Staff Nurse - Cardiac Cath Lab/Interventional RadiologyNHS
Job summary
Are you looking to learn and develop highly specialised skills in a supportive and innovative department where provision and maintenance of high quality & excellence of service to patients, parents and families is key? Do you have existing leadership/management skills and experience or feel that you have excellent leadership potential waiting to be developed? Do you want to work in a leading Paediatric Centre and to join our friendly and Child centred Interventional Radiology/Cardiac Cath Lab Team? If your answers to the above are 'Yes', then this position could be for you! This post is to work within the Interventional Radiology and Cardiac Cath Lab department therefore peri-operative experience, such as scrub and circulating, would be desirable. However, you will be given training and support in our specialist skills and in peri-operative care. We have an excellent and supportive Practice Education Team who will assist with your orientation and on-going professional development. The Interventional Radiology and Cardiac Catheter Lab run's Monday to Friday 0800- 1800hrs, with a 24h on-call service, including weekends and Bank holidays.
Main duties of the job
The Cardiac Cath Lab carries out many cardiac procedures including ASD/PDA closures, ICD implants, diagnostic catheters and combined MRI/angio cases in our state of the art Cardiac Cath Lab suite. In addition we provide continuing care to our heart and lung transplant patients.
The Interventional Radiology performs procedures that includes central venous access device insertion, biopsy, airway intervention, feeding device insertion, vascular intervention, angiography, and angioplasty.
Job description
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role. The person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required for the role. For both documents please view the attachments.
About us
We are committed to recruiting the best person for the job through a fair, open and consistent process that is free from bias and discrimination.
We are working towards becoming an anti-racist organisation. This means creating a workplace where every colleague feels seen, heard and valued, and where racism in any form has no place. Our anti-racism commitment is backed by action through our Anti-Racism Statement and action plan, developed in collaboration with our REACH staff network.
We actively challenge discrimination, dismantle barriers and embed equity across all aspects of our workforce, including recruitment, progression and development. All applicants will receive equal consideration regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, health condition or employment history.
We particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, people with disabilities or long-term health conditions, and LGBTQ+ community members. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a member of the Business Disability Forum, and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.
Our staff networks, including REACH, PRIDE, ENABLED and Women's Networks, are active and executive supported. These employee-led networks play a vital role in shaping an inclusive culture at GOSH and are open to all colleagues.
Together, we are building a culture where inclusion is not optional - it is essential.