Job summary
- Main area
- Women's Services
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 337-NP-8984DG
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northwick Park hospital
- Town
- Harrrow
- Salary
- £44,485 - £52,521 per annum Inclusive of High Cost Area Supplement pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/09/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 23/09/2025
Employer heading
Senior Theatre/Recovery Nurse/ODP
Band 6
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH
Find out more about Our HEART values
Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits
Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
· As a member of the maternity theatre team, you must be able to perform the tasks of theatre scrub and recovery nurse, supporting the surgeon and other members of the multidisciplinary team
· To act as a team leader to identified group of staff, monitoring and documenting the development of their clinical skills
· Be able to scrub independently and contribute to smooth running of the theatres list and recover women in recovery area as Band 6
· To establish, lead and maintain high standard of pre/peri and postoperative care
· To undertake Obstetric recovery training within 3 months if you have no recovery experience (1 week refresher training only for those who have worked in this area)
· Be responsible for the safe use of complex theatre equipment and ensuring that all equipment at work areas is ready for use
· Follow process of reporting if equipment is faulty or damaged. Responsible for reporting low stock and non-stock supplies that needs ordering and arranging servicing of said equipment both routine and urgent
· Be responsible for the own continuing specialist professional development
· In order to meet the needs of the Trust’s services you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work
Main duties of the job
· Act as patient advocate in line with the NHS plan and to actively apply in depth knowledge of holistic/ socio-economic and cultural aspects of the care to clients within your specific speciality, acting as a role model and resource for patients, relatives and staff
· Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care, actively seeking evidence based practice which will support clinical outcomes as appropriate
· Ensure that midwifery and nursing documentation is maintained to the Trust standard (including electronic records) and implement clinical audit of records to measure and evaluate care planning
· Be aware of and have willingness to champion current trends and developments in theatre practice and in the NHS. Accountable for continue professional development of self
· Support in ensuring the provision of a suitable, clean, uncluttered, safe environment for the physical and psychological well-being of others and patients. Support in Identifying clinical risks and escalating appropriately to managers in order to take action in accordance with the trust’s Risk Management Policy
· Work in partnership with support staff to ensure that care, treatment and service needs are met, ensuring that a standard approach to the delivery of excellent patient care
- Provide information and support to other departments as appropriate, following consultation with members of the multi-disciplinary team
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC Registered general Nurse or HCPC registered
- Practice supervisor/Assessor/Assessor Training /Mentorship Course
- Evidence of ongoing professional development in relevant area of specialty
Desirable criteria
- Academic qualification in Peri-operative practice
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Leads and manages a designated peri- operative team
- Able to organise and facilitate an operating list
- Competent in Scrub and Circulating role
- Able to recover patient in the Post Anaesthetic area
- Theatre course or appropriate experience for Band 6
- Good understanding and knowledge of aseptic techniques, Theatre and Recovery
- Awareness of professional issues in safeguarding issues
- Computer skills
- Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance
Desirable criteria
- High Dependency course or equivalent
- Recovery Course
- Anaesthetic Course
Skills, Abilities & Attributes
Essential criteria
- Have an excellent clinical skill which includes IV Cannulation obtaining blood samples
- Valid Drug administration certificate (To obtain within 3 months)
- Committed to family centred care
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nicola Wango
- Job title
- Lead Intrapartum Midwife
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07881372506
- Additional information
Thobile Zikhali
Antenatal Care Matron
07387 230545
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