Job overview

Registered Nurse Band 6 - The Heart Centre  - Cumberland Infirmary 

The post holder will work as part of the team to provide safe, effective environment for patients, relatives and carers.

Take regular charge of the ward/unit as required. Contribute as requested by the ward manager/charge nurse to the smooth running of the ward through the acceptance of agreed additional responsibilities.

Employees should honour the trust core values by demonstrating appropriate behaviours and encouraging this in others. Demonstrate commitment to quality patient care through effective leadership and team working.

Healthcare Professionals returning to practice, moving into new roles or changing clinical environments, may access an agreed preceptorship period.

Main duties of the job

• Manage and provide all aspects of patient care. Maintaining Privacy and dignity of all patients. Adhering to trust and department policies.
• Act in accordance with the NMC code of professional conduct and demonstrates trust core values and behaviours.
• All Staff to work within designated role as scrub/circulating nurse within the PCI labs and participate in the out of hours on primary percutaneous intervention on call rota.
• Work within the cardiology departments, such as Willow C ward, CCU and The heart centre.
• Demonstrate practice based on current advances in nursing practice and research.
• Develop and establish evidence-based practice that contributes to the development and evaluation of nursing procedures in the unit.
• Undertake extended role skills as required, e.g. administration of IV drugs, defibrillation, venepuncture, cannulation
• Direct patient care by assessing, analysing patient data obtained form observations, blood results, and monitoring equipment and acting on those accordingly. Recognising the deteriorating patient and escalating to clinicians.
• Advise and recommend nursing interventions and changes to patient care following assessment, e.g. changes to pressure area care, changes to oxygen delivery.
• Administer intravenous drugs, record effect, and titrate to physiological parameters.
• Comply with infection prevention and control procedures at all times

Working for our organisation

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria.  The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’:

·       Being a clinically led organisation

·        Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust

·        A positive patient experience every time

·        A great place to work

·        Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.