Main area: Post operative care unit
Grade: Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (We operate a service covering 7 days per week, internal rotation)
Job ref: 196-NM12793
Employer: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: GSTT
Town: London
Salary: £35,964 - £43,780 p.a. inclusive of HCA
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 30/04/2025 23:59
Interview date: 05/05/2025
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Job overview
Band 5 Staff Nurse/ODP – North Wing Recovery
We are currently offering an excellent developmental opportunity for a qualified nurse / ODP to join our recovery team in North Wing theatres. This opportunity will allow you to work alongside our excellent team within Recovery and develop your skills in various specialities.
What can we offer you?
We want you to be the best you can be and would support you in achieving your goals through our in-house training programs and tertiary study at our affiliated universities. Our TAP (Theatres, Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine) Academy aims to develop a team of practitioners, with knowledge and skills to care for patients, recognizing the commitments of our staff and rewarding achievements.
Training and support is provided whilst we develop your existing skills and knowledge in each aspect of the Perioperative environment.
Main duties of the job
If you are an experienced staff nurse and looking to further develop your career and expand your skills within a range of clinical specialities, this may be the area for you. Our long history of cutting edge surgery means that you could be involved in the recovery of the worlds most advanced procedures.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Responsible for carrying out clinical practice within designated clinical areas, ensuring that high quality, current evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, implementation, interventions and evaluations for patients is provided from admission through to discharge.
* Will be responsible for the application of knowledge across the range of work procedures and practices, underpinned by theoretical knowledge and practical experience.
* To ensure that patients receive high quality clinical care and a good patient experience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs and doctrines.
* Recognise and avoid situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of the individuals.
* Recognise the significance of observations made, and use them to develop and initiate nursing assessments and devise a plan of care.
* Carry out those activities necessary to conduct a comprehensive assessment of a person’s nursing requirements.
* Will ensure that all patients will have a discharge plan that is safe and appropriate for their needs.
* Carry out nursing procedures and treatments, checking on and maintaining the highest possible standards.
* Work alongside the multi-disciplinary team to ascertain treatments and advise on nursing priorities.
* Take a clear and concise history from patients by assessing their health and wellbeing and complete documentation ensuring that all entries are accurate and legible and that all information systems are maintained.
* Undertake prescribed physical observations as follows: blood pressure, temperature, respirations, blood sugars, urinalysis, weight and height, and report exceptions appropriately.
* Responsible for the correct administration of prescribed medication including transfusion of blood and blood products.
* Is wholly accountable for his / her practice in line with the NMC code of professional conduct and takes every reasonable opportunity to sustain and improve his / her knowledge and professional competence.
* Will be familiar with the Health and Safety at Work Act, and be aware of its implications and ensure that local unit and departmental policies are followed.
* Will adopt a patient orientated approach to work.
* Will be familiar with the ward’s fire, manual handling and C.O.S.H.H. policies and ensure that all nurses in the ward are aware of the policies.
* Will be responsible for the provision and receipt of complex, sensitive or contentious information related to patients, patient care, relatives, staff and other multidisciplinary colleagues.
* Communicate effectively and efficiently with all members of the multi-disciplinary team regarding patient care.
* Will communicate with patients and relatives, making reports and liaising, as appropriate; with medical staff, other members of the care team and management.
* Will give and receive day/night reports. Acting as team leader/member/coordinator as necessary.
Person specification
Qualifications
* NMC Level one Registration or Recognised qualification in Operating Department Practice Registered with HCPC
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Completion of preceptorship
* Leadership Qualification
* SSSA&P training
Experience
* Recent experience working in Recovery
* Experience of working on own and in a team
Skills
* Ability to work well within a team
* Excellent organisational skills and ability to prioritise & meet deadlines
* Ability to administer prescribed medication including transfusion of blood and blood products
* Demonstrates an awareness of clinical governance and risk management and how this affects their role and department
* Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
* Demonstrates ability to influence and negotiate with others
* Knowledge of Evidence based practice and experience of teaching/assessing/supervising others in a clinical setting
* Venepuncture and Cannulation
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitably according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or studies at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work-life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking into account the individual’s personal circumstances as well as the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the onboarding process.
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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.
Our dedicated and talented staff make it their mission to provide outstanding care for our patients.
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