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Job summary

Main area
Post Anaesthetic Care Unit
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Full and part time hours available)
Job ref
151-DV-359
Employer
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Frimley Park Hospital
Town
Frimley
Salary
£29,828 - £36,311 per annum inc HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
30/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust logo

Staff Nurse - Recovery

Band 5

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic and highly motivated Nurses or ODP’s to join our dedicated, caring and friendly team in our Post Anaesthetic Care Unit.

Main duties of the job

We provide a comprehensive service to Main Theatres which includes general surgery, orthopaedics, vascular, spinal, gynaecology, obstetric, ENT and trauma. In addition we cover a busy Day Surgical Unit and Radiology suite. We have dedicated Paediatric and Obstetric bays and also provide care for Level 1-2 extended / overnight patients.

For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy. 

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy. 

Unfortunately no overseas applications will be considered without an NMC registration

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered General Nurse Level 1
  • Current NMC registration
  • IV certification
Desirable criteria
  • ENB 998/ teaching and assessing course or Mentor prep
  • Relevant Recovery/HDU/Critical care course or qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Relevant post registration experience
  • Flexible working
  • Working with patient information systems
Desirable criteria
  • Recent PACU/Theatre/HDU/ICU
  • Good computer skills

Competencies

Essential criteria
  • Experience of effective collaborative working with multi disciplinary teams
  • Nursing knowledge and clinical skills based on up-to-date best practice
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working with children/young people

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employer

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Melanie Rose
Job title
Senior Sister
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0300 613 4181
Additional information

Cristina Albastroiu  0300 613 4181

Jette Delizo  0300 613 4181



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