Job summary
Employer heading
Recovery Practitioner - Main Theatres
Band 5
Job overview
This advert is for the Trust Recruitment day taking place on: Saturday 11th May 2024
Are you passionate about excellent patient care? Are you looking for a new challenge in your nursing career? Do you want to work in a supportive and encouraging team? Then come join us in Theatre Recovery at NUH.
We are looking for highly motivated, enthusiastic and proactive Adult and Paediatric trained nurses/ODP’s to join our friendly and supportive team
NUH Theatre Recovery spans 2 campuses – QMC and City – and provides care for patients in the immediate post-operative phase for both adult and paediatric patients covering 46 operating theatres following emergency and elective surgeries. Surgical specialties include major trauma, orthopaedics, neurosurgery, hepatobiliary, general surgery, maxillofacial, spinal surgery, eye surgery, ENT, obstetrics, vascular, upper GI, thoracic and burns. Paediatric patients are cared for at QMC.
Main duties of the job
Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details of the vacancy.
You will be joining a pro-active, dynamic team of nurses and ODP’s, who offer the best standards of perioperative care.
Every day is different - challenging but rewarding. We pride ourselves on team work, learning and being forward thinking.
Expectations are to deliver a high quality service, with patient safety a priority.
You should be able to demonstrate effective team working and work to the highest standards of evidence based
practice.
A sense of humour and pride in your job is essential.
NUH is a Major Trauma Centre offering fantastic support to a diverse range of students and learners and therefore the successful applicant should either hold or be willing to work towards a level three mentorship qualification.
Working for our organisation
The successful applicant will participate in the current Main Theatre rota which includes out of hours work, nights and weekend shifts. There is a commitment to Bank Holiday work and on-calls
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To deliver high quality holistic care to patients
To facilitate efficient and effective care and communication between the team
To actively contribute to developing the professional practice of the Clinical Support Division
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current level one NMC registration or HCPC registration
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development or other relevant courses
Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate effective written communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate Computer literacy & use of IT skills – e.g. e-mail, Excel, PowerPoint and Word
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate an understanding of the Theatre/Recovery role
Desirable criteria
- Experience of delivering care to patients in an acute hospital setting.
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
- Jodi-Ann Smith
- Job title
- Team Leader - Cross Campus
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07812278262
- Additional information
Jodi-Ann Smith @nuh.nhs.uk QMC - City
[email protected] City
0115 924 9924
QMC Ext: 89355
City Ext:71440
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