A vacancy has arisen for an experienced anaesthetic nurse/ ODP to join the Children's Day Surgery Unit as a senior practitioner.

The Children's Day Surgery Unit is a brand new, building which opened in July 2023, consisting of admissions and discharge areas, recovery and 2 state of the arttheatres.

The successful candidate will have expert anaesthetics skills, be proactive, self-motivated, have strong inter-personal skills, a vision for service improvement and demonstrable leadership and management skills. This role is expected to actively support, co-ordinate and assist in the management and delivery of high quality care to patients.

They must have a paediatric qualification / or paediatric anaesthetic experience.

Main duties of the job

• Perform anaesthetic duties and staff management, theatre coordinating at times . Ensure the smooth running of the unit.
• Act as team leader in the unit, managing a team of nurses alongside fellow band 6 colleagues.
• Support and mentor junior staff.
• Play an active role in teaching and education of colleagues and joining staff members and students.
• Administer PDRs for Band 5 staff.
• Participate in different link nurse opportunities
• Actively participate in areas of Clinical Governance, Audit, and Research projects.
• Actively participate in service improvement projects.
• Participate in effective recourse management of anaesthetic consumables and equipment.
• Be willing to learn to / or able to deputise for Charge Nurse.
• May be required to rotate to main theatres and recovery at times.

About us

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new andexisting partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHSorganisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please review the Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse/ODP job description attached to this advert for detailed job description and main responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Education/Professional/ Statutory Registration

Essential

• RN1/ RN2/ RN12 or RN Child Registered Nurse on the NMC register/ ODP registered on the HCPC register. To hold the appropriate level for the area of speciality.
• Evidence of professional/clinical knowledge in area supplemented by specialist clinical, managerial training and CPD
• Mentorship/Teaching Qualification

Desirable

• Post registration qualification in (appropriate area of speciality)
• Leadership course

Skills/Knowledge

Essential

• Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist care delivered to patients
• Good communication skills and ability to deal with sensitive information. To include dealing with distressed relatives, care of terminally ill & other challenging situations
• An understanding of audit and research-based nursing practice.
• Demonstrates specialist expertise underpinned by theory acquired through CPD
• Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues. Knowledge of evidence-based practice.

Desirable

• Microsoft Word / Excel skills/
• Previous experience with EPIC

Experience

Essential

• Previous post registration experience within the relevant specialty
• Experienced and competent in the management of patients within the speciality
• Experience of teaching/assessing/ supervising others in a clinical setting.
• Experiencing of co-ordinating a shift
• Supervision of junior staff

Desirable

• Previous experience in scrub or recovery
• previous experience with resource management

values and behaviours

Essential

• Demonstrates trust values and behaviours
• Able to work flexible shift patterns, internal rotation and unsocial hours according to service needs

Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Evelina London Children's Hospital- Children's Day Surgery Unit

Westminster Bridge Road

London

SE1 7EH

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