Manchester Heart Centre

WARD 3 &
CARDIAC SURGERY HIGH DEPENDENCY UNIT

Ward 3 is a busy and challenging 27 bed specialist Cardiothoracic unit with a high throughput of patients in a friendly environment. It currently includes 9 High Dependency beds, with a further 6 monitored beds and 8 telemetry beds.

We care for pre and post-operative elective and urgent cardiothoracic surgery patients, as well as emergency chest trauma cases. 5 cardiac operations are performed daily and there is a weekly thoracic theatre list containing at least 2 major cases.

All our staff are able to rotate between Cardiac Surgery HDU and the ward, resulting in a close team of highly skilled staff. Staff also have the opportunity to rotate throughout the Manchester Heart Centre, and we work closely with the Cardiothoracic Liaison Team and the Nurse Clinician. We encourage staff members to become involved in the active link worker system which covers many specialist areas.

We have recently increased our nursing establishment to allow an even higher ratio of staff per patient. Student nurses are allocated to our unit for both their critical care and surgical learning experiences. We also have Adaptation Nurses, Cadet Nurses and we are a pilot site for the Foundation Degree Practitioner Training.

We have a dedicated Staff Development Sister in our area to provide clinical teaching and support and to meet the development needs of both junior and senior staff. All new members of staff are given induction, orientation, preceptorship, mentors, objectives, weekly teaching, quarterly cardiothoracic study days and regular appraisals. We provide funding and study leave for a wide variety of courses and study days for personal and professional development, including the cardiothoracic degree. We promote evidence based care and clinical benchmarking. Ward 3 and Cardiac Surgery High Dependency Unit are constantly expanding and offer excellent opportunities for career progression.

For further information, please contact Jane Hill, Senior Sister: 0161 276 6024

Contacts

Name	Role	Ext	Email	Bleep	Mobile	Fax
Angela Hale	Senior Sister / Staff Development	6024
Mr B. Prendergast	Cardiac Surgeon	5962
Mr D. J.M. Keenan	Cardiac Surgeon	8521				8522
Mr G. J. Grotte	Cardiac Surgeon	4271
Mr R.I.R. Hasan	Cardiac Surgeon	8907

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Manchester Heart Centre IT
E-Mail: help@cmmc.nhs.uk
Web Address: http://www.manchesterheartcentre.org