Recovery Nurse/ODP

The Methodist Church in Britain; Midsomer Norton; In loco; GBP 31.000 - 36.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

27 days holiday rising to 33 after 10 

Flexible working scheme

NHS discounts

Descrizione del lavoro

The Methodist Church in Britain is seeking a 12-month fixed-term Band 5 Recovery Practitioner to provide post-operative care in the Recovery Suite at a Trust hospital. The role involves one-to-one care, multidisciplinary collaboration, and work across the Recovery Area and Maternity Unit.

Active NMC or HCPC registration is required. Hours are 37.5 per week with both full-time and part-time considered, and mentorship qualification is preferred. Visa sponsorship may not be available.

Competenze

• Provide safe post-operative and post-anaesthetic care.
• Mentorship module after completing preceptorship is required.
• Eligibility to work in the UK under immigration rules.

Mansioni

• Provide safe post-operative and post-anaesthetic care in line with Trust values and policies.
• Give planned one-to-one care to patients after general or regional anaesthetic.
• Carry out post-operative care in the Recovery Area and the Maternity Unit.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care programmes with patients and the multidisciplinary team.
• Show compassionate values and behaviours that support dignified care.

Conoscenze

Empathy and patient-centred care

Team leadership

Mentorship skills

Problem solving

Formazione

Diploma or degree in nursing

D32/33 or equivalent qualification

Post-registration qualification in speciality

Strumenti

Basic IT skills

Descrizione del lavoro

A 12-month fixed-term Band 5 Recovery Practitioner post, open to registered nurses and operating department practitioners, sits in the Recovery Suite at West Cumberland Hospital Surgical Hub. It gives one-to-one post-operative care to adults and children after surgery across several specialties, with some work in the Maternity Unit. Hours are 37.5 a week, with full-time and part-time both considered, and newly qualified staff are welcome alongside experienced ones. Active NMC or HCPC registration is required, and visa sponsorship may not be available.

What the job involves

• Provide safe post-operative and post-anaesthetic care in line with Trust values and policies
• Give planned one-to-one care to patients after general or regional anaesthetic, from day surgery to enhanced major-surgery pathways
• Carry out post-operative care in the Recovery Area and the Maternity Unit
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care programmes with patients and the multidisciplinary team
• Show compassionate values and behaviours that support dignified care
• Support sustainability, as expected of all staff

What’s required

Qualifications

• Commitment to undertake a mentorship module after completing preceptorship

Registration & licences

• Active NMC registration as a nurse, or HCPC registration as an operating department practitioner

Experience

• Experience of managing and co-ordinating a team
• Experience of managing a ward or department area for a shift
• Continuing professional development, with a portfolio

Skills & knowledge

• Extended clinical skills, e.g. venepuncture
• Interpreting baseline observations and results
• Clinical governance, and contemporary nursing issues including the CNO Nursing Strategy and expanded roles
• Knowledge of the NMC Code of Conduct
• Mentorship skills

Checks & eligibility

• Disclosure and Barring Service check
• Eligibility to work in the UK under current immigration rules

Other

• Communicating with staff at all levels and the MDT, and working as a team member
• Problem solving, using initiative and coping with a changing workload
• Basic IT skills
• Empathy, motivation, enthusiasm, flexibility, and a non-judgemental, positive approach to change

Nice to have

• NMC or HCPC recognised mentorship qualification
• Post-registration qualification in speciality
• Diploma or degree in nursing
• D32/33 or equivalent qualification
• Leadership skills
• Evidence of innovation in practice
• Teaching or mentoring experience
• Knowledge of primary care

What’s offered

• 27 days' holiday rising to 33 after 10 years
• Flexible working scheme
• NHS discounts, subject to eligibility
• Salary sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work, subject to eligibility
• Development opportunities, subject to eligibility
• Competitive NHS Pension scheme
• Free confidential counselling and information service through Vivup
• One-year preceptorship programme with ten study days