Staff Nurse Coronary Care Unit - EDGH

at  East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Coronary Care Unit and Cardiac Catheter Laboratory team. CCU is a busy 11 bedded high dependency unit nursing elective and emergency cardiology admissions. In addition, the role will involve rotation into the Cardiac Catheter Laboratory and recovery areas.
You will need to be well motivated and committed to high standards of patient care and personal, professional development. The team is both friendly and supportive, with a strong commitment to providing a high standard of care.
We will provide a supportive atmosphere, mentorship and clinical supervision in the unit and are committed to professional development of all staff. This includes training and support for assisting allied healthcare professional teams with imaging services- including cardiac CT and nuclear imaging, and complex echocardiography.
As well as our elective and primary angioplasty services, we undertake complex pacing and have a variety of well established electrophysiology and arrhythmia services, including AF and VT ablation and nurse-led DC Cardioversion service.
We have strong links with the University of Brighton and encourage further education and gaining qualifications within the field of cardiology, multi-disciplinary team working with allied healthcare professionals and senior nurses is an integral part of this unit with all staff enabled and empowered to make a real difference for their patients.
We will provide a supportive atmosphere, mentorship and clinical supervision in the unit and are committed to professional development of all staff. This includes training and support for assisting allied healthcare professional teams with imaging services- including cardiac CT and nuclear imaging, and complex echocardiography.
As well as our elective and primary angioplasty services, we undertake complex pacing and have a variety of well established electrophysiology and arrhythmia services, including AF and VT ablation and nurse-led DC Cardioversion service.
We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work
We provide safe, compassionate and high quality care to half a million people living or visiting East Sussex. We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex, the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive services are provided by 7000 + members of staff working from acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites and in people’s own homes.
In 2020 the Care Quality Commission rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being caring and effective. The Conquest Hospital and our Community Services are rated ‘Outstanding’. Eastbourne DGH rated ‘Good’.
In 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious ‘Building for our Future’ programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to repair, redevelop and expand our hospitals, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.
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