# Maternity Elective Caesarean Section Recovery Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/maternity-elective-caesarean-section-recovery-nurse/13cad3b6-f730-47a4-a634-108891297b53 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/maternity-elective-caesarean-section-recovery-nurse/13cad3b6-f730-47a4-a634-108891297b53.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Poole Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 pa - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Monday to Friday 07.00-20.00, early, late, long day. Potential for weekend work. Service does not require night working but bank shifts including weekends, bank holidays and nights are available. - **Closing date:** 2026-10-26T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-13T10:48:48.620Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Dorset/Bournemouth/University_Hospitals_Dorset_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Maternity/Maternity-v8318438 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8318438?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhd.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview To work as part of the Elective Caesarean Midwifery Team delivering safe quality care for women/childbearing people during their perioperative phase of care · To support Neonatal care and best infant feeding practices. To support and assist in the pre-op and post-op clinical care promoting good working relationships and collaborative working with the multi-disciplinary team, both within the department and the rest of the Trust. This role requires NMC Registration. Base Locations: Royal Bournemouth Hospital Interview date: Tuesday, 3rd November 2026 This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. ### Main duties of the job - Provision of clinical care during pre-op assessments and to support post-surgical recovery. - Administration of prescribed medicines. - After appropriate training, participate in pre-op assessments with the Anaesthetic Team. - Assisting the midwifery team to provide neonatal care after relevant training. - Provision and/or support of emergency maternal and neonatal care following appropriate training. - Supporting best practice around infant feeding. - Transfer and handover of women/birthing people to the postnatal ward teams. - Supporting coordination and flow of the operating list, raising and reporting clinical and operational issues. - Actively support and participate in Newborn Security measures throughout maternity. - Contribute to Patient First quality improvement and maternity audit cycles. - Contribute to the effective management of resources. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Working as a key member of the elective caesarean section team, the post holder will work alongside the Midwives and Maternity Support Workers, obstetricians, anaesthetists, Neonatal Team and wider Theatre Team. Daily tasks will include adult observations and documentation, administration of IV and non IV medications, day to day ward management of patient flow, escalating concerns to the midwifery operational coordinator. Supporting the midwives in newborn care, reporting any deterioration. Supporting women and childbearing people in infant feeding in accordance with best infant feeding practice. Working as part of the Pre-Op assessment team. In times of high activity, supporting other areas in maternity in recovery of newly birthed women and childbearing people. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Understanding of the physiology of pregnancy. - Recognition of equity in birth choices. - Familiar with WHO safety checklist. **Desirable** - Previous experience in a similar role. - Neonatal experience and knowledge. - Aware of national maternity political agendas. ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of caring for patients with acute and long term conditions. - Able to recognise the deteriorating patient. - Able to adapt to changes during the working day, particularly emergency situations calmly and effectively. - Willing and able to support students and junior staff. - Experienced in working under pressure with frequent interruptions. **Desirable** - Previous experience in maternity or women's health nursing. - Pre-Op experience. - Infant feeding knowledge or experience. ### Qualifications **Essential** - NMC Registered Nurse (Advanced Diploma/Degree in adult Health Nursing) - Supervising, Learning and Assessing in Practice, or equivalent. **Desirable** - Patient Care in Anaesthesia or equivalent CPD module. - Patient Care in Surgery or equivalent CPD module. ### Technical Skills and Competencies **Essential** - IT literate, word processing, speadsheets, numerate. Able to use a variety of electronic systems to support patient care. - Ability with vital signs monitoring and ability to recognise and escalate the deteriorating patient. - I.V drug administration and administration of blood products. - Ability to communicate sensitive and complex information to patients, carers, their significant others and the MDT. - Able to work unsupervised and on own initiative. - Evidence of team working skills. **Desirable** - Able to conduct appraisals. - Audit or quality improvement work. ## Documents - [dbs - faqs (pdf, 102.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2417) - [elective caesarean section nurse (pdf, 368.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10639738) - [maternity elective caesarean section nurse (pdf, 344.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10639737) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.