Acute Cardiology Ward Formerly Ward 17
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Ward 6 is an acute cardiology ward located
on the ground floor of the orange zone which provides experience in
invasive techniques in addition to the more traditional medical cardiology.
On 23rd June 2006, Ward 17 was moved to a refurbished Ward 6 . Ward 6 is now the official name of the Acute Cardiology Ward.
Originally called Ward 17, it was newly refurbished and opened
in September 2002 with 12 monitored beds and 12 Telemetry facilities.
As a tertiary referral centre, a large proportion of our client group
are received from DGH’s throughout the North West as well as
transfers from CCU and medical wards. Invasive procedures taken include:
- Percutaneous coronary interventions i.e.
PTCA/stent and angiogram
- Permanent pacemaker and internal defibrillator
implantation
- Electrophysiological studies and ablations
for the treatment of arrhythmias
As
well as the “high tech” cardiology experience found on the
ward, we also admit patients with heart failure and bacterial endocarditis
requiring a longer stay with us. This provides a good balance with
the high throughput of patients requiring more invasive procedures.
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Staff development at every grade
is of a high priority on Ward 6. We are supported by a dedicated staff
development nurse who facilitates the educational needs of our nursing
team, working one-to-one with individuals, as well as organising teaching
programmes on the ward. Regular appraisals are undertaken of all staff
with ample opportunity available for further study. As well as in-house
training courses available, we presently have staff undertaking ENB 124
(Coronary Care), ENB 928 (Diabetes) courses as well as completing HDU,
diploma and degree level studies.There is ample opportunity to develop
your teaching skills as we regularly have nursing students from the University
allocated to the ward. We also recognise the important role undertaken
by CSWs on the ward and we have a number of staff undertaking the Foundation
Degree Programme. Staff on Ward 6 have forged close links with other areas
in the Heart Centre through the rotation programme. We are an enthusiastic
team and encourage staff to become link workers for infection control,
diabetes, health and safety, manual handling, as well as within the ICU
outreach team. We promote evidence-based care and work closely with other
areas on clinical benchmarking.We are a busy ward. However, we do recognise
the need for a social life. We can offer family-friendly working contracts
and give staff the opportunity to self-roster the night-duty rota
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This is an exciting time
for Ward 6. Due to service expansion, we intend to increase our bed numbers
from 16 to 24 beds. Future developments will also include the introduction
of day-case angioplasty and a cardiology HDU bed on Ward 6. In order to
take this development forward we will require more dedicated staff to
join our team.For further information, contact Linda Whitehead/Vicki
Entwistle, Acting Senior Sisters: 0161 276 8900
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