Job summary
Employer heading
Band 5 - Recovery Nurse
Band 5
Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
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Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for Band 5 Day Surgery Staff Nurse to help us deliver our Elective Operating services.
Main duties of the job
Chase Farm Hospital is seeking dynamic people to join our team in Day
Surgery.
Chase Farm Hospital opened 5 years ago and is an exciting place to work,
with dedicated elective surgery theatres including day surgery areas and recovery that supports 8 theatres, one of which is a Barn theatre
complex.
The Barn Theatre is a large room with 4 theatres with no dividing walls,
this is the new design for ultra-clean theatres for elective orthopaedic
procedures.
Working for our organisation
We are the North London Orthopaedic Centre / Hub
which is exciting times for learning and developing skills in
Orthopaedics.
Chase Farm Hospital is a fully elective and most digitally advanced
hospital site in the UK, supporting the following specialities .
Orthopaedic, Urology, Gynaecology, Oral Max Fax, ENT, General Surgery,
Ophthalmology and vascular.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are looking for motivated and dynamic people who can support our Day
Surgery teams whiles also developing your own skills to ensure progressive training is happening to help staff with promotions in the future.
Person specification
Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse / ODP
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of theatre nursing
Skills and aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Awareness of clinical issues within the theatre department
- Aware of developments within profession
- Able to work as part of a team within set boundaries
- Able to prioritise workload
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nikki Richardson
- Job title
- Principal ODP
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0203 375 2637
- Additional information
Please contact Nikki on the email included for an informal visit.
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Recruitment Support
Open Monday to Friday
08:30 am to 17:30pm
- Telephone
- 01629 702338
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