registered nurse London, England
Job description
Band 5 Theatre practitioner (Staff nurse/ODP) - Paediatric Recovery & Theatres Evelina London
Are you a paediatric recovery trained practitioner with ward based experience, looking for new opportunities to progress?
Are you interested in airway management?
Do you want to work in a supportive and efficient team?
In Evelina London's Children's Day Surgery Unit, we carry out specialised and elective day surgery. Evelina London is co-located with St Thomas’ Hospital, with links to neo-natal surgery. We perform a wide range of elective procedures, including ENT, general, urology, orthopaedics, plastics, gastroenterology and ophthalmology.
The admissions andrecovery team provide pre op and post op care to our elective day case paediatric patients.
This is a really exciting time to join Evelina London, and we would be delighted to tell you more about this role. If you already think it is the perfect fit, please apply today.
Closing= 06/08/2023
Interview: 15/08/2023
In this role, you would get the chance to rotate through admissions, 1st and 2nd stage recovery. With opportunities to gain experience in other theatre roles with support from our practice development nurses to drive and enhance your career. With an excellent education offering, including in-house courses for anaesthetics, scrub and recovery, we will support you to flourish.
We are looking for band 5 recovery and/or ward trained nurses to join our day surgery team at Evelina London with a passion for delivering the best possible care.
This role will have the opportunity to work in our day surgery unit. This brand new state of the art building will house two new operating theatres and specialist clinical facilities as well as space for future services. Located next door to Evelina London's current hospital, this purpose built facility has been designed with families in mind.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
- 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 appropriates.
- 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 Works 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.
- Acting as team leader/member/coordinator as necessary.
