Registered Nurse - Recovery

NHS; Colchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS organization in Colchester is seeking a Registered Nurse - Recovery to join their Theatre Recovery team. The ideal candidate will provide high-quality, individualized post-operative care and will be integrated into a supportive and innovative environment. Responsibilities include working within a multi-disciplinary team to enhance patient outcomes. The role requires a Registered Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner, with a dedication to continual professional development. Competitive benefits include a generous pension scheme and opportunities for further training.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Experience working within a team environment is required.
• Evidence of exposure to relevant clinical experience is essential.
• Continued professional development plans must be demonstrated.

Responsibilities

• Provide individualized post-operative patient care.
• Deliver care throughout the post-operative pathway.
• Contribute to the development of professional practice.

Skills

Teamwork

Understanding of clinical roles

Patient care

Education

Registered Nurse Adult/ODP

Dip HE (or working towards)

Job description

Go back East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Registered Nurse - Recovery

The closing date is 15 December 2025

To enable us to maintain our commitment to high qualify patient focused care, we are seeking to recruit Registered Nurse/Operating Department Practitioners to join our Theatre Recovery team.

We are committed to providing high quality patient care in an environment which is clean & safe and an organisation which is forward thinking, innovative & supportive. In our progressive, supporting and forward-thinking team you will be supported in your continual professional development.

Elective orthopaedic surgical services will transfer to our brand-new state-of-the-art specialist centre for elective orthopaedics at Colchester Hospital opening this year.

This role will provide you with opportunities to work in the EOC.

Interested candidates are encouraged to call 01206 742617 for an informal chat about the role

Please be advised we may close this advert earlier if sufficient amount of applications are received.

Main duties of the job

• You will provide clinically effective, high quality, individualized post-operative patient care working within the multi-disciplinary team
• You will deliver patient care throughput the post-operative pathway
• You will promote a safe and attractive working environment that is conducive to learning.
• You will contribute to the continuing development of post-operative and professional practice ensuring practice is evidence based.
• You will support the integration of clinical governance in all aspects of patient care delivery.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

• Has experience of working within a team
• Evidence of Exposure to or understanding Relevant Clinical Experience

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse Adult/ODP
• Evidence of continued professional Development Plans
• Dip HE (or working towards)

Knowledge

• Understands the clinical role of a nurse/ODP within the Postoperative team.

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.

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust