Interventional Radiology Nurse | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 19 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £28,407 - £34,581 pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 19 May 2024 |
| Location: | Oldham, OL1 2JH |
| Company: | Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6187143/236-DPG-NM246-24 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the interventional radiology nursing team where you will be able to provide the highest quality nursing care to all patients and their relatives while they are in the Radiology Department by using clinical experience and enhanced skills.
Candidates should be highly motivated, forward thinking, enthusiastic and flexible. They should demonstrate excellent communication skills and work well as part of a team with a commitment to providing a quality service to our patients and an inclusive, open, and supportive work environment for our staff.
The successful candidate will rotate between all areas of the Radiology Department where you will be responsible for the implementation and smooth running of the clinical sessions. You will scrub/monitor and assist the radiologist and clinical specialist radiographers during interventional procedures. You will assist in the running of the Interventional Radiology Day Case Unit, admitting patients, providing post procedure care and safe nurse-led discharge.
The successful candidate would be expected to participate in the 24/7 out of hours, non-residential on call service and must be prepared to work flexible shifts.
• Working within the day case unit as well as Interventional Room
• Admission and discharge of Day case patients.
• Monitoring physiological observations and supporting patients during procedures.
• Administering Intravenous sedation and pain relief during procedures where required.
• Emotionally supporting patients and their families during their journey through Interventional Radiology.
• Recovery care for patients post procedure within Interventional radiology protocols.
• Infection control and audit
• Pre op telephone assessments with patients and follow up calls.
• Cross modality working in CT and ultrasound .
• Liasing with wards and working with other Allied Health Professionals.
• Surgical Scrub nurse support during procedures.
• Comply with all radiology SOPs and Policies.
• Health and safety
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential tomake a differenceand we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire– to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Please note an NMC PRN PIN is not a full NMC PIN and would not fulfil the essential criteria for this role.
This vacancy is open to those who have a current NMC PIN to practice as an Registered Nurse or Midwife in the UK, or those who are currently enrolled on a course which means they expect to receive their full NMC PIN within the next 3 months.
The NCA can no longer accept applications from International Nurses and Midwives who are yet to complete all competencies needed to receive a full NMC PIN to practice in the UK as we have paused our OSCE programme indefinitely.
To learn more about how you can gain a full NMC PIN to be eligible to apply for our vacancies in the future, please see the NMC website: https://www.nmc.org.uk/registration/joining-the-register/register-nurse-midwife/trained-outside-uk/how-to-guide/
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ people representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.
This advert closes on Sunday 5 May 2024
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