Bank theatre nurse post in the Theatres team at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, offered on a two-year bank basis. The work centres on delivering individualised, evidence-based care to patients through their operative journey, including medicines, safety and documentation. The role covers scrubs, recovery and anaesthetics, assisting with elective and emergency procedures across hospital departments, and includes team leadership and teaching junior staff. Fit depends on holding the required registration and ODP qualification.
What the job involves
- Deliver individualised, patient-focused care from admission to discharge, assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating it
- Keep patients, staff and visitors safe in line with health and safety guidelines and Trust policy
- Administer and manage medicines in line with NMC and Trust policy
- Assist anaesthetists, surgeons and endoscopists with elective and emergency procedures in all hospital departments and wards
- Liaise with the multi-professional team and communicate care to patients, relatives and colleagues
- Maintain accurate clinical, legal and incident records, including accident and incident reporting
- Check and maintain essential equipment and keep stock levels adequate for perioperative care
- Transport people, equipment and specimens safely and on time
- Provide advice, support and health information to patients and carers
- Lead the team where required and act as a clinical role model
- Take part in clinical governance, audit and evidence-based practice to improve patient care
- Create a learning environment for junior staff, learners and theatre support workers, and take part in teaching
What’s required
Qualifications
- City & Guilds 752 or NVQ3 in ODP practice
Registration & licences
- NMC Level 1 registration as an ODP
Experience
- Experience of working in the appropriate care setting as a qualified or student nurse
- Experience caring for the ill in a variety of settings as a qualified or student nurse
Skills & knowledge
- Effective verbal and written communication
- Ability to solve day-to-day problems
- Evidence-based knowledge of essential methods of care
- Understanding of individual patient care needs
- Teamwork
- Knowledge of a nursing model of care
Other
- Ability to develop own clinical skills and widen theoretical knowledge
- Awareness of current issues affecting nursing
- Good interpersonal skills, enthusiasm and respectful conduct in public and private settings
- Demonstrates initiative
- Interest in developing teaching skills
- Able to work in scrubs, recovery and anaesthetics
Nice to have
- Diploma or degree
- Relevant specialist course
- Willingness to develop teaching skills, formally and informally
What’s offered
- Staff networks for disability, LGBT+, multicultural inclusion and women
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
