Staff Nurse – CCU

Cardiology at Frimley Park Hospital offers a 24 hour primary PCI service for STEMI patients. We care for patients who have acute coronary syndrome, heart failure and arrhythmias You will gain skills in caring for patients with a range of cardiac illness and be involved in cardiac procedures in the CCL.

• To provide direct nursing care to the patients with cardiology conditions.
• Prepare and undertake agreed clinical activities.
• To implement and be responsible for maintaining high standards of patient care ensuring trust policies and guidelines are adhered to.
• To ensure confidentiality of patient records and high standards of nursing documentation, in accordance with clinical governance.
• To be aware of the complaints procedure and incident reporting and be able to apply it as needed.
• To escalate as appropriate any untoward incidents, complaints and ward/staff issues.
• To participate in on-going clinical supervision and audits.
• To maintain own personal portfolio/profile and to take responsibility for annual updates on current legislative/hospital issues.
• To ensure all training undertaken is evaluated to determine its effectiveness in practice and to ensure all objectives have been met.
• To assist in teaching programmes for student nurses/new staff and newly qualified nurses and contribute towards a positive learning environment.
• To promote good working relationships, within the multidisciplinary team and to support the ward manager to achieve high morale within the team.
• Provide specialist advice in Cardiac procedures and support in the promotion of health.
• To use all resources efficiently and effectively maintaining an awareness of budgetary implications.
• Practice extended clinical roles e.g. venepuncture, cannulation, IV additives and male catheterisation.

Frimley Health Trust has a reputation for clinical excellence and can offer its staff a supportive, innovative and collaborative working environment. Our values are: working together, committed to excellence and facing the future.

If you are interested to be a part of this excellent organisation , we have the ideal role for you here at Frimley Park Hospital as part of our friendly Cardiology Team. Cardiology services at Frimley Park Hospital are expanding making this post an exciting opportunity.

• To implement and be responsible for maintaining high standards of patient care ensuring trust policies and guidelines are adhered to.
• To co-ordinate the team in absence of the team leader.
• Undertake collection of swabs for culture and sensitivity.
• Record fluid intake/output. Monitor and record food intake.
• Change stoma bags and urine drainage bags.
• Undertake catheter care. Remove catheters.
• Catheterise male/female patients when competence achieved.
• Record pulse, temperature, blood pressure and respirations, oxygen saturations & NEWS scoring.
• Record blood glucose on all diabetic patients, except those on sliding scale insulin.
• Set up patient’s continuous monitoring.
• Undertake ECG recordings.
• Prepare patients for the different types of procedures.
• Provide post procedure care (angioplasty, pacemaker insertion, cardioversion).
• To ensure confidentiality of patient records and high standards of nursing documentation, in accordance with clinical governance.
• To be aware of the complaints procedure and incident reporting and be able to apply it as needed.
• To escalate as appropriate any untoward incidents, complaints and ward/staff issues.
• To participate in on-going clinical supervision and audits.
• To maintain own personal portfolio/profile and to take responsibility for annual updates on current legislative/hospital issues.
• To ensure all training undertaken is evaluated to determine its effectiveness in practice and to ensure all objectives have been met.
• To assist in teaching programmes for student nurses/new staff and newly qualified nurses and contribute towards a positive learning environment.
• To promote good working relationships, within the multidisciplinary team and to support the ward manager to achieve high morale within the team.
• Provide specialist advice in Cardiac procedures and support in the promotion of health.
• To use all resources efficiently and effectively maintaining an awareness of budgetary implications.
• Practice extended clinical roles e.g. venepuncture, cannulation, IV additives and male catheterisation.