Recovery Practitioner | Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified Registered Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner to join our highly skilled and dedicated Recovery Team, working in our state-of-the-art Theatres at Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.,

• To work within a team, nurses/operating department practitioners to achieve the safe recovery of patients post anaesthesia/ surgical intervention.
• To work through the recovery competency framework and keep up to date with all essential/ mandatory training and complete rotations through all areas of recovery.
• To establish excellent working relationships with all service users and actively encourage and promote joint working in the pursuit of continuous service improvement
• To be a role model and mentor to new learners, staff, student nurses and student operating department practitioners. Maintain 5-star patient care and adhere to trust 'ACE' behavioural standards
• To work on behalf of the recovery team leads to co-ordinate the recovery area, to supervise delegation and review performance.
CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
• Act as a role model within the clinical working area and to present a professional image to which inspires confidence and trust in the delivery of care.
• Working within the NMC/HCPC 'Scope of Professional Practice' be professionally accountable and responsible to the team leader for the formulation and implementation of individual patient care, taking a dynamic and research-based approach.
• At all times to act as the patients advocate by considering their individual physical and psychological needs. Whilst providing and maintaining a safe and therapeutic environment., To keep professionally updated with current research relating to clinical practice and participate in supporting students and trainee ODP's
• To act as a mentor/preceptor to trained learners and facilitate the acquisition of newly trained staff's competencies and skills.
• To personally take responsibility for own professional updating and maintain a personal record for future registration purposes.
• To attend regular mandatory update training, fire lectures, moving and handling and resuscitation training within the requirements of the Trusts health and safety policy.
• To promote an environment within one's own work area that is conducive to learning.
• To actively develop own learning and develop clinical skills required to provide a high standard of Recovery Care.
• To support learners in the area as own skills develop. Assist in the training programmes developed for individuals undergoing training in your work area., To assist the Recovery Manager/Team Leader with the smooth running of the recovery departments. Acknowledging own limitations and seeking and acting on advice where required.
• To work within the larger multi-disciplinary team within theatres. Maintain efficient and effective communication throughout the team in order to ensure the highest standard of patient care
• In the absence of the team leader, provide leadership, direction and support to work colleagues.
• To support and assist in the on-going performance of the IPR process in the recovery unit.
• To provide professional support to all colleagues. Supporting newly qualified staff following an appropriate orientation programme.
  
  Applicants must be registered with the NMC or HCPC and should be enthusiastic, self-motivated with a commitment to provide quality patient care within the post -operative phase of the patients journey. The post holder must be enthusiastic, flexible have good communication skills and be a team player. Suitable applicants will have demonstrable experience, mentorship is provided for staff new in post., Disability Confident
About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

The post holder may be required to work across both Whiston and St Helens sites and must be flexible to work weekends evenings and on call. Please note, this vacancy may close should a sufficient number of applications be received. An Enhanced DBS with barred lists for both Adults & Children is required for this post.
• To work within a team, nurses/operating department practitioners to achieve the safe recovery of patients post anaesthesia/ surgical intervention.
• To work through the recovery competency framework and keep up to date with all essential/ mandatory training and complete rotations through all areas of recovery.
• To establish excellent working relationships with all service users and actively encourage and promote joint working in the pursuit of continuous service improvement.
• To be a role model and mentor to new learners, staff, student nurses and student operating department practitioners. Maintain 5-star patient care and adhere to trust 'ACE' behavioural standards
• To work on behalf of the recovery team leads to co-ordinate the recovery area, to supervise delegation and review performance.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites. We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care. Our services: Acute Care Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites. Primary Care Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital. Community Services Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre. Specialist Regional Services We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales. Achievements:
• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme