Recovery Practitioner - South Theatres

Job summary

We are looking to recruit highly motivated nurses/ODPs who are passionate about the care of patients to join our recovery team in Ipswich hospital.

The role will be working in the new Post-operative Care unit (POCU) as well as the existing recovery unit.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a friendly team who are motivated in promoting the delivery of patient-centred, clinically effective and dynamic service to our patients.

Do you possess excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work confidently and collaboratively across professional boundaries? Are you keen and motivated to learn? If so, then your skills are invaluable to us, and we would like to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

In this post you will deliver excellent and individualised care to our patients, and you will be fully supported to achieve this through our comprehensive educational strategy.

Depending on your level of experience, you will develop your competence and confidence through a program of supervised practice, Post-Operative and Recovery specific competencies and a series of development days.

You will work within a Clinical Specialist team and contribute to activities and projects with a goal of professional and practice development. POCU is a new, developing service within the Trust and we are fully committed to offering the appropriate support, guidance and training of our staff to offer our patients the extended care they need post-surgery. There are a number of development opportunities such as the Degree top-up, Anaesthetic course and ALS/ILS/PILS.

You will be expected to transfer patients on their beds from recovery to the ward and hand over the care the patient received during their stay within the theatre suite.

In this role, you will be expected to undertake internal rotation of shifts, nights days and weekends with varying start and finish times.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ipswich Hospital

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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