Second Stage Recovery Nurse for Lewisham Surgical Centre

Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Recovery Practitioner to ensure high standards of care in the new surgical centre. The role involves leading teams, supporting junior staff, and maintaining patient safety during operative journeys. Ideal for experienced registered nurses passionate about healthcare excellence.

Qualifications

• Responsible for delivering a high standard of patient care throughout operative journeys.
• Ability to lead teams and support junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standards of care to patients and evaluate their individual needs.
• Act as a clinical role model and ensure patient safety at all times.
• Maintain accurate records of clinical documentation.

Skills

Patient care

Team leadership

Clinical supervision

Education

Registered Nurse with clinical experience

Job description

Overview

The post holder will be responsible for providing a high standard of evidence-based care to patients throughout their operative journey, within the guidelines of the Trust, and the NMC. The post holder will provide support and guidance to the theatre team within the clinical area, and will assist with the training and development of junior staff and students. The post holder will take responsibility for running operating lists in conjunction with and in the absence of a Senior Staff Nurse.

Responsibilities

• As a member of the team, participate in establishing a positive working environment in which patients receive a high standard of care delivery.
• Personally deliver a high standard of care to patients and participate in assessing, planning and evaluation of individualised patient care.
• Act as team leader where required and clinical role model at all times.
• Ensure that all patients are cared for in a safe environment and maintains the safety and well-being of patients, staff and visitors in line with Health and Safety guidelines.
• Personally act within and ensure adherence to all Trust and Departmental policies and procedures.
• Participate in the care, custody and administration of medicines in accordance with Trust and local policy.
• Assist in developing the department philosophy and framework of care in line with unit/organisational beliefs and values.
• Ensure the provision of advice, support and health information to patients and their carers in order to promote a health-based service.
• Ensure workload of colleagues does not jeopardise safe standards of practice and initiate action if necessary.
• Participate in the daily checking and maintenance of essential equipment.
• Transport/manage people and/or items such as equipment or specimens safely and to time consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
• Maintain accurate and legible records of all clinical and legal documentation, including accident/incident reporting, with regard to HCPC/NMC statutory and Trust policies.
• Ensure all aspects of clinical care including interventions and investigations are performed, assessed and reported upon in a timely fashion and in a manner consistent with legislation, policy and procedures.
• Liaise with the multi-professional team to ensure care is assessed, planned, delivered and evaluated within a multi-professional framework and communicated to all team members.

Risk and Governance

• Assist in the investigation of the nursing aspects of complaints, accidents and clinical incidents and be involved with corrective action with guidance, reporting any serious or untoward incidents in line with Trust policy.
• Ensure all Trust/Directorate policies and procedures including EC Directives, Health and Safety at work, COSHH and Moving and Handling policies are adhered to.
• Ensure all equipment and supplies in the clinical area are maintained and checked to enable practitioners to deliver care efficiently and safely.

Research and development, education and training

• Assist in providing and maintaining an environment conducive to learning and development to maximise the potential of staff.
• Assist in creating and maintaining, in conjunction with Senior Theatre Practitioners and the Theatre & Recovery Co-ordinator, systems which provide effective Clinical Supervision and Practice Supervision for all staff members, including learners allocated to the clinical area.
• Contribute to ensuring that staff in the clinical area are up-to-date with new developments, and able to access appropriate continuing education. Encourage the exchange of information, ideas and experiences.
• Take responsibility for own professional development in conjunction with the Theatre & Recovery Co-ordinator and Practice Development Facilitator.
• Keep up-to-date with current trends and developments in practice related to operating theatres.
• Continually monitor and evaluate the standard of care delivered to patients through the use and facilitation of quality assurance tools in clinical areas.
• Be involved in clinical audit, taking action with support and guidance to improve any areas of weakness.
• Assist in facilitating and encouraging the setting of standards and development of guidelines and protocols, which ensure provision of a high quality, up-to-date, evidence-based service.
• Participate in trials of new equipment and supplies; where appropriate, participate in clinical research trials for patients within the clinical areas, liaising with relevant health care professionals.

Workforce

• Work in close partnership and cooperation with the Senior Theatre Practitioners and Theatre & Recovery Co-ordinator, ensuring effective management of the clinical area.
• Assist in leading the theatre team where applicable.

Organisation and diversity

We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview. As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women"s staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce. Please note, not all roles will meet the criteria for a skilled worker visa.

About Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust (LGT) is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We employ almost 7,500 colleagues and provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at multiple community settings, including Queen Mary\'s Hospital in Sidcup. We launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 anniversary. Our values are Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying curious; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone.

To view full details of the forthcoming Lewisham Surgical Centre, please click the link below: Work with us at Lewisham Surgical Centre. This is your opportunity to be part of a theatres surgical centre team to shape and contribute to the future of healthcare in South East London by taking on this role as a Recovery Practitioner in the forthcoming Lewisham Surgical Centre for Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust. The centre would be 12 all days extended lists as two theatres. ENT procedures currently have one of the largest waiting lists of any specialty in the country.