A 12-month fixed-term Band 5 Recovery Practitioner post, open to registered nurses and operating department practitioners, sits in the Recovery Suite at West Cumberland Hospital Surgical Hub. It gives one-to-one post-operative care to adults and children after surgery across several specialties, with some work in the Maternity Unit. Hours are 37.5 a week, with full-time and part-time both considered, and newly qualified staff are welcome alongside experienced ones. Active NMC or HCPC registration is required, and visa sponsorship may not be available.
What the job involves
- Provide safe post-operative and post-anaesthetic care in line with Trust values and policies
- Give planned one-to-one care to patients after general or regional anaesthetic, from day surgery to enhanced major-surgery pathways
- Carry out post-operative care in the Recovery Area and the Maternity Unit
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care programmes with patients and the multidisciplinary team
- Show compassionate values and behaviours that support dignified care
- Support sustainability, as expected of all staff
What’s required
Qualifications
- Commitment to undertake a mentorship module after completing preceptorship
Registration & licences
- Active NMC registration as a nurse, or HCPC registration as an operating department practitioner
Experience
- Experience of managing and co-ordinating a team
- Experience of managing a ward or department area for a shift
- Continuing professional development, with a portfolio
Skills & knowledge
- Extended clinical skills, e.g. venepuncture
- Interpreting baseline observations and results
- Clinical governance, and contemporary nursing issues including the CNO Nursing Strategy and expanded roles
- Knowledge of the NMC Code of Conduct
- Mentorship skills
Checks & eligibility
- Disclosure and Barring Service check
- Eligibility to work in the UK under current immigration rules
Other
- Communicating with staff at all levels and the MDT, and working as a team member
- Problem solving, using initiative and coping with a changing workload
- Basic IT skills
- Empathy, motivation, enthusiasm, flexibility, and a non-judgemental, positive approach to change
Nice to have
- NMC or HCPC recognised mentorship qualification
- Post-registration qualification in speciality
- Diploma or degree in nursing
- D32/33 or equivalent qualification
- Leadership skills
- Evidence of innovation in practice
- Teaching or mentoring experience
- Knowledge of primary care
What’s offered
- 27 days' holiday rising to 33 after 10 years
- Flexible working scheme
- NHS discounts, subject to eligibility
- Salary sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work, subject to eligibility
- Development opportunities, subject to eligibility
- Competitive NHS Pension scheme
- Free confidential counselling and information service through Vivup
- One-year preceptorship programme with ten study days
#J-18808-Ljbffr
Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
