Recovery Practitioner

Medway NHS Foundation Trust; Brompton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A public healthcare provider in Brompton is seeking a Recovery Practitioner to coordinate and deliver high-quality perioperative care. The ideal candidate will have knowledge of evidence-based practice, be a good communicator, and work collaboratively within a team. This role offers the chance to develop skills in a vibrant healthcare environment focused on patient-first values.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of evidence based practice.
• Good team player.
• Good communication skills and ability to deal with sensitive information.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and deliver high quality perioperative care for the surgical patient.
• Maintain safety and wellbeing of service users.
• Manage perioperative patients.
• Influence and negotiate with others.

Skills

Knowledge of evidence based practice

Good team player

Good communication skills

Job description

Overview

We are recruiting for a Recovery Practitioner who shares our ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff. We are recruiting for qualified staff, qualified staff with limited theatre experience or existing theatre staff who want to expand their current practice to join our Recovery team.

The post holder will be responsible for implementing, coordinating, and delivering effective, high quality perioperative care for the surgical patient, following a client-centred model of practice and ensuring area of work runs smoothly and efficiently. Ensuring the safety and wellbeing of services users and always working in a manner that promotes dignity and human rights through the adoption of person centred care principles.

You will be an enthusiastic team player wishing to develop your skills in this important area. Whilst experience in this area is desirable we also welcome applications from newly qualified practitioners or those with experience elsewhere. Peri-operative Medicine is committed to building a dynamic, flexible and enthusiastic team to help develop our services and achieve the Medway Hospital vision for the future.

Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and deliver high quality perioperative care for the surgical patient in a client-centred model of practice.
• Maintain safety and wellbeing of service users and promote dignity and human rights through person-centred care principles.
• Manage perioperative patients and undertake duties in Pre-operative Care Unit.
• Demonstrate ability to influence and negotiate with others.
• Deal with distressed relatives, care of terminally ill and other challenging situations.
• Contribute to audit and research-based nursing practice.

Qualifications and Skills

• Knowledge of evidence based practice.
• Good team player.
• Good communication skills and ability to deal with sensitive information.
• To include dealing with distressed relatives, care of terminally ill and other challenging situations.
• An understanding of audit and research based nursing practice.

About Medway NHS Foundation Trust

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients. As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach.