This is an excellent opportunity for nurses who are enthusiastic, motivated and interested in this area of maternity care and wish to enhance their skills and knowledge to provide quality care to women and their families both in theatre and recovery.
Our aim is to provide comprehensive care to women by a team of skilled nurses in post anaesthetic care and theatre scrubbing. This will present you with versatile experience and job satisfaction. The main focus will initially be on theatre scrub and then will develop into assisitng in the recovery area.
You will be part of the delivery suite team and be involved in the care of the mother and baby supported and directed by the midwifery team.
• To provide care to women in the operating theatre and maternity recovery area
• Be able to assess care needs and develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care
• Prepares and assembles theatre equipment and instruments
• Responsible for maintaining asepsis intraoperatively
• Ensures safety of the theatre and recovery environment including stock levels and storage of equipment
• Provides support to students/learners within the unit
• Works collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team members in maintaining policies and standards of patient care related to perioperative and postoperative management
• To have an understanding of recognition of the deteriorating patient and escalate in a timely manner to appropriate clinician
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
This advert closes on Monday 22 Apr 2024