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Band 5 Staff Nurse - Cardiac Catheter Labs

The closing date is 02 November 2025

The HGS hospitals (part of University Hospitals Birmingham) Cardiology department currently spans three hospital sites, Birmingham Heartlands, Solihull and Good Hope Hospitals.

As a centre of excellence for cardiac care we boast a national reputation for the provision of high quality, effective and a patient focussed approach towards nursing care. We have a full range of modern cardiology services.

Bring your enthusiasm, passion and experience for cardiology nursing to our directorate and we will offer you opportunity to build your expertise in the speciality.

Main duties of the job

• We currently have a vacancy for a full time Band 5 nurse in the cardiac catheter lab. You will be expected to work across all three sites when required and participate in weekend / overnight on call as necessary at BHH. As a band 5 staff nurse in cardiology, you will have the following specialist cardiology nursing skills including ......
• To be responsible for the delivery of patient centred care, ensuring patient care and safety.
• To work in the cardiac catheter lab, deliver specialist care, and share knowledge with acute medical nursing teams, patients, and relatives.

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job responsibilities

Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description

Qualifications

• Registered Adult Nurse on the NMC Register
• Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC

Experience

• Previous / recent experience or working in an acute secondary NHS care setting (can include student placements within the last 12 months)
• Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development/ competence
• Experience of working on own and in a team in a health care environment delegating to others within a team / providing supervision to others
• Willingness to become a practice supervisor / assessor to or meets Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards for student supervision and assessment
• Understanding and knowledge of the NMC code of conduct
• Understanding of precepthip and work based learning and assimilation of skills and knowledge
• Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context
• Understanding / experience of the principles of safeguarding and Mental Capacity
• Awareness of health and safety issues

Additional Criteria

• Demonstrate achievement of numeracy (including drug administration calculations) and literacy skills. Ability to read / write and speak , receive and understand instructions in English
• Good IT skills ability to record information electronically
• Competent in a range of clinical skills willingness to undertake expanded practices relevant to the scope of practice required
• Competent in managing the care of a group of patients / shift management and clinical leadership relevant to the practise setting
• Professional appearance
• Displays genuine interest in the post applied for and can articulate this when questioned
• Positive and enthusiastic attitude
• Ability to communicate articulately others
• Caring and approachable
• Punctual
• Reliable
• Ability to work a varied shift pattern including nights / weekends unsocial hours where required
• The applicant can describe why the Trust may deploy him /her to a different practice setting for a span of duty

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.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust