Job overview

The Interventional Radiology Suite performs elective day case and urgent in patient procedures such as vascular angioplasty, fistuloplasty, hickman line insertion and biopsies, nephrostomies, biliary work and embolisation which are then recovered in the adjacent day unit.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is part of the Black Country Provider Partnership and the Interventional Radiology Suite is working alongside three other hospitals to provide a 7 day/ 24hr on call service for hemorrhage control and treatment of life threatening sepsis.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who thrives on a fast paced environment, is caring, compassionate and committed to delivering high quality standards of care. You will be expected to work alongside experienced consultants as a second assistant within a theatre environment and participate in the co-ordination and implementation of pre, peri and post-operative care for acute and chronically ill inpatients attending Interventional Radiology. You will be supported by a profile of band 6 and band 7 nurses and radiographers.

The interested applicant will undertake, or be willing to undertake, specialist clinical practices i.e. scrub nurse, working in an environment that will involve ionising radiation and the wearing of a lead apron.

You will have excellent communication skills and be expected to offer support to patients and the nurse in charge in their absence if needed.

Main duties of the job

To provide high quality nursing care and participate in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the care needs for the patient group.

To deliver compassionate person-centred care, and treat patients, service users, their families and their carers with consideration, dignity and the respect you would want for yourself or your family.

To provide relevant forms of care with minimal supervision and participate in the supervision and teaching and assessment of unregistered or junior staff and students.       

To play an active part in the continuing development of the unit or department and contribute to the maintenance of an environment conducive to the delivery of high standards of patient care, by promoting good communication and relationships between staff, patients, relatives and visitors.

To work alongside the Consultant as a scrub practitioner for interventional procedures which will involve the wearing of a lead coat due to working with ionising radiation.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve.  We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.