Bank Perioperative Practitioner - Recovery

NHS; Chatham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a leading independent healthcare provider as a Perioperative Practitioner - Recovery at Spire Alexandra Hospital. This role involves delivering high-quality patient care during recovery, working in a fast-paced surgical environment. You will be part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, dedicated to clinical excellence.

Benefits

Access to Spire Healthcare pension

Blue Light Card discounts

Wellbeing Centre access

Free uniform

Free DBS

Full induction and mandatory training

Qualifications

• NMC/HCPC registered with no restrictions.
• Minimum of 2 years recovery experience in a surgical setting.
• Enthusiastic team player accustomed to minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients' health and well-being in a busy department.
• Prepare recovery bays and care for post-operative patients.
• Promote best practices and contribute to quality improvements.

Skills

Patient Care

Teamwork

Assessment Skills

Job description

Perioperative Practitioner - Recovery | Bank | Spire Alexander | Excellent Benefits

Spire Alexandra Hospital is looking for a highly motivated, experienced Perioperative Practitioner - Recovery, to join our dedicated theatre team on a bank basis. This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled professional with a passion for delivering high quality patient care in a fast paced surgical environment. As part of one of the UK's leading independent healthcare providers, you'll play a vital role in supporting patients through their post -operative recovery, working alongside a supportive multidisciplinary team committed to clinical excellence.

Main duties of the job

Duties and responsibilities

• Supporting in assessing patients health and well-being across a complex and changing caseload
• Assist in the delivery of care to meet the patients needs in an extremely busy department
• Prepping the recovery bays and of course, looking after patients after their surgery
• Provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information
• Promoting best practice and contributing towards quality improvements

About us

At Spire Healthcare, caring is our passion. We have been putting patients at the heart of everything we do for over 25 years. We're committed to looking after people, both patients and staff. We deliver high standards of care to our insured, self-pay and NHS patients across 39 hospitals and 33 clinics, medical centres and consulting rooms. Our successful business is led by an experienced and stable senior management team, we provide the highest quality of care through the latest medical technology, new facilities, and a focus on inspiring leadership and employee development.We have achieved our market leading position because of our Purpose, which is to 'make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care'. Everyone at Spire is aligned to this purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion, passion and collaboration across our business, enabling us to achieve more than 98% of our hospitals being rated 'Good' or 'Outstanding' by the Regulators; these are sector leading standards.

Job responsibilities

Who we're looking for

• Be NMC/HCPC registered - your pin should not have any restrictions or conditions
• Have a minimum of 2 years recovery experience
• Have been employed in a surgical/Theatre setting.
• You will be an enthusiastic, dedicated team player and also used to working with minimum supervision
• ALS and Airway Maintenance certifications would be desirable, though not essential Training opportunities are available

Working Hours: Days 07:30 - 18:00

Contract Type: Bank

• Bank colleagues are paid weekly
• Access to Spire Healthcare pension
• Access to Blue Light Card discounts
• Smart spending discounts (in addition to Blue Light discounts) via Spire for You
• Wellbeing Centre access via Spire for You'
• Free uniform
• Free DBS
• Full induction, including mandatory training updates

We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness or annual leave.

Our Values

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

• Driving clinical excellence
• Doing the right thing
• Caring is our passion
• Keeping it simple
• Succeeding and celebrating together

Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Alison Roberts [e-mail]

For us,it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Please see above

Experience

• Please see above

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.