Staff Nurse/ODP Recovery

Job overview

We are looking to recruit Staff Nurses to play a vital role in the patient journey through Theatres and Recovery, ensuring excellent patient care is maintained throughout. You will form part of a friendly, supportive and innovative multidisciplinary team. We have a fantastically supportive Education Team who will ease you into this exciting, challenging and satisfying role.

Main duties of the job

• To work as a skilled member of the nursing team, to provide a high standard of holistic family centered care to the children, young people and families.
• Ability to promote family centered care and establish good relationships with children, young people and their families.
• To communicate effectively at all levels within the multi-disciplinary team.
• To be able to take charge of the ward in the absence of senior nursing staff following achievement of required competence.
• To be familiar with and adopt the principles of the NHS Chief Nursing Officers vision for Compassion in Practice (NHS Commissioning Board Dec 2012).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the Job Description attached.

This job description is intended as an outline of the areas of activity and can be amended in the light of the changing needs of the service and will be reviewed as necessary in conjunction with the post-holder.