Job summary
A position has become available for a part time Band 5 Staff Nurse on Cardiac Day Case Unit. Cardiac Day Case unit is a busy unit taking elective and interhospital patients for preparation and recovery post procedures providing high quality care. This position is a monday to friday working 7:30am to 21:00pm.

The successful candidates will be supported by both our nursing and medical team and essential training for the role will be provided.

You must be able to communicate effectively with a wide range of healthcare professionals and be enthusiastic and passionate about the delivery of high-quality care. As part of your role you will be required prepare patients for procedures and recover patients safely and to provide appropriate discharge advice. You will be required to undertake be a range of clinical skills to fulfil the role requirements, such as undertaking clinical observations, cannulation and venepuncture (taking blood samples). All necessary training for acquiring these skills will be provided by the Trust.

Main duties of the job
To provide high quality and timely care to all our patients, you need to have excellent communication skills as our patients are often complex and require additional help, reassurance and understanding. To be able to complete safe transfer of patients between the day unit and wards and demonstrate safe and effective handover of same.

You will be expected to take charge of the unit and co ordinating catheter lab activity, and support with the catheter lab following adequate training.

You will be expected to maintain high standards of nursing care and follow standards set by the NMC.

You will be expected to maintain accurate written and/or electronic records ensuring all legal requirements are met.

You will be encouraged and supported to gain new skills and to be actively involved in change improvement and being a champion for an area of care that you feel interested in. You should also be committed to and have evidence of continuing professional development.

You will need to be prepared to work flexibly to the needs of the service.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high number of applicants apply.

About us
Working for Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will provide you with lots of opportunity to develop your skills and further your career. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre and North Lancashire.

We are proud of the care we strive to provide, and we want to continue to build on this by the addition of passionate, kind and caring people to our teams. Using the latest pathways, evidence-based care and, using all the community therapy support networks available to us to give every patient the best opportunity to remain independent, safe and supported. We are looking for people who strongly align with our Trust values and share common goals.

As a Trust we are committed to:

• Developing new roles and ways of working to ensure a flexible and innovative approach to staff.
• Real equality of opportunity.
• Continuous learning and development for staff.
• Achieving a work life balance

We are committed to the effective recruitment, retention and development for our employees, which is why we offer a great working environment, an attractive range of benefits and excellent opportunities for training and development.

The Trust is accredited as a Disability Confident employer. That means we recognise our obligations to ensure people with disabilities are afforded equal opportunity to enter employment and progress if and where possible.

Details
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum pro rata
Contract: Fixed term, 12 months
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 382-SWC155-26

Essential qualifications

• Registered Nurse (1st Level)
• Diploma
• Teaching & Assessing qualification/conversion completed as per NMC guidelines

Desirable qualifications

• Degree or working towards
• Leadership course
• Post Registration qualification in speciality
• ALS

Essential experience and knowledge

• Substantial post registration cath lab experience and signed off for on call emergency service.
• Experience of regularly manging own workload across all specialities within the cath labs
• Teaching within clinical area
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Experience of clinical audit and research
• Experience of managing acutely unwell patients
• Experience of taking charge of ward area

Desirable experience and knowledge

• Experience of change management

Essential skills and ability

• Ability to set and establish priorities
• Team player and team leadership qualities
• Assertiveness
• Excellent time management
• Good IT skills
• Decision maker
• Communicates at all levels
• Lateral thinker and problem solver
• Management of change
• Influencing skills
• Delegation skills
• Venepuncture/cannulation
• IV drug administration
• ILS
• Ability/willingness to train to scrub assist for Angio/PCI procedures or be working towards sign off for this

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Whinney Heys Road, Blackpool, FY3 8NR, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.blackpoolteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact: Ward Manager, Jane Lindsay 55745, Jane.Lindsay3@nhs.net, 01253957745

Closing date: 11 November 2026

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