Recovery Practitioner

Job overview

St Bartholomew’s Cancer Centre & Barts Heart Centre

Band 5 Recovery Practitioner

Cancer & Thoracic Theatres

The services at St Bartholomew’s Hospital support the new Barts Heart Centre which has brought together the services of some of the best cardiovascular experts in the country alongside the well-established cancer service.

You will be joining us at an incredibly exciting time, as we realise a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to improve services for today’s patients and future generations and create a world class cardiovascular service.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Recovery Practitioner to support the integration of our cancer services within the Thoracic and general (Thoracic Robotic,  Breast, Endocrine, ocular, fertility and Brachytherapy) theatres.  Experience within these specialities is desirable, once appointed we will build upon your specialist course with the support of a mentor and the experienced multidisciplinary team.

We offer a wide range of development opportunities including extensive mandatory training, Band 5 development programme, the opportunity for further academic studies and attendance at external conferences and courses.

If you like the sound of this exciting opportunity we would like to hear from you

Main duties of the job

Be a proficient Practitioner in Recovery, the post holder acts as a professional role model and clinical teacher. He/she also provides effective mentorship and supervision, participating in the education and training of nursing and non-nursing staff.

To ensure safe, efficient timely individualised care is delivered in line with local and national targets.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment