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Location

Coventry | United Kingdom

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Job description

A Vacancy at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust.

Have you ever thought about a nursing career in one the fastest growing specialities in UHCW?

Interventional Radiology forms part of our major trauma centre at UHCW, helping to serve our community for elective and emergency procedures.

We can be found on the ground floor, within the radiology department which forms a huge speciality hub at UHCW.

We have an enthusiastic and ambitious nursing team, including the first Interventional Radiology Advanced Nurse Practitioner- Daisy award winner Yossi Sahin. Working in IR offers an exciting and diverse development programme which includes conscious sedation administration, recovery skills, post graduate level 7 opportunities and advancing career pathways.

Good mental health and well-being are strongly supported in the team with our own professional nurse advocate, a shared decision council as well as team building days/nights out and listening events, with a range of methods of entry for recruitment to the team, including direct applications on NHS jobs, UHCW internal transfers, 12-month secondment and overseas recruitment.

If you would like to know more, we would love you to come to the department and meet us for an informal tour, you can also contact the nurse manager Simone Abel on 02476966976

Please note this post is not suitable for applicants who are required to undertake the OSCE training programme. Applicants who do not have current valid UK NMC registration will not be considered for this post.

Provide optimum quality of care to patients, offering support to the multi-professional team. Will take management responsibility for an identified area on regular shifts.

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust’s Critical Care Unit is committed to ensure that we provide a first class service to our patients.

We are looking for dynamic, focused, strong and flexible Nurses to join the Interventional Radiology and help us continually improve and change the unit to meet the needs of the patients that we care for.

Pre, peri and post procedural care of patients having day case or inpatient procedures in.

The peri procedural care of a patient will include learning to administer conscious sedation for more complex procedures as well as the appropriate level of monitoring. The use of lead protection is required during interventional radiology procedures.

The successful applicant will provide on call rotational shifts to provide a 24 emergency service as part of UHCW major trauma service.

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence®designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award.Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.

• Accountable for own actions in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct. Contribute to corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times
• Effectively communicate information regarding clinical decisions, policy and care pathways to patients/carers and the multi-professional team including situations where difficulties in comprehension occur.
• A competent practitioner, teaching, assessing and supervising/providing mentorship to appropriate students or junior staff.
• Responsible for clinical assessment of a group of patients and management of a team, ensuring appropriate care is planned, implemented and evaluated, involving patients and users.
• Organisation of cross-departmental/organisational activities to support patient care pathways.
• Demonstrate technical and/or practical skills to ensure optimum patient care management including; patient observations; equipment management and administration of agreed invasive tests/procedures.
• Utilise and ensure others utilise information and IT systems to secure accurate and timely patient, workforce and resource data.
• Manage expected (and occasional unexpected) clinical events requiring high but unpredictable levels of physical effort according to patient dependency/clinical need, referring to a senior member of staff where appropriate e.g. in an unexpected event.
• Support patients, carers and others during difficult situations arising in the clinical area, e.g. imparting bad news or following an unexpected event.
• Promote and monitor adherence to Health and Safety and Trust policy designed to protect healthcare staff and service users from known hazards.

For further details please see the attached job description.

This advert closes on Tuesday 19 Mar 2024

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