Senior Theatre/Recovery Nurse/ODP

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Main area Senior Maternity Theatre/Recovery Nurse/ODP Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 337-NP-8758KS-A

Site Northwick Park Hospital Town Harrow Salary £42,939 - £50,697 per annum inclusive HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 25/06/:59

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us

Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put "Quality at our HEART". Find out more about our ambitious strategy

We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.

Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.

• H onesty
• A ccountability
• T eamwork

These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

As a member of the maternity theatre team, you must be able to perform the tasks of theatre scrub and recovery nurse, supporting the surgeon and other members of the multidisciplinary team.

Toact as a team leader to identified groupofstaff,monitoring and documenting the development of their clinical skills.

Be able toscrub independently and contribute to smoothrunning ofthe theatres list and recover women in recovery area as Band 6.

To undertake Obstetric recovery training within 3 months if you have no recovery experience (1 week refresher training only for those who have worked in this area).

Be responsible for the safe use of complex theatre equipment and ensuring that all equipment at work areas is ready for use.

Follow process of reporting if equipment is faulty or damaged. Responsible for reporting low stock and non-stock supplies that needs ordering and arranging servicing of said equipment both routine and urgent.

In orderto meet theneedsof the Trust'sservicesyou maybe requiredfromtime to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work.

Main duties of the job

Act as patient advocate in line with the NHS plan and to actively apply in depth knowledge of holistic/ socio-economic and cultural aspects of the care to clients within your specific speciality, acting as a role model and resource for patients, relatives and staff

Assess,plan, implement andevaluateprogrammes ofcare,actively seeking evidence based practice which will support clinical outcomes as appropriate.

Ensure that midwifery and nursing documentation is maintained to the Trust standard (including electronic records) and implement clinical audit of records to measure and evaluate care planning

Working for our organisation

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

• NMC Registered general Nurse or HCPC registered
• Evidence of ongoing professional development in relevant area of specialty
• Academic qualification in Peri-operative practice

Knowledge and experience

• Leads and manages a designated peri- operative team
• Able to organise and facilitate an operating list
• Competent in Scrub and Circulating role
• Able to recover patient in the Post Anaesthetic area
• Theatre course or appropriate experience for Band 6
• Good understanding and knowledge of aseptic techniques, Theatre and Recovery
• Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance
• High Dependency course or equivalent
• Recovery Course
• Anaesthetic Course

Skills, abilities and attributes

• Committed to family centred care
• Have an excellent clinical skill which includes IV Cannulation obtaining blood samples
• Valid Drug administration certificate (To obtain within 3 months)
• Commitment to personal and professional development/lifelong learning

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We promote the wellbeing and safety of all our patients and carers by acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately, according to the standards determined by our policy and procedures. All posts working with vulnerable groups will be subject to an enhanced criminal records check upon appointment and staff will need to give their consent for the Trust to receive regular updates on their criminal records status throughout their employment.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive for certain posts, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.After the closing date we strongly advise you check the email account which is registered. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

Our employment checking processes require that all shortlisted applicants provide the contact details of their current HR Department. If shortlisted you will be sent an email reminder to present the contact details of your HR Department at the interview.

Please note the Trust uses identity checking software for verifying the authenticity of identity documents provided by candidates.

As part of our commitment to the Equality and Diversity at LNWUH, we are encouraging applications from BME (Black ,Minority Ethnic) candidates as we seek to ensure our workforce structures are representative of the diversity of the communities we serve.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Thobile Zikhali Job title Matron, Fetal & Maternal Medicine & Antinatal Email address Telephone number Additional information

Isaac Dadzie (Maternity Senior Theatre Nurse)