Job summary
- Main area
- General Acute
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: once trained to go on the on call rota (enhanced on call payment)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (once trained to go on the on call rota)
- Job ref
- 193-7995190UCGB5-NURSE
- Employer
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Reading
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/06/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse - Jim Shahi
Band 5
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”
Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements. The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’.
We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions
We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate
We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live
We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, we value candidates who bring their unique personalities, skills, and experiences to the Trust. When completing your application, we encourage you to highlight your individual achievements and strengths, showing us how they align with the requirements outlined in the job description and person specification. While we recognise that some applicants may use AI tools during the process, please be mindful that AI-generated responses can often lack the personal detail and relevance needed to demonstrate your suitability for the role. AI generated content is discouraged by the Trust and may diminish the candidates chances of success.
Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.
Please note: all vacancies automatically close when 50 applications have been received.
Job overview
We have a unique opening to come and work with our expert cardiac cath lab team on the Jim Shahi Unit, part of the University accredited Cardiology Department at the Royal Berkshire Hospital.
Working with our friendly team on the Jim Shahi Unit we can offer you experience in a range of cardiology diagnostic and interventional procedures as well as developing specialised skills such as scrubbing for procedures and delivering nurse led assessment and intervention.
We have a 16-bed day ward and two cardiac catheter labs - procedures undertaken include coronary angiography, percutaneous coronary intervention (angioplasty), implantable defibrillators, pacemakers and E.P. studies.
Full training and support will be given to the successful applicant.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder is responsible for undertaking and recording a
comprehensive nursing assessment and planning, delivering and evaluating high standards of evidenced based nursing care to a diverse group of patients.
Is expected to deliver care without direct supervision. Is accountable for the care delivered and any omissions of care.
Is expected to teach and supervise more junior staff, students and the non-registered nursing workforce.
Is accountable for care or any omissions of care that he/she delegates to others
Is expected to act as role model, delivering care with empathy and
compassion as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Is expected to go on the on call rota as part of the 24/7 PPCI service once fully trained in the scrub nurse role.
Working for our organisation
The town of Reading sits on the River Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford, and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work, and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.
The CQC recently rated the care provided by The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as good.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Manages own workload, co-ordinating and prioritising the care he/she delivers. Recognises his/her limitations and escalates to more senior staff if needed.
Works as an effective team member. Actively promote excellent team and interdisciplinary relationships.
Demonstrates excellent communication skills, including written, verbal and non verbal. Establish and maintain effective communication with individuals/groups about difficult or complex issues. Demonstrate appropriate assertiveness and ability to challenge others when the rights of patients and others may be infringed.
Works with team to maintain high standards of cleanliness in the clinical area and an optimum, well maintained Ward/Department environment.
Person specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse or working towards registration
Experience
Essential criteria
- Through placement or employment of working in an acute clinical environment
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates sound clinical knowledge and up to date nursing practice with evidence of critical thinking and problem solving
- Demonstrates awareness of current professional nursing issues
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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
- Suja Varghese
- Job title
- Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0118 322 6222
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