We are looking for newly qualified Nurses & ODPs and experienced Nurses & ODPs to join our Post Anaesthetic Care Unit Team!
Our friendly and supportive PACU department have an exciting opportunity for a passionate, patient-focused registered nurse to join the team. Working within the PACU department provides opportunities to work with Elective and Emergency specialities such as Gynaecology, Urology, Plastics, General Surgery, ENT, and Orthopaedics cases and work out of the Department - ITU, Endoscopy, and MRI.
We have opportunities across Frimley Health and if successful, you may be offered a position at one of our three hospitals, as well as right here at Wexham!
Main duties of the job
* Assessing, planning, delivering, and evaluating patient care pathways
* Delegation to and supervision of junior grades, unqualified, and less experienced staff
* Working with members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team following local protocols, trust policies, and standards
* Awareness of the effective management of resources within the department
* To participate in the provision of a safe environment for patients undergoing surgery in the department.
* Maintenance of one's own professional and personal standards and knowledge of current evidence-based practice/ Continuing Professional Development
* To participate as a trained member of the theatre, carrying out a broad range of clinical activities
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis, and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot, and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviors that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users, and each other: Committed to Excellence, Working Together, and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical, and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Role:
Anaesthetics:
* Act as patient's advocate during operation.
* Assist anaesthetists in the administration of general, regional & local anaesthetics monitoring patients' physiological vital signs as appropriate.
Recovery:
* Act as patient's advocate post operation.
* Work without direct clinical/medical supervision to monitor patients' postoperative condition.
Scrub:
* Act as patient's advocate during operation.
* Anticipate the needs of the surgical team by provision of appropriate surgical instrumentation and equipment.
Please see Job Description and Person Specification for further information
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* NMC / HCPC registration
* Diploma (HE) Operating Department Practice (or NVQ equivalent)
Desirable
* Formal mentorship/assessment qualification e.g. completion of the Trust associate mentorship programme
* Supervision of Learning in the Clinical Environment (SLICE)
Skills / Abilities
Essential
* Effective communication skills (verbal & written)
* Ability to adapt to change within working situations
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
* Awareness of current professional peri-operative practice issues
* Own continuing professional development
Desirable
* Ability to practice within more than one role of peri-operative practice
Employer details
Employer name
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Wexham Park Hospital
Wexham Road
Slough
SL2 4HL
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