Registered Nurse
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Derby, DE22 3NEView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
19 November 2026
7 days leftJob description
Are you a motivated and enthusiastic nurse looking for an exciting opportunity to develop specialist skills in cardiology? The Cardiac Catheterisation...
- Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care before, during, and after cardiac procedures.
- Prepare patients for diagnostic and interventional procedures, ensuring appropriate documentation, consent, and safety checks are completed.
- Provide reassurance, support, and information to patients and their relatives.
- Assist cardiologists and the MDT during procedures.
- Continuously monitor patients' haemodynamic status, oxygen saturation, and vital signs during procedures.
- Administer medications, including intravenous drugs and conscious sedation, in accordance with the Trust policy.
- Recognise, respond to, and escalate any clinical deterioration, emergencies, or procedural complications promptly.
- Maintain a safe, clean, and sterile environment.
- Recover patients following cardiac procedures, providing ongoing assessment and monitoring until discharge criteria are met.
- Monitor vascular access sites and identify complications.
- Deliver post-procedure care.
- Maintain accurate, timely, and comprehensive patient records and documentation.
- Work collaboratively with cardiologists, physiologists, radiographers, ward staff, and other members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure safe and effective patient care.
Closing date of applications: 19th November 2026
Interview date: 3rd December 2026
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
- Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
- On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
- UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
Registration
Essential: - NMC registration & (revalidation requirements if not newly qualified)
Experience & Knowledge
Essential: - Experience of mentoring, supporting and developing staff
Desirable: - Knowlegde of the work within Cardiology
Skills and ability
Essential: - Able to assess associated risks and takes appropriate action. Contributes to clinical workload, prioritising and re-prioritising
Desirable: - Demonstrates ability to prioritise workload
Values and behaviours
Essential: - Evidence of openness, compassion and excellence
How to apply
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First seen
12 November 2026
Last checked
12 November 2026
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