Maternity Staff Nurse - Labour ward Theatre/Recovery

Whittington Health NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in London is seeking staff nurses for its labour ward theatre and recovery area, focusing on women's health. The role includes assisting in operative deliveries and learning various skills, including participation in educational programmes. Newly qualified nurses are welcome, and full training will be provided. The organization prides itself on a supportive work environment and strong practice development. Ideal candidates will have nursing experience from an acute hospital setting and a keen interest in surgical skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in a medical or surgical background is preferred.
• Ability to assist with operative deliveries in a theatre setting.
• Willingness to take part in educational programmes.

Responsibilities

• Assist midwives in the recovery area and labour ward theatre.
• Learn skills like cell salvage and enhanced recovery care.
• Participate in training and development opportunities.

Skills

Nursing experience in an acute hospital setting

Surgical skills

Teamwork

Education

Nursing degree

Job description

Overview

Are you interested in Women’s health issues and keen to develop your surgical and nursing skills? You must have nursing experience working in an acute hospital setting, ideally from a medical or surgical background. The work is varied and you will rotate between the maternity high dependency recovery area and labour ward theatre. We work closely with Middlesex University and there are numerous opportunities to participate in educational programmes. Full training will be given to scrub in theatre if you are successful at interview.

Responsibilities

We are currently looking to recruit staff nurses to work in labour ward theatre and recovery. You will be working alongside the midwives in the recovery area and labour ward theatre, assisting with operative deliveries. You will also be learning new skills, such as cell salvage and seeing women/birthing people in the enhanced recovery clinic. If you have experience working on a surgical ward or working in theatres that would be advantageous, however this post would also suit newly qualified nurses as full training would be given.

About Us

Whittington Health’s maternity unit has award-winning facilities and is well-known as a friendly unit where staff is well supported through strong practice development. Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat