Staff Nurse - Recovery

Job overview

We have a very exciting opportunity for 1 x Band 5 staff nurse to join our Recovery team on a 1-year fixed term contract/ 1-year secondment to cover a career break. We are a 12 bedded recovery unit in a busy District General Hospital caring for both adult and paediatric patients immediately post-anaesthesia following a range of surgery and procedures.

We are seeking to recruit an organised, enthusiastic and motivated nurse/ODP (NMC or HCPC registered) who has had experience of working as a student nurse or student ODP within recovery at WSH.  The candidate will demonstrate a passion for providing excellence in patient care and possess first-rate communication skills.

Recovery is an innovative unit providing a high standard of post-operative care as well as providing support for a range of specialities within the West Suffolk Hospital; this includes supporting Critical Care Services as part of the West Suffolk Hospital escalation plan. The successful applicant will be part of a forward-thinking team who take pride in driving new initiatives forward.

As a new member of the team you will receive a comprehensive induction supported by identified mentors as well as the rest of the team.          

The post requires the successful candidate to participate in internal rotation which includes days, nights and weekends. We offer a flexible rostering system.

We welcome and actively encourage informal visits to our department. Come and meet our friendly team and see what we do.

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As a registered nurse within recovery, you will work as part of the team looking after post-operative patients of all specialities however, you will have responsibility and accountability for your own patients with the support of the nurse in charge.

You will be expected, after suitable training, to receive unconscious patients, both adult and paediatric, from theatre, be confident in using the A-E assessment process to plan their ongoing post-operative care whilst in Recovery until safe and clinically ready for discharge to ward. 

This role is varied and there are multiple development opportunities.

We would expect the successful candidate to have completed 6 months post-registration experience in another acute area within the NHS.

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#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.