Enhanced Recovery Practitioner

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Main area elective orthopaedics Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to friday) Job
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Site Surgical Orthopaedic Ward Town Chorley Hospital Salary £39,959 - £48,117 Per Annum, Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 31/08/2026 23:59

This role offers a unique opportunity to work as part of a multidisciplinary approach to implement and embed enhanced recovery within the orthopaedic unit. The role will require somebody with a high level of interpersonal and communication skill and the ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team. As an enhanced recovery practitioner for orthopaedics, you will be expected to lead the multi-disciplinary team on the orthopaedic wards to implement enhanced recovery, in addition to supporting the patients and their families throughout the pathway both preoperatively and post operatively.

You will also support them post discharge and follow up these patients in clinic. Working as part of the multi-disciplinary team you will be actively encouraged to assist with service development and improve the patient experience based on emerging and best practice models of care, which is responsive to patient feedback and audit. The post holder will work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team to promote evidence-based practice and continuous service improvement with a view to reduce length of stay and increase day-case arthroplasty

In addition, you’ll support the ward manager with a range of leadership and management responsibilities, helping to foster a positive team culture, coordinate service delivery, and ensure the smooth running of the unit. Your contribution will help drive excellence across both clinical and operational aspects of the service.

• Coordinate the enhanced recovery pathway for patients undergoing hip and knee arthroplasty
• Deliver patient education sessions to support informed consent and expectation management
• Monitor and evaluate patient progress throughout the perioperative pathway
• Active involvement in the morning team brief
• Promote early mobilisation, effective pain control, and timely discharge
• Recognise and respond appropriately to clinical deterioration or complications
• Review early post op patients particularly with regard to possible complications such as wound infection
• Be a single point of contact for patients throughout their journey
• Liaise promptly with consultants
• Communicate effectively with patients, relatives, and carers
• Provide clear, accessible information regarding procedures and recovery
• Liaise with members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure coordinated care
• Support and guide ward staff for lower limb arthroplasty patients
• Contribute to a positive learning environment within the clinical area
• Demonstrate professional accountability and act as a role model for best practice
• Assist in the coordination of patient flow and discharge planning

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