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Job Overview
Our Coronary care unit (CCU) is a 10 bedded high acuity cardiology unit. We care for patients who have acute coronary syndrome, myocardial infarction, cardiogenic shock, heart failure and arrhythmias. We work closely with Cardiac intervention unit to support a 24-hour primary PCI service for STEMI patients.
You will gain skills in caring for patients which are pre and post coronary intervention, patients requiring IABP or NIV and patients requiring inotropic support for cardiogenic shock and temporary pacing wires. You will have the opportunity to participate in the cardiac procedures like angiograms, angioplasties, pacemakers, pericardiocentesis and DC cardioversions.
Main duties of the job
To provide high standards care for the patients
- To ensure confidentiality of patient records
- To participate in on-going clinical supervision and audits.
- To Provide specialist advice in Cardiac procedures and support in the promotion of health.
- To practice extended clinical roles e.g. venepuncture, cannulation, IV additives and male catheterisation.
- To be able to provide care to level 2 patients by developing skills in intra-aortic balloon pumping, inotrope therapy, continuous positive airway pressure, invasive blood pressure monitoring, arrhythmia management, temporary pacing, arterial sheath management.
- Be involved in primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) service activation. And be involved in pre, peri and post care of those patients.
- To be able to assist in the cardiac procedures like angiograms, angioplasties, pacemakers, pericardiocentesis and DC cardioversions.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Nursing degree or equivalent
- Current NMC registration
Desirable criteria
- Mentorship or equivalent qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience working in a hospital settings
Desirable criteria
- Basic life support
- Cardiology or acute care courses
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Basic knowledge of cardiac anatomy and physiology
- Basic knowledge of ECG
- Good communication skills
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
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