Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Theatre Recovery Practitioner Band 5

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Theatre department at Birmingham Children's Hospital. We are looking to recruit a highly motivated and experienced recovery nurse to join the vast growing team.

Theatres have a strong commitment to teaching and education, we can offer you an excellent mentorship and development programme, plus access to ongoing professional education. We welcome practitioners with adult PACU experience. You will be offered a 12-week supernumerary program with an extensive competency package to ensure you are fully supported whilst you develop your new skills within the paediatric settings

If you are seeking a new challenge within your career, then this exciting opportunity could be the one for you!

As leading tertiary centre the hospital performs a wide range of acute and specialised paediatric surgery, and has a busy Emergency Department managing 60,000 attendances/year and a 31 bed Paediatric Intensive Care Unit. The hospital is a regional designated Trauma Centre and is proposing further service expansions. Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is committed to providing excellent staff experience and is committed to engagement and improvement.

Main duties of the job

As the recovery nurse, you will cover a vast number of areas and specialties across the department and will be given ample opportunities to further develop your skills and knowledge to enhance the care our patients and their families receive.To provide safe, high quality Theatre Practitioner care for Paediatric Patients and their Families within the Operating Theatre Department

  • To provide safe, high quality theatre practitioner care - including the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of theatre practice for the specified patient groups.
  • Provide individualised care aligned to the physical, psychological and emotional needs of young people, children, babies and their families
  • Adherence to Trust Policies, LocSSIPs and NatSSIPs and local Standard Operating Procedures.
  • Work effectively within the multidisciplinary teams at BCH
  • Attend service meetings, contributing positively and constructively to the running of the departments.
  • Actively contribute to the continuing development of the Theatre services, supporting the continual improvement programmes and strategies to enhance service safety and practice

About us

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Details

Date posted

27 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year dependent on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

284-23-5515970-DSCC

Job locations

Birmingham Children's Hospital

Steelhouse lane

Birmingham

B4 6NH


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Assess each child on an individual basis and adapt post anaesthetic care to their specific needs.
  • Following completion of PiLS/ EPLS/ APLS provide specialised assistance to the medical team and act as a member of the resuscitation team throughout the hospital as service demands.
  • Demonstrate safe practice when managing disorientated patients and identify appropriate training requirements
  • Escalate any concerns in an appropriate manner to the Multidisciplinary team.

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Assess each child on an individual basis and adapt post anaesthetic care to their specific needs.
  • Following completion of PiLS/ EPLS/ APLS provide specialised assistance to the medical team and act as a member of the resuscitation team throughout the hospital as service demands.
  • Demonstrate safe practice when managing disorientated patients and identify appropriate training requirements
  • Escalate any concerns in an appropriate manner to the Multidisciplinary team.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NMC Registered Nurse OR HCPC Registered ODP
  • BSc or Diploma in Nursing or operating Department Practice or Equivalent

Knowledge and Nature of Experience

Desirable

  • Evidence of supervising and assessing students

Professional / Managerial / Specialist Knowledge

Essential

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Able to work well independently and as part of a team
  • Able to engage with IT programmes that support patient care
  • Able to work flexibly to meet service needs to cover 24 hour seven days a week service
  • Participate in specialty on calls as required

Other Role Requirements

Essential

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of equality and inclusion
  • Demonstrate conduct and behaviors in keeping with the NMC Code/ HCPC regulations
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NMC Registered Nurse OR HCPC Registered ODP
  • BSc or Diploma in Nursing or operating Department Practice or Equivalent

Knowledge and Nature of Experience

Desirable

  • Evidence of supervising and assessing students

Professional / Managerial / Specialist Knowledge

Essential

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Able to work well independently and as part of a team
  • Able to engage with IT programmes that support patient care
  • Able to work flexibly to meet service needs to cover 24 hour seven days a week service
  • Participate in specialty on calls as required

Other Role Requirements

Essential

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of equality and inclusion
  • Demonstrate conduct and behaviors in keeping with the NMC Code/ HCPC regulations

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Birmingham Children's Hospital

Steelhouse lane

Birmingham

B4 6NH


Employer's website

https://bwc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Birmingham Children's Hospital

Steelhouse lane

Birmingham

B4 6NH


Employer's website

https://bwc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Theatre Recruitment team

Theatre Recruitment team

bwc.theatreed.recruitment@nhs.net

01213336225

Details

Date posted

27 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year dependent on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

284-23-5515970-DSCC

Job locations

Birmingham Children's Hospital

Steelhouse lane

Birmingham

B4 6NH


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