Cardiology Nurse

Acute Cardiac Unit (ACU) is a thriving busy acute Cardiology unit consisting of 20 beds and caring for those patient's in their acute phase of their cardiac illness.

We care for a variety of patients with Cardiac conditions and take patients from a variety of sources: home, ED, tertiary centres, Gp, clinics and emergency Cardiology patients from various settings. We care for patients requiring up to level 2 cardiology cares and take those requiring emergency or urgent admission. We take emergency STEMI patient via our direct PPCI pathway and have also extended our service to emergency Bradycardia pathway patients.

If you are a motivated and enthusiastic individual who has a keen interest in acute Cardiology then this is the job for you!

We provide a 24 hour primary percutaneous intervention service for those patients' having a STEMI and also have developed a new Bradycardia pathway for those patients' requiring urgent/emergency pacing from the community. As we are a tertiary centre we also take those patients who require specialised intervention from other local hospitals. ACU is a Cardiology admission unit whilst also caring for the level 2 acutely unwell patient's providing a good insight into the whole of all Cardiology conditions and treatments., With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

City campus at NUH has now received its Magnet status, we as a trust are keen to teach and educate our staff.

We want to recruit and retain the staff, which we do very well in Cardiology.

We are one trust that is split between two campus's but work well and closely together ensuring our patients receive the correct treatment and care in the correct ward/settings.

We adhere to the trusts set 6 values and behaviours which can be found on the intranet.