Recovery Nurse

Responsibilities

• Provide a high standard of evidence-based care to patients throughout their operative journey, within the guidelines of the Trust, HCPC and NMC.
• Provide support and guidance to the theatre team within the clinical area, and assist with the training and development of junior staff and students. As a member of the team, participate in establishing a positive working environment in which patients receive a high standard of care delivery.
• Personally deliver a high standard of care to patients and participate in assessing, planning and evaluation of individualised patient care.
• Act as a clinical role model at all times.
• Ensure that all patients are cared for in a safe environment and maintain the safety and well-being of patients, staff and visitors in line with Health and Safety guidelines.
• Personally act within and ensure adherence to all Trust and Departmental policies and procedures.
• Participate in the care, custody and administration of medicines in accordance with Trust and local policy.
• Ensure workload of colleagues does not jeopardise safe standards of practice and initiate action if necessary.
• Participate in daily checking and maintenance of essential equipment.
• Maintain accurate and legible records of all clinical and legal documentation, including accident/incident reporting, with regard to HCPC/NMC statutory and Trust policies.
• Liaise with all members of the multi-professional team to ensure care is assessed, planned, delivered and evaluated within a multi-professional framework, in the interests of the patient, and that care is communicated to all team members.

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from Black, Asian and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development.
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability.
• Improving the experience of staff with disability.
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development.
• Making equalities mainstream; where necessary, assists in the investigation of the nursing aspect of complaints, accidents and clinical incidents and is involved with corrective action with the guidance of the Theatre & Recovery Co‑ordinator and Senior Theatre Practitioners, reporting any serious or untoward incidents in line with Trust policy.

Ensures all Trust/Directorate policies and procedures including EC Directives, Health and Safety at work, COSHH and Moving and Handling policies are adhered to. Ensures all equipment and supplies in the clinical area are maintained and checked to enable practitioners to deliver care efficiently and safely.

• Assists in providing and maintaining an environment conducive to learning and development to maximise the potential of staff.
• Assists in creating and maintaining, in conjunction with Senior Theatre Practitioners and the Theatre & Recovery Co‑ordinator, systems which provide effective Clinical Supervision and Practice Supervision for all staff members to include learners allocated to the clinical area.
• Contributes to ensuring that staff in the clinical area are up-to-date with new developments, and able to access appropriate continuing education. Encourages the exchange of information, ideas and experiences.
• Takes responsibility for own professional development in conjunction with the Theatre & Recovery Co‑ordinator and Practice Development Facilitator.
• Keeps up-to-date with current trends and developments in practice related to operating theatres.
• Continually monitors and evaluates the standard of care delivered to patients through the use and…