Theatre Nurse / Operating Department Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 5
Main area Recovery Nurse / Operating Department Practitioner Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week Job ref 319-7072217AZ
Site North Tyneside General Hospital Town North Shields Salary £29,970 - £36,483 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 07/04/2025 23:59
Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is…the Northumbria Way!
What the Northumbria Way means for you :
* Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
* Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
* A range of flexible working opportunities
* Generous annual leave and pension scheme
* Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
* Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
* On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice
* Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank
We are proud to be one of the country’s top performing NHS trusts – rated ‘outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.
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Job overview
Northumbria NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity for you to work full time or part time within our recovery theatres.
You can build your career further when you join our team. Part of our Northumbria Way is a commitment to supporting you to develop your clinical skills, as well as any career or leadership aspirations you may have. To enhance and broaden your career, we offer several schemes and training opportunities to maximise your personal development.
The Recovery Theatres team has a state of the art recovery facilities, attached to the theatres across the Trust.
We have twenty seven Adult and Obstetrics theatres within Northumbria NHS Foundation Trust covering a diverse range of both elective and emergency work in a variety of specialties including General Surgery, Robotics, Trauma and Orthopaedics and Obstetrics.
Main duties of the job
* Delivering excellent standards of care and providing patient support throughout the recovery phase, advocating on behalf of the dependent patient.
* Undertaking the recovery practitioner role, ensuring safe environment and practice is maintained.
* Working with, and supporting other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
* Preparation and monitoring of the environment of care, and equipment.
* Supervising junior colleagues, unregistered staff and students.
Working for our organisation
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* In partnership with other professionals and disciplines, develop measurable patient care plans/goals. The process should include assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care from admission to timely transfer or discharge.
* Take charge of the clinical needs of a group of defined patients on the ward /department prioritising workload according to changing clinical need over a 24 period.
* Delegate tasks and activities to a range of team members in relation to patient care (for example when taking charge or as link nurse).
* Ensure nursing documentation is maintained, accurate and timely in line with the Trust standard.
* To demonstrate awareness and compliance with Trust policies, procedures, guidelines and standards. To work towards promoting this to others.
* Promote and maintain a safe environment for patients.
* Administer medicines in accordance with Trust policy.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Evidence of ongoing practice development
* Registered Mentor. Mentorship Qualification or relevant equivalent qualification (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period)
* Recognised post graduate theatre/anaesthetic qualification
* Recognised teaching qualification
* Diploma/degree in nursing/or health related topic
We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Posi+ive and are a mindful employer.
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