Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: pro rata per annum
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 343-6445784-UB-RB-Y
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Epsom Maternity
- Town
- Epsom
- Salary
- £32,720 - £39,769 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Maternity Theatre & Recovery Nurse
Band 5
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values
Job overview
We are looking for Maternity Theatre/Recovery Nurses to work alongside our midwifery teams and be able to perform the tasks of theatre scrub nurse and recovery nurse, supporting the surgeon and other members of the multidisciplinary team. This is a new role for us at Epsom and St Helier and we are very excited to welcome nurses to be a part of our fantastic team. We are looking for band 5 nurses who are able to scrub independently and contribute to smooth running of the theatres list and recover women in our dedicated recovery area. If you do not scrub, please do not be put off, as full training will be provided
It is an exciting time to join Epsom & St Helier NHS Trust maternity team. We provide care to around 4300 women per year across two sites at Epsom and St Helier. We pride ourselves in the promotion of women centred care and have well established co-located birth centres in addition to the obstetric led labour wards, fetal medicine and specialist midwifery teams.
Main duties of the job
Maternity Theatre/Recovery Nurses will utilise their theatre skills to lay up theatre trays, assist at elective and emergency caesarean sections and prepare to scrub during an emergency vaginal delivery. Following delivery, they will use their skills to recover the women from either spinal/epidural anaesthesia or general anaesthesia. They will support the smooth running of maternity theatre, working closely with midwifery and obstetric teams. Training midwives how to scrub in an emergency caesarean section, will be an additional part of their role.
Main duties:
- Scrub for emergency and elective caesarean procedures
- In the event that there are no elective or emergency procedures, the post holder/s will work on the maternity ward, giving care to postnatal women
- Independently complete postnatal checks on postnatal women (Maternity Theatre Nurses are not to palpate the maternal uterus – this is the responsibility of the Midwife)
- Complete appropriate BFI training and assist with infant feeding in accordance with BFI and Trust policy
- Complete maternal observations and document using recognised MEOWS chart on Badgernet
- Escalate any abnormal results
- Complete removal of catheters and monitor bladder function
- Record removal on catheter care plan and document volume of urine voids
- Administer medication in accordance with trust policy
Working for our organisation
Epsom and St Helier
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please read the attached job description which provides full details and more information about the maternity theatre/recovery nurse role
Person specification
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Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse
Desirable criteria
- Experience in theatre/scrubbing
Clinical skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of professional development and experience of working in Recovery
Desirable criteria
- Experience in a broad range of clinical skills
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent Nursing skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent IT skills
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a theatre team previously
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
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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
- Mary Willocks
- Job title
- Matron, Epsom Maternity
- Email address
- [email protected]
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