Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Staff Nurse - Cardiology
The closing date is 18 November 2026

Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity to join the Cardiology team on Wards 3 South, 3 North East and Coronary Care Unit.

Our focus is our patients, their needs, ensuring their comfort and providing quality care. This is at the forefront of our thinking and we are constantly working to develop the service we offer to the people we care for. We have 53 beds commissioned including 6 Coronary Care Beds, with expectations of further expansion in the coming months. Cardiology is fast paced and is on the cutting edge of technology, providing excellent cardiology experience for staff caring for patients undergoing cardiology procedures, such as angiograms, angioplasty, ablations, cardiac devices and various cardiac valve related procedures.

Our ward is fast paced with a high turnover, using new pathways and initiatives to maintain patient flow and positive patient experience. With this, there is a wide variety of learning opportunities including caring for patients requiring intra-aortic balloon pumps, temporary pacing systems and many more. The educational opportunities are endless.

Main duties of the job
The nursing dependency of the patients is diverse with direct transfers from the regional general hospitals and emergency pathways running through our department and as such is dependent on the clinical skills of trained and motivated nurses. We have a superb and supportive team of dedicated nurses and support staff. Our staff are focused on providing the highest standards of patient care, upholding our Trust values of Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. We are keen to recruit staff to join our team who will share our vision, enthusiasm and pride in the care we deliver.

We have good development opportunities at Royal Papworth, with a supportive individualised orientation program following trust induction. There is specialist in house study days and courses alongside support from our education team for your professional growth.

About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

Details
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 175-2627-2068

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Current registration with NMC, part one or two of the register
• Diploma, BSc or MSc in Nursing

Experience

• To support complex patients with their potentially unpredictable care/treatment needs.
• To be able to prioritise care based upon patient/service need in a busy clinical environment.
• To use a range of judgement and assessment skills in planning, delivering and evaluating complex patient care plans whilst communicating with patients, families and the multi-disciplinary team.
• To identify the learning needs of patients, relatives and staff and, in consultation with the ward/department manager, plan and implement programmes to meet those needs.
• To be able to manage own patient workload in terms of prioritisation of needs escalating as necessary.
• To be able to undertake complex nursing interventions for example: administering medications, catheter insertion, complex wound management.
• To be able to undertake frequent moving and handling tasks relating to patient care utilising mechanical aids with some tasks requiring moderate effort.
• The post holder will have exposure to some emotional / distressing incidents and exposure to bodily fluids (including as a result of surgical / medical intervention and in the delivery of activities of daily living).
• To be able to effectively communicate complex, confidential, and/or sensitive condition related information through a range of interpersonal skills to patients, colleagues, and families (such as providing educational support, complex discharge planning).
• To understand the process of escalation within the Trust ensuring this is done promptly to ensure patient and staff safety and recognising and raising any safeguarding concerns.
• To be led by Trust policies and procedures and knowing when to appropriately escalate and to act independently within the NMC Code of Conduct.
• To be responsible for the day-to-day supervision of staff within their teams including delegating patient care activities. To co-ordinate ward/department when appropriate with managed support from senior colleagues.
• To act in a professional manner and as a role model to other staff members, providing clinical supervision of junior staff as well as patients and their families.
• To participate in reviewing policies and procedures to improve outcomes and the quality of service provided and actively participate in the implementation of any changes in practice within the clinical area.
• To act as a link nurse (within an allocated area of expertise) and / or undertake audits as required and may occasionally participate in research and development.
• To maintain accurate electronic and/or manual clinical, patient and other records, as appropriate, ensuring that all documentation adheres to the Trust's standards.

Additional Criteria

• Demonstrate examples of how they work in a way that is consistent with our values of compassion, excellence and collaboration, and a clear commitment to driving culture change through equality, diversity and inclusion.

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Royal Papworth Hospital, Papworth Road, Cambridge Bio Medical Campus, Cambridge, CB2 0AY, United Kingdom

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Ward Sister Emily Pryke, emily.pryke@nhs.net, 01223638511