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Job summary

Main area
Cardiovascular Care Services
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Secondment: 12 months (June 2025 - June 2026)
Hours
37.5 hours per week (Full time - 37.5 hours per week)
Job ref
328-CARDIO-7136198
Employer
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The James Cook University Hospital
Town
Middlesbrough
Salary
£29,970 - £36,483 per annum (pro rata)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
23/05/2025 23:59

Employer heading

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Staff Nurse

Band 5

Job overview

This is a post based within the Cardiology Admissions and Day Unit (CADU) with duties within the Cardiac Investigations Unit.

The post holder will be responsible for the care of patients in the assessing, development, implementation and evaluation of care.

This post is for internal candidates to South Tees Trust. If you are not currently working within the trust your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.

Main duties of the job

The main responsibility will be related to clinical and nursing care within the CADU providing care to a highly specialised area of Elective Cardiology with an emphasis on personal development.

 The post holder will be an active member of the multidisciplinary team by demonstrating excellent communication skills and a range of essential nursing skills to meet the needs of the CADU patient in a safe caring environment that promotes dignity, privacy and respect.

In addition to baseline nursing skills, the post holder will be expected to become competent in basic 12-lead ECG interpretation and pre and post procedure care of Elective Cardiology patients, pre and post procedure care of patients attending for non-invasive testing

Working for our organisation

Leadership and Improvement Training
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff.  This training programme has been designed to support our staff in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills.  You will be expected to attend the following training sessions.
•    Your Leadership Impact
•    Leading Your Team to Success
•    Service Improvement for Beginners
•    Developing your Service Improvement Skills 
The leadership and improvement programme aims to: 
•    Explore leadership within the NHS
•    Promote Trust values and behaviours
•    Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills 
•    Equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.
After you complete these three and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer further in-house courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.  

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria
  • Current NMC registration.
  • Diploma or Degree in Adult Nursing.
Desirable criteria
  • Teaching & mentoring qualification

EXPERIENCE

Essential criteria
  • Experience working in Acute hospital setting.
  • Experience of multi-disciplinary working
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in Cardiology

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Susan Mullender
Job title
CCU & CADU Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01642 5845801
Additional information

Please feel free to visit CADU and chat to the team regarding the role of the RN on CADU 

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
The Recruitment Team
The Murray Building
The James Cook University Hospital
TS4 3BW
Telephone
01642 850850, ext. 57396
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