Job summary
- Providing excellent nursing care.
- As skills and competencies develop taking charge and actively participating in and contributing to the management of the theatre area or department on a regular basis.
- Supervising and mentoring junior staff.
To apply:
- You will need to be an ODP (Operating Department Practitioner) or RN1 (with recognised anaesthetic qualifications).
- Have excellent communication skills.
- Enjoy working in a busy and dedicated team.
- Be passionate about providing excellent standards of care.
- Be committed to career development.
Main duties of the job
B5 Anaesthetic Nurses and Operating Department Practitioners- Cardiac and Neuro Theatres
- We have Band 5 post vacancies in Cardiac and Neuro Theatres for qualified RN anaesthetic trained nurses & Operating Department Practitioners.
- We are offering exciting opportunities to work within our innovative and dynamic theatre departments within London's largest hospital.
- The Trust runs 33 operating theatres across 2 sites, of which 29 theatres are located at St. George's Hospital, one of London's major trauma centres.
- Our friendly team works alongside world renowned surgeons and anaesthetists and are committed to delivering excellent care to our patients.
- Some of the broad range of specialities, aside from cardiothoracic and neuro we provide in our theatre department include: general surgery, bariatrics, gynaecology, urology, renal, robotic surgery as well as renal transplant , vascular, ENT, maxillofacial, trauma, CEPOD 24/7 non-elective surgery, obstetric, paediatrics and neonatal surgery in other theatre suits.
- We offer support and supervision to junior staff and students.
- Our dedicated education team will provide further training to help further your career development as well as offering support for any challenges you face.
About us
With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases.
The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Registered Nurse (general) or Operating Department Practitioner
Desirable
- A minimum of 12 months post registration experience.
Organisational Management
Essential
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care according to individual needs.
- Ability to effectively prioritise workload and patient care needs.
- Demonstrates an understanding of managing resources
- Demonstrates an understanding of clinical risk
Desirable
- Computer literate
- Ability to take charge of the ward in the absence of the Ward Manager on a regular basis.
Education & Research
Essential
- Demonstrates an understanding of the importance of research and evidence based practice
- Able to explain the principles of mentoring and assessing junior staff
- Understands the importance of developing self and others
Desirable
- Demonstrates an understanding of audit
- Ability to take on small research or audit project.
General & Personal
Essential
- Motivated and demonstrates an enthusiasm for the speciality
- Demonstrates a caring and sensitive approach to patient care
- Sound verbal and written communication.
- Adaptable and responsive to changing needs
- Ability to use own initiative
- Ability to identify stress in self and others and to take effective action to manage the situation
Desirable
- Ability to motivate and lead staff for a shift.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
St George's Hospital
Tooting
London
SW17 0QT