The post holder will assist in the daily planning and organisation of the recovery area for clinical procedures of the post-surgical patient. They will be expected to recover patients, providing individualised care and maintaining high-quality evidence-based clinical care. Responsibilities include monitoring and maintaining the quality of nursing care to achieve the standards set by the department, checking, witnessing, and administering controlled drugs, and participating in the post-anaesthetic/operative care of the patients.
The post holder should demonstrate a thorough understanding of how to use equipment safely and effectively. Responsibilities also include receiving patients from Theatre and ensuring a complete and safe handover is given by the Anaesthetist/Theatre staff, ensuring airway management is maintained, and all observations are within acceptable ranges. Pain management and control using appropriate analgesia when required, temperature monitoring and intervention when necessary, and administration of all prescribed drugs, including controlled drugs, are also key duties. An ability to use administration pumps/Pain Controlled Analgesia pumps safely and effectively and provide wound care and management is essential.
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. We aim to employ a workforce that is as representative as possible of this population, valuing differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation, we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion, and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. By doing so, we are better able to treat our patients and create a better workplace.
The post holder will be a qualified nurse registered with the NMC. They will participate in the safe recovery of post-surgical patients, exercise professional standards at all times, and maintain professional accountability as guided by the NMC code of conduct. The post holder will act as an effective role model and maintain effective communication with patients, relatives, and the multidisciplinary team (MDT). Additionally, they will assist in the support of junior nursing staff and student nurses.
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