Theatre/Recovery Nurse - Maternity

Job overview

This is a great opportunity for nurses who would like to work within the maternity recovery and theatre setting on labour ward at St Mary's Hospital.

The role entails providing care to women and babies in the maternity recovery area following surgical procedures.

The post holder will assess care needs and develop, implement and evaluate programs of care for individual women/birthing people and provide support to students/learners within the unit.

Main duties of the job

• To provide care to women and their families in the maternity recovery area and operating theatre.
• Assesses care needs and develops implements and evaluates programmes of care to individual needs of the clients.
• Prepares and assembles theatre equipment and instruments
• Responsible for maintaining asepsis intraoperative.
• Ensures safety of the recovery environment including stock levels and storage of equipment and support the theatre team with environment.
• Provides support to students/learners within the unit.
• Works collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team members in maintaining policies and standards of  individualised care related to perioperative and postoperative management.

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 overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.