Day Surgery Unit Practitioner

2 weeks ago

Nottingham, United Kingdom Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Full time

Band 5

**Main area**
- Day Surgery Unit Practitioner
- **Grade**
- Band 5
- **Contract**
- Permanent
- **Hours**
- Part time - 28 hours per week
- **Job ref**
- 164-5380904**Site**
- City Campus
- **Town**
- Nottingham
- **Salary**
- £28,407 - £34,581 pro rata /per annum
- **Salary period**
- Yearly
- **Closing**
- 26/06/2023 23:59Job overview

Are you an approachable and positive registered nurse or operating department practitioner who is committed to providing an excellent patient experience?

We are recruiting for experienced Band 5 Staff Nurses/RODP who are interested in our very busy Day Surgery unit at the Nottingham University Hospitals based at City DSU. We care for a wide range of day surgery and elective surgical patients and consistently receive positive feedback from both patients and staff.

We are a team that has a united sense of purpose to always do the right thing for each other and the patients that we have the privilege to care for.

Main duties of the job

In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.

Day surgery is a journey for our patients from admission to discharge.

To work as part of the multidisciplinary team, providing safe and effective care for patients during the perioperative and post-operative period.

To work in a variety of different areas throughout the service from pre-operative assessments, scrub, anaesthetic practitioner, recovery all the way to post-operative care to discharge.

To participate as an integral member of the theatre team and work with the multidisciplinary teams.

You will participate in the supervision and training of students and junior staff.

To co-ordinate the patients journey from admission through to discharge.

Working for our organisation

The Day Surgery unit at NUH City Hospital is an exciting and varied purpose built unit which cares for patients with a range of surgical conditions. This department comprises of different areas where staff are encouraged to work on a rotation basis

The unit has a wide mixture of complex surgical patients across a variety of surgical specialties including General, Breast, Orthopaedics, Gynae, Urology and Plastics surgery.

It has 2 Operating theatres, 2 Treatment Rooms, 3 bay Recovery and a 15 Bay Ward, and is a dynamic and well led unit run by a highly focused and friendly team of experienced senior staff.

If you are keen to gain a wide range of nursing experience within the day surgery setting and care for patients with a range of clinical conditions this area is for you.

You will need to provide the highest standard of individualised and holistic patient care in conjunction with working with the other multidisciplinary team, to provide high quality care to patients and their families.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

**Assess, plan, implement and evaluate the care given to patients during the perioperative period.**

**Support patients through invasive procedures, developing and adapting care plans in response to continual assessment of the patient’s condition.**

**Participate in the safe transfer and positioning of patients as required throughout the perioperative period.**

**Liaise with ward staff and other professional groups to co-ordinate the safe transfer of patients to and from theatre in a timely manner, escorting patients between theatres and other departments as required. Liaise with theatre staff also if working in the PAD**

**Liaise with the wider multidisciplinary team to coordinate appropriate on-going care for the post-operative patient.**

**Undertake the role of scrub/aesthetic practitioner as a member of the multidisciplinary surgical team.**

**Take responsibility for safety checks of instruments and other items within the surgical field.**

**Anticipate the need for and safely receive surgical items onto the sterile field.**

**Participate as a circulating practitioner for surgical procedures including taking responsibility for safety checks in conjunction with the scrub practitioner.**

**Prepare surgical equipment before use and ensure the safe transfer of items onto the sterile field**

**Ensure the correct labelling and dispatch of clinical specimens in accordance with Trust and local policies and procedures.**

**Evaluate patient care on completion of the anaesthetic or surgical procedure.**

**Provide post-operative care as a member of the recovery room team. Proactively change and adapt care plans in response to the patient’s conditions, seeking advice from senior staff and the medical team when required.**

**Participate in the replacement of stock to agreed levels, ensuring the correct rotation of stock in use.**

**Report any shortages to the team leader or materials management team as appropriate.**

**Identify areas of improvement and discuss with team leader and other members of the multidisciplinary team as required.**

**Prepare a

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