Maternity Theatre & Recovery Nurse

Job summary

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

About us

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.