH if pre op lists are up to date.

The role requires you to have knowledge of interventional cardiology procedures such as angiography, PCI and pacemaker implantation, however a period of training will be arranged.

For further information or to arrange an informal visit please contact

Adekunbi Lawson

Kirsty Mccarren 0121 424 3090/ 0419/ 7650

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

*Please Note*: For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

* NMC professional qualification.

* Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC

* IT skills ability to record information electronically.

Experience

Essential

* Strong communication skills.

* Computer literate.

* Efficient with worklo Understanding and knowledge of the NMC code of conduct ad.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For help with your application, contact: 

Donna Nicks 

donna.nicks@uhb.nhs.uk