Anaesthetic/Recovery Lead

The Methodist Church in Britain; Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Funded mandatory training

NMC registration reimbursement

Company pension

Generous annual leave

Free onsite parking

Employee wellbeing support

Opportunities for professional develop

Job summary

One Health Group in Scunthorpe is seeking a Clinical Lead for the Recovery Unit to oversee safe care after anaesthesia and surgery and to lead the recovery nursing team. The role requires registration with NMC or HCPC and extensive peri-operative leadership experience.

You will work with surgeons, anaesthetists and ward staff to uphold high standards of care. The post involves leading standard setting, governance, and injury prevention while contributing to clinical audits and education for

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in a post-anaesthetic care unit or recovery environment.
• Leadership/management or supervisory experience in peri-operative or recovery settings.
• Experience caring for patients after major orthopaedic and spinal surgery.
• Experience recognising and managing post-operative complications and deteriorating patients.
• Experience participating in clinical audit, governance or quality improvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide visible clinical leadership in the recovery environment.
• Support safe post-anaesthetic care for patients having major orthopaedic and spinal surgery.
• Lead and support the recovery nursing team, promoting professional standards and a safety culture.
• Ensure patients are assessed, monitored and managed after surgery and anaesthesia.
• Promote best practice in pain management, PONV management and discharge criteria.
• Support recognition and escalation of the deteriorating patient.
• Ensure compliance with recovery documentation standards and clinical pathways.
• Lead recovery-related audits and quality improvement initiatives.
• Support staff education, competency assessment and clinical development.
• Work with anaesthetic, theatre and inpatient teams.
• Contribute to clinical governance, risk management and patient safety improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organisational skills

Post-anaesthetic care

Education

NMC or HCPC registration

Job description

Clinical lead for the recovery unit at One Health Group's elective surgical hub in Scunthorpe, a new specialist service for orthopaedic and spinal patients. The post leads the recovery nursing team and oversees safe care after anaesthesia and surgery, working closely with surgeons, anaesthetists and ward staff. The hub has one theatre, three recovery bays and twelve inpatient beds, and the post helps set standards from the start. Applicants need current NMC or HCPC registration, and the planned start date is 1 April 2027.

What the job involves

• Provide visible clinical leadership in the recovery environment
• Support safe post-anaesthetic care for patients having major orthopaedic and spinal surgery
• Lead and support the recovery nursing team, promoting professional standards and a safety culture
• Ensure patients are assessed, monitored and managed after surgery and anaesthesia
• Promote best practice in pain management, PONV management and discharge criteria
• Support recognition and escalation of the deteriorating patient
• Ensure compliance with recovery documentation standards and clinical pathways
• Lead recovery-related audits and quality improvement initiatives
• Support staff education, competency assessment and clinical development
• Work with anaesthetic, theatre and inpatient teams
• Contribute to clinical governance, risk management and patient safety improvement

What’s required

Registration & licences

• Current NMC (Registered Nurse) or HCPC (Operating Department Practitioner) registration

Experience

• Extensive experience in a post-anaesthetic care unit or recovery environment
• Previous leadership, management or supervisory experience in a peri-operative or recovery setting
• Experience caring for patients after major orthopaedic and spinal surgery, including hip, knee and spinal procedures
• Experience recognising and managing post-operative complications and deteriorating patients
• Experience managing patients after complex elective surgery
• Participation in clinical audit, governance or quality improvement

Skills & knowledge

• Post-anaesthetic recovery standards and enhanced recovery pathways
• Pain assessment and management, and PONV management
• Airway management, emergency response and cardiac arrest response
• NEWS2 and deteriorating patient pathways
• Neurological assessment following spinal surgery
• Infection prevention and patient safety

Other

• Excellent communication, leadership and organisational skills
• Able to work full-time at the OHG Surgical Hub in Scunthorpe

Nice to have

• Immediate Life Support

What’s offered

• Funded mandatory training
• NMC registration reimbursement (subject to policy)
• Company pension
• Generous annual leave
• Free onsite parking
• Employee wellbeing support
• Opportunities for professional development