Team Leader (Interventional Radiology Specialist) Band 6

The nursing team is looking for an experienced, highly motivated and enthusiastic senior nurse to join the department. The applicant must be a registered nurse or ODP with significant experience as a nurse/ODP in any of the following clinical areas including interventional radiology, cardiac cathlab, theatre scrub and recovery nurse. The ideal candidate must demonstrate commitment to their own personal development and show a keen interest in the future development of the nursing /ODP profession within interventional radiology. The department will offer to expand your clinical expertise in following areas which include scrubbing and circulating role for patients undergoing vascular angio procedure, renal and liver interventional procedures including TACE treatment and CT guided RFA (Radio Frequency Ablation). This will also include recovering patients undergoing the above procedure under GA or sedation, and nursing support within other imaging areas including ultrasound and general xray. The radiology nursing team also has a very well established nurse led preassessment service for our day case patients which part of the senior nurse role. The department offers an out of hours on-call service which all nurses/ODP are required to be part of, additionally you will be expected to take on the role of shift coordinator on a day to day basis which is a key element of the senior nurse role and therefore the applicant must be in possession of good clinical leadership skills and is able to act as a role model who will provide direction and support to junior staff. Kings College Hospital has got an established close link with London Health Education Institutes including Kings College London and South Bank University which offer various options for post registration study.