Job overview

Our fantastic Theatre Recovery team are looking for enthusiastic Nurses or Practitioners to join us here at Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Homerton is a great place to work, with many opportunities for skill acquisition and career development.

You will have the chance to work as part of a dedicated and high-performing team. Working within the multidisciplinary team, you will ensure safe and effective immediate post-operative care is delivered to patients within the operating department. We are therefore looking for applicants who possess the ability to work successfully, as part of this team. 

You will also have the responsibility of providing a high quality evidenced based individualised care for patients in the immediate post-operative period, you will assess care needs, develop, implement 
and evaluate their care without supervision.

If you are an individual with excellent communication skills, and have the ability to work using your own initiative, we would love to hear from you.

We would also like to offer you the chance to have a tour of the department at the hospital, if this is something you would be interested in.

Interview date: TBC 

Main duties of the job

The main duties for this position will include:

– Receiving patients from theatres

– Looking after patients in first stage recovery

– Administer the required medications and attend to any post operative complications

– Escalate clinical concerns to senior nurse in a timely fashion

– Liaising with wards for transfer of patients to wards post operatively

– Ensuring a safe environment in recovery room

– Topping up pharmaceutical products in recover when stocks run low

– Discharge patients to the wards

– Provide a detailed handover of operation details and post op instructions

Working for our organisation

Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of “Outstanding” from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard’s Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, our procedures and our People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ and Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

  • Experience of working within a hospital setting
  • Experience of working with patients
  • Experience of managing workload

    • Desirable criteria

  • Relevant post registration experience
  • Experience of working in a theatre team
  • Paediatric experience
  • Recovery / HDU and scrub experience
  • Experience of teaching students and junior staff

    • Skills/Abilities

    Essential criteria

  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team
  • Ability to demonstrate a professional attitude at all times
  • Effective communicator

    • Desirable criteria

  • Able to assess and manage patients post operatively
  • Computer skills

    • Education/Qualifications

    Essential criteria

  • NMC registered Nurse OR HCPC registered Operating Department Practitioner

    • Desirable criteria

  • Relevant post registration course
  • Other acute related courses

    • Other Requirements

    Essential criteria

  • Understanding of the Trust values

    • General Guidance for Applicants

    The Trust is committed to supporting flexible working wherever possible. The Trust also welcomes applications from candidates wishing to job share with or without job share partners.

    We are committed to equal opportunities, and have been approved as a Disability Confident Employer.

    The Trust offers a number of benefits, including a relocation loan for new starters moving to the area. More details on our range of benefits can be found on the Homerton website.

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