Job summary
- Main area
- Maternity
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-WCCS-1475
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queen Charlotte's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £34,089 - £41,498 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 25/07/2024
Employer heading
Theatre and Recovery Nurse
Band 5
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career. We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year. We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
This is an excellent opportunity for nurses who are enthusiastic, motivated and interested in this area of maternity care and wish to enhance their skills and knowledge to provide quality care to women and their families both in theatre and recovery.
Our aim is to provide comprehensive care to women by a team of skilled nurses in post anaesthetic care and theatre scrubbing. This will present you with versatile experience and job satisfaction. The main focus will initially be on theatre scrub and then will develop into assisitng in the recovery area.
You will be part of the delivery suite team and be involved in the care of the mother and baby supported and directed by the midwifery team.
Main duties of the job
- To provide care to patients in the operating theatre and maternity recovery area
- Assesses care needs and develops implements and evaluates programmes of care
- Prepares and assembles theatre equipment and instruments
- Responsible for maintaining asepsis intraoperative
- Ensures safety of the theatre and recovery environment including stock levels and storage of equipment
- Provides support to students/learners within the unit
- Works collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team members in maintaining policies and standards of patient care related to perioperative and postoperative management
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered nurse > 1year
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Basic Life Support
Desirable criteria
- Theatre course
- Mentorship or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous ward experience
- Theatre experience
- Care of the deteriorating patient
Desirable criteria
- Experience in recovery/HDU
- Familiar with PCA/epidurals for pain relief
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Competent in computer/IT skills
Desirable criteria
- Teaching skills
- Knowledge of risk management and Datix
- Ability to work both as a team member and autonomously
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
- Marie Hall
- Job title
- Matron Obstetric HDU
- Email address
- [email protected]
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