Job overview

Theatres department is made up of 9 operating theatres and a procedure room, including a stand-alone Day Stay Unit. The department provides the Trust with the crucial surgical and an anaesthetic support service, providing an extremely high standard of expert clinical care to our patients.

• To provide excellent, outstanding, safe, and evidence-based care to our post operative patients in recovery.
• To take a keen interest in self-development and participate in the development of others within the recovery team.
• To take responsibility for a lead role within the recovery department as identified by the team leader.

We operate on a six-day working week from Monday to Saturday as we try to reduce our long waiting lists for elective surgery. You will therefore be expected to work some weekends on a rotational basis.

Main duties of the job

•  To maintain accurate and up to date documentation while ensuring and respecting confidentiality.
• The post holder is responsible for planning, implementing, and assessing care of  patients.
• To provide expert, evidence-based care within the specialty.
•  To actively support the process of risk management and health & safety – upholding relevant policies to promote this and ensuring incidents are reported appropriately (Datix) and helping to identify ways of preventing errors and accidents to both patients and staff.
•  To make a positive contribution to service development affecting the clinical area and positively influence other to adapt to change.
•  To maintain standards of hygiene and cleanliness within the clinical area, actioning remedy as appropriate and reporting deficits to Theatre Coordinators or Service Manager, as appropriate.
• To attend and contribute to departmental/unit meetings as required
•  To actively contribute to Clinical Governance and assist in ensuring CQC Essential Standards are met.
• To ensure you are responsible for your own personal and professional
• development and practice with the ability to recognise own limitations and need for continuing education.
• To participate in any research/audit projects conducted in the clinical area as appropriate.

Working for our organisation

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.