Maternity Staff Nurse - Labour ward Theatre/Recovery

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Greater London is seeking a Maternity Staff Nurse for the Labour Ward Theatre/Recovery. In this role, you will assess care needs for women post-operative delivery and assist in various nursing duties alongside midwives. The position offers opportunities for training and development, including fast tracking to a band 6 staff nurse. Ideal candidates will have nursing experience in an acute setting and be keen to learn and grow within the maternity unit.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse on part 1, 2 or 12 of the Professional Register.
• Has recently worked in an acute hospital environment.
• Willingness to develop skills to nurse acutely ill patients.

Responsibilities

• Assess care needs of women post-operative delivery.
• Carry out relevant forms of care without direct supervision.
• Supervise qualified and unqualified staff.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Reflection on practice

Education

Registered Nurse (Adult)

Diploma or Degree in relevant subject

Job description

Maternity Staff Nurse - Labour ward Theatre/Recovery

Are you interested in Women's health issues and keen to develop your surgical and nursing skills?

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 be also learning new skills, such as cell salvage and seeing women/birthing people in the enchanced 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.

We offer training to fast track to a band 6 staff nurse once you have complete 2 out of 3 post registration courses, the include perioperative nursing, acute and high dependency nursing and nursing care in the maternity setting.

Whittington Health's maternity unit has award-winning facilities and are well-known as a friendly unit where staff is well supported through strong practice development.

Main duties of the job

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 the 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.

About us

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 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

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification.

The post holder will be responsible for the assessment of care needs, of women who have undergone operative delivery in the Maternity Observation area /theatre/recovery working in partnership with the midwives.

The post holder is also expected to carry out all relevant forms of care without direct supervision, and will be required to demonstrate procedures to, and supervise qualified and unqualified staff.

The post holder will contribute to the overall good of the organisation by being a positive role model and to treat all staff, visitors and service users with courtesy.

The post holder will undertake internal rotation to cover the service user with courtesy.

The post holder will be able to carry out all the duties listed in the main duty section below. The duties will vary from ward to ward, and they may carry out other similar duties in support of the ward environment that are not listed. No duties are to be undertaken by the post holder unless they have received the appropriate training

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (Adult) - on part 1,2 or 12 of the Professional Register
• Diploma or Degree in relevant subject
• Registered Operating Department Practitioner (RODP)
• Has recently worked in an acute hospital environment
• Dual role of Scrub and Recovery practitioner
• Willingness to develop the knowledge and skills to effectively nurse acutely ill patients
• Ability to communicate well with colleagues and relatives
• Knowledge of nursing models

Ability

• Ability to communicate well with colleagues and relatives
• Knowledge of nursing models
• Knowledge of audit & evidence based practice

Skills

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Personal Qualities

• Ability to reflect on practice and learn from experience
• Knowledge of Band 5 role and self awareness
• Genuine interest in the position applied for
• keen to learn
• Promote teamwork and motivate colleagues
• Understanding of performance review and objective setting

Other

• Basic computer skills
• - K Knowledge of National Service frameworks, Clinical Governance & Essence of Care

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.

£35,763 to £43,466 a yearper annum including HCAs