Clinical Specialist - PACU

Job overview

The Post Anaesthetic Care Unit (PACU) Team at the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital are looking to recruit band 6 Registered staff (Staff Nurses / ODPs) to join their busy team.

Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team (nurse, ODPs, HCSWs, medical staff) you will care for adults and children in the immediate post-anaesthetic / surgical phase in 9 locations across the NNUH site, Including: Main Theatre Suite on levels 2 and 3, Obstetric Theatres, Jenny Lind Theatre Complex (paediatrics), Norfolk & Norwich Orthopaedic Centre, CT/ MRI, Norfolk Centre for Interventional Radiology, Brachytherapy Suite and Gastroenterology – therefore skills and knowledge of a wide range of post anaesthetic and post-operative care are required.

Our values of People-focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence- PRIDE – are important to us and are integral to the role: Patients are at the heart of what we do in providing essential, optimal care from the emergence of anaesthesia to enable the safe transfer to the ongoing destinations (surgical wards / critical care complex), caring for over 2000 patients each month.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be responsible for supporting the Clinical Leader in providing leadership and effective management and co-ordination of patient activity, staffing and utilisation throughout the patient’s operative pathway, in order to promote a patient centred approach to high quality health care whilst upholding and influencing professional and Trust values:

• Managerial aptitude and knowledge of hospital policy and procedure.
• High level of clinical skill set appropriate to the department.
• Outstanding communication skills
• Act as a resource to support the team
• Risk assessment skills and knowledge for the area.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.

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The ability to communicate in a personable, approachable and respectful manner to individuals from inside and outside the organisation is essential to building the relationships needed to promote safe working practices – ‘Human Factors’ training has been introduced throughout the Trust as a mandatory requirement, to enhance our clinical performance through understanding the effects of teamwork and culture on human behaviour. The PACU Team is dedicated to improving patients’ experience by undertaking Quality Improvement initiatives.

We provide a supportive orientation programme – all trainees work In a supernumerary capacity alongside an assigned mentor until assessed as being competent to work independently - therefore a high level of supervisory skills are required.

We encourage professional development of all our staff, so we hope to see a willingness to develop in your application.

As a teaching hospital we support student nurses and student ODPs from both adult and child branch, in collaboration with the UEA. We have received the award for Excellence in Student Support as part of the Mentorship Programme.

Mentorship Preparation certificate or teaching equivalent and enhanced practice skills would be an advantage.

We take PRIDE in our work for the NNUH and look forward to how your application will also demonstrate these values in your daily practice.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.