Candidates will need to demonstrate strong communication skills and a commitment to patient care, as well as a willingness to engage in ongoing training and development opportunities. The PACU team also supports nursing students and has received recognition for their mentorship program. The position entails high levels of autonomy and collaboration with anaesthetists and consultants, requiring skills in airway management and stabilisation of high-dependency patients prior to transfer to intensive care units.
The Post Anaesthetic Care Unit (PACU) Team at the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital are recruiting band 5 Registered staff (Staff Nurses / ODPs) to join their busy team on fixed term contracts.
PACU is centrally placed in the Main Theatre Suite (of 17 theatres) and has 24 bays (including 4 paediatric bays). We also support activity in the Day Procedure Unit, two Obstetric Theatres, MRI / CT (for patients having had general anaesthesia) and the Brachytherapy Suite. Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team (nurse, ODPs, HCAs, TSWs, medical staff) you will care for adults and children in the immediate post-anaesthetic / surgical phase.
Our values of People-focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence- PRIDE - are important to us and are integral to the role: Patients are at the heart of what we do in providing essential, optimal care from the emergence of anaesthesia to enable the safe transfer to the ongoing destinations (surgical wards / critical care complex), caring for over 2000 patients each month.
The ability to communicate in a personable, approachable and respectful manner to individuals from inside and outside the organisation is essential to building the relationships needed to promote safe working practices - 'Human Factors' training has been introduced throughout the Trust as a mandatory requirement, to enhance our clinical performance through understanding the effects of teamwork and culture on human behaviour.
The PACU Team is dedicated to improve patients' experience by undertaking Quality Improvement initiatives such as: expanding our services as a PACU, Anaesthesia Clinical Services Accreditation and Improving care (surgical pathway) for patients with a Dementia diagnosis.
We provide a supportive orientation programme - all trainees work In a supernumerary capacity alongside an assigned mentor until assessed as being competent to work independently. Support will be provided through our Education Facilitator. In-service training (study days) covering Recovery practices are already available and exciting opportunities such as simulation training are forthcoming. We encourage professional development of all our staff so we hope to see a willingness to develop in your application.
As a teaching hospital we support student nurses and student ODPs from both adult and child branch, in collaboration with the UEA. We have received the award for Excellence in Student Support as part of the Mentorship Programme.
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To provide a professionally competent service to patients in a safe clinical environment. You will be expected to: undertake the post-anaesthetic and post-operative management of adult and paediatric patients, using his/her initiative to assess, plan and implement care interventions, to include
Assume autonomous responsibility of patients care once a handover from the anaesthetist and the surgical team has been given. Work in collaboration with the appropriate anaesthetists, relevant consultants and their multi-disciplinary care teams. Demonstrate by skills and knowledge the care of the unconscious patient with particular reference to basic and advanced airway management. Provide continual observation and monitoring of physiological parameters using non-invasive and invasive techniques. Provide extended care for patients post-operatively who have a high dependency status, requiring stabilisation before transfer to the HDU/ICU.
and; assume responsibility for the recovery environment as required:Co-ordinate the recovery satellite areas over a 24hr emergency period; involving support of staff, patients and relatives within critical and emergency situations
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