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Essential
3 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Qualifications
NMC / HCPC registered sick childrens nurse - your pin should not have any restrictions or conditions
- Qualifications
A minimum of 2 years recovery experience
- Qualifications
PILS
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Bank Paediatric Recovery Nurse | Spire Shawfair Park Hospital | Competitive rate of pay
Spire Shawfair Park Hospital is looking to recruit an experienced and committed Paediatric Recovery Nurse to join their friendly operating theatre team, on a bank basis. You will provide exemplary planned care for patients aged from birth to 16 years. Consultants come to work with us from all across the UK and you will work closely with them and be exposed to the latest innovative, evidence-based clinical techniques.
Duties and responsibilities:
- Supporting in assessing patient’s health and well-being across a complex and changing caseload
- Assist in the delivery of care to meet the patient’s needs in an extremely busy department
- Prepping the recovery bays and of course, looking after patients after their surgery
- Provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information
- Promoting best practice and contributing towards quality improvements
Who we're looking for:
- NMC / HCPC registered sick childrens nurse - your pin should not have any restrictions or conditions
- A minimum of 2 years recovery experience
- PILS
Benefits:
- Bank colleagues are paid weekly
- We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
- Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park
- Access to Spire Healthcare pension
- Access to Blue Light Card discounts
- Free uniform
- Free DBS
- Full induction, including mandatory training updates
- Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
- Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire’s specialist Resourcing Team
We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.
Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group that has been putting patients at the heart of everything we do for over 40 years. We have 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland.
For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.
Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications
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This advert is for Bank Paediatric Recovery Nurse with Spire Healthcare Ltd in Edinburgh, GB. It is listed as a Nurse (adult and children) role. The advertised salary is Competitive rate of pay. The contract type is Bank. The application deadline is 15 Sep 2026.
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