Theatre/Recovery Practitioner -Nurse/Operating Department Practitioner

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

The closing date is 13 October 2024

Job summary

We are looking for Registered Nurses and Operating Department Practitioners (ODP's) to join our team working across Theatres and Post Op Recovery in our brand new Planned Care Centre.

We want every patient to have the best possible care and support so have started an extensive re-organisation of our three sites in Leicester - the Leicester Royal Infirmary, the Leicester General Hospital and the Glenfield Hospital.

As part of that work, we've created the East Midlands Planned Care Centre, a stand alone unit on site at the Leicester General Hospital. A multi million pound investment to improve care and reduce waiting lists for the people of Leicester and beyond.

When the East Midland Planned Care Centre opens in December 2024 the building will consist of two operating Theatres, 14 outpatient rooms, four clean rooms and a surgical day case facility, together with two 18-bedded wards dedicated to elective day case / post surgical activity, as well as medical day case for Oncology, Haematology and Gastroenterology patients.

The East Midlands Planned Care Centre will see a high volume of patient's per day. It will be a fast paced environment and will require a highly motivated, adaptable candidate. They will need to have a pro active approach to their daily tasks, and must be willing to teach new members of the team their exceptional skills.

Main duties of the job

We need highly motivated practitioners to join our Theatre, Recovery & Post Op team that will grow and develop over time within our new building.

Theatres

Theatres work long days, Monday-Saturday and specialties include General Surgery, Urology, Gynaecology, Ophthamology & ENT.

Successful candidates will be delivering all aspects of peri-operative care. Candidate will be multi-skilled and flexible and will rotate between specialties, so experience or a strong transferable skills set will be required. Applicants mustbe committed to delivering high quality patient care, focusing on safety & patient experience.

Recovery/Post op

Our Surgical Daycase Unit is unique to UHL as it covers the whole patient surgical journey, through Admissions, Theatre, Recovery, Post Op care and Discharge.

Recovery will deliver immediate post op airway management and care. Candidates will need existing Recovery skills or strong transferable skills with the ambition to develop to provide ongoing Post Op care.

Care continues into the Surgical Daycase Unit. Nurses/ODP's will be trained to deliver Criteria Lead Discharge. There will be a variety of shift patterns available offering multiple options of working.

Within the building is Post Op Unit, staffed days and nights to admit patients who require a short extended stay. Staff will be responsible for assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care and must be committed to delivering a high quality service to our patients.

About us

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We have four primary goals:

high-quality care for all,
being a great place to work,
partnerships for impact, and
research and education excellence

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

we are compassionate,
we are proud,
we are inclusive, and
we are one team

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:

http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/

Date posted

27 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

358-6652896-EMPCC

Job locations

East Midlands Planned Care Centre

Leicester General Hospital Gwendolen Road

Leicester

LE4 5PW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Support the Team Leader/Matron to ensure the ward/Department environment is safe, clean, comfortable and well maintained in line with patient and public expectations.
Ensure that the delivery of care to own patients and for all patients when in charge meet the standards determined by the Sister/Charge Nurse/Team Leader.
Ensure that self and team members act at all times to provide a personalised service to patients in accordance with agreed standards and promotes quality, diversity and rights.
Contribute to setting, maintaining and monitoring of standards of care to the optimum level and lead the improvement of care, through benchmarking, audit and research.
Proactively seek feedback on patient and public experience in order to address concerns in a timely manner and build on success.

please see job description/person specification for further details on the role

Job description

Job responsibilities

Support the Team Leader/Matron to ensure the ward/Department environment is safe, clean, comfortable and well maintained in line with patient and public expectations.
Ensure that the delivery of care to own patients and for all patients when in charge meet the standards determined by the Sister/Charge Nurse/Team Leader.
Ensure that self and team members act at all times to provide a personalised service to patients in accordance with agreed standards and promotes quality, diversity and rights.
Contribute to setting, maintaining and monitoring of standards of care to the optimum level and lead the improvement of care, through benchmarking, audit and research.
Proactively seek feedback on patient and public experience in order to address concerns in a timely manner and build on success.

please see job description/person specification for further details on the role

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

RGN/ODP - First Level

Desirable

Degree in nursing or health related subject
Recognised NMC Teaching and Assessing Qualification or equivalent

Experience

Essential

Demonstrates satisfactory clinical expertise for the grade applied for

Desirable

Audit experience / research skills
Experience in the speciality applied for.

Skills

Essential

Recognises own limitations
Team working

Desirable

Additional Project work
Link Role

Analytical and Judgement skills

Essential

Focus on quality patient care

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

RGN/ODP - First Level

Desirable

Degree in nursing or health related subject
Recognised NMC Teaching and Assessing Qualification or equivalent

Experience

Essential

Demonstrates satisfactory clinical expertise for the grade applied for

Desirable

Audit experience / research skills
Experience in the speciality applied for.

Skills

Essential

Recognises own limitations
Team working

Desirable

Additional Project work
Link Role

Analytical and Judgement skills

Essential

Focus on quality patient care

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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