Job overview

We are expanding our nursing workforce in the Cardiac Angiography Suite. We undertake diagnostic angiograms, pacemaker insertion and box changes, ILR, Cardioversions, insertion of ICD’s and TOE. The role incudes pre op care, recovering patients post procedure and working in the catheter lab itself as both circulating nurse and scrub nurse.

Main duties of the job

To support the ward/department Sister/Charge Nurse and their deputy in the 
implementation of their role.
 To practice as a named nurse/team leader taking responsibility for a defined caseload of 
patients on a continuing basis.
 To assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care for a defined caseload.
 In the absence of Sister/Charge Nurse effectively manage complaints and report to 
Matron.
 To promote collaborative working partnership and effective communication between all 
members of the multi-disciplinary team.
 To ensure clinical incident/near misses within the sphere of responsibility are managed 
in a timely manner. In the absence of the Sister/Charge Nurse report action taken to 
minimize risk.
 To develop links with all care agencies to facilitate seamless care delivery.
 Promote health and wellness through practice and education of patients, relatives, carers 
and staff.
 To take responsibility for developing innovative practice and leading the implementation 
of such practices, to enhance patient care

Working for our organisation

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire University NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.

More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.