Recovery Practitioner

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning and development opportunities

Flexible working options

NHS pension and discount schemes

Health and wellbeing services

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking enthusiastic nurses to join the Recovery team, developing critical thinking and advanced nursing skills in perioperative care and patient experience. The post holder will assess care needs and implement care programmes for theatre patients while supporting the operating department.

You will work with our recovery team across site in High Wycombe, contribute to the Trust's gold-standard perioperative practice, and mentor both qualified and student

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with surgical nursing experience.
• Willing to undertake specialist training.
• Good communicator and able to work in a team or on own initiative.

Responsibilities

• Assess care needs and develop, implement and evaluate perioperative care plans for theatre patients.
• Provide highly skilled assistance in all areas of the operating department as part of the theatre team.
• Teach, supervise and motivate qualified and unqualified staff and students.

Skills

Registered nurse

Surgical nursing experience

Communication

Team player

Education

Nursing registration

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity within the Recovery team for enthusiastic and dynamic nurses wanting to develop their critical thinking skills and advanced nursing skills in the provision of excellent perioperative care and patient experience., The post holder is responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development and/or implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for patients undergoing theatre procedures. To provide highly skilled assistance in all areas of the operating department and associated areas, and act as a professional member of the theatre team. He/she is expected to carry out all relevant forms of care, maintaining a highly skilled standard of nursing care within the framework of Trust policies. The post holder will teach, supervise and motivate qualified and unqualified staff including basic and/or post basic students (Nurses and Operating Department Practitioners), back to nursing students and health care assistants.

The post holder will be a registered nurse with previous surgical nursing experience. Be a good communicator and able to work as part of a team and on their own initiative. Be willing to undertake specialist training. The successful candidate will work as part of a team who cover across site working with our recovery team in High Wycombe. We have a tradition of excellence and our vision is simple, to provide a gold standard in peri-operative practice, and invest in you the people who deliver care. We are seeking enthusiastic and committed individuals to join our team.

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Benefits

• As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile workingopportunities,alongside your NHS benefits ofgenerous annual leave entitlement, pension andaccess toNHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We're committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity withinourBHT familyimprovespositive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.