Staff Nurse The Heart Centre

Job summary
Band 5 Nurse - THE HEART CENTRE

We are looking for experienced or newly Qualified nurses to join our friendly team. We provide high quality care to cardiac patients and elective day care patients awaiting coronary angiograms, angioplasty and PPCI, with an out of hour on call system. This is an excellent opportunity for those interested in cardiac care wishing to gain experience in the care of patients experiencing acute MI, heart failure, and arrhythmias along with other cardiac conditions. We are a friendly supportive team offering opportunities to develop skills within the cath labs and cardiac pacing. it is an exciting time to join this dynamic team. the expansion the heart centre enables us to provide more advanced procedures giving the team the opportunity to develop new skills and experience.

Work as part of the team to provide high quality nursing care for cardiology and medical patients in your care, supervise healthcare assistance, junior staff and students on the ward. Communicate effectively with patients' relatives and the MDT. Willing to learn to circulate and scrub in the cath labs and participate in the emergency On call rota.

Main duties of the job
Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate nursing care for patients within all of the acute cardiac care areas, providing the prescribed nursing care without supervision.Contribute to the development and evaluation of nursing practice in the acute cardiac areas.

Great opportunity for registered nurse to join our friendly enthusiastic team, gain new skills and experience.

About us
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people. Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond. We're responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time'.

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. There is an expectation for all staff to support this by familiarising yourself with the Trust's sustainability initiatives such as waste and recycling, going paperless, videoconferencing, sustainable transport and others.

We encourage you to think about what you can do as an individual and within your team to contribute in to embedding carbon reduction into the everyday running of our organisation

Date posted 10 July 2026
Pay scheme Agenda for change
Band Band 5
Salary £32,073 to £39,043 a year pa pro rata
Contract Permanent
Working pattern Part-time
Reference number 262-A-26-8024574
Job locations Cumberland Infirmary, Newtown Road, Carlisle, CA2 7HY, United Kingdom

Job description
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit the visa and immigration website.

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Disclosure and Barring Service:
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.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £28.00. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.
Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £6.50 = £56.00. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

• 27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
• Flexible working Scheme
• NHS Discounts
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Excellent opportunities for development
• Competitive NHS Pension scheme
• Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

*Subject to eligibility

Important Information
Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

Person Specification

Qualifications
Essential

• Registered nurse with active registration.

Knowledge and Experience
Essential

• Continuing professional development with portfolio.
• NMC code of professional conduct.
• Equality issues

Desirable

• Relevant field of nursing.
• Cath Lab experience.
• Cardiology experience
• Budgetary awareness.
• Equality legislation and best practice

Skills and Aptitude
Essential

• Able to work as a member of a team.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to act as a mentor to HCAs.
• Ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care.

Desirable

• ECG interpretation, Cardiac Rhythm analysis, central line administration
• IT Skills

Other requirements
Essential

• Flexible approach to shift patterns and participation in on-call rota to provide a 24/7 PPCI service.

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer details
Employer name: North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Cumberland Infirmary, Newtown Road, Carlisle, CA2 7HY, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Ward Manager, Pamela Stewart, pamela.stewart@ncic.nhs.uk, 01228814377