Theatre Nurse / Operating Department Practitioner inNorth Shields inNorth Shields PUBLISHED
MON 11 NOV 2024
The Trust is committed to supporting the professional development of its staff, providing opportunities for training and enhancement of clinical skills. The position entails developing and implementing patient care plans, prioritizing workload based on changing clinical needs, ensuring accurate nursing documentation, and promoting adherence to Trust policies and safety standards. Successful candidates will play a vital role in a multidisciplinary team, ensuring a high level of care and effective communication throughout the patient recovery journey.
Northumbria NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity for you to work full time or part time within our recovery theatres.
You can build your career further when you join our team. Part of our Northumbria Way is a commitment to supporting you to develop your clinical skills, as well as any career or leadership aspirations you may have. To enhance and broaden your career, we offer several schemes and training opportunities to maximise your personal development.
The Recovery Theatres team has a state of the art recovery facilities, attached to the theatres across the Trust.
We have twenty seven Adult and Obstetrics theatres within Northumbria NHS Foundation Trust covering a diverse range of both elective and emergency work in a variety of specialties including General Surgery, Robotics, Trauma and Orthopaedics and Obstetrics.
Delivering excellent standards of care and providing patient support throughout the recovery phase, advocating on behalf of the dependent patient. Undertaking the recovery practitioner role, ensuring safe environment and practice is maintained. Working with, and supporting other members of the multi-disciplinary team. Preparation and monitoring of the environment of care, and equipment. Supervising junior colleagues, unregistered staff and students.
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- In partnership with other professionals and disciplines, develop measurable patient care plans/goals. The process should include assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care from admission to timely transfer or discharge.
- Take charge of the clinical needs of a group of defined patients on the ward /department prioritising workload according to changing clinical need over a 24 period.
- Delegate tasks and activities to a range of team members in relation to patient care (for example when taking charge or as link nurse).
- Ensure nursing documentation is maintained, accurate and timely in line with the Trust standard.
- To demonstrate awareness and compliance with Trust policies, procedures, guidelines and standards. To work towards promoting this to others.
- Promote and maintain a safe environment for patients.
- Administer medicines in accordance with Trust policy.
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