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Job summary

Main area
Theatres
Grade
Band 4 Nursing Associate
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 sessions per week (Monday- Saturday Array of shifts from 07:00-21:00)
Job ref
196-NM11587
Employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Tower and Nuffield Theatres
Town
London
Salary
£30,279 - £33,116 p.a Inc HCA
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/06/2024 23:59
Interview date
12/06/2024

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Nursing Associate - Theatres

Band 4 Nursing Associate

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions. 

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.



Job overview

Tower and Nuffield Theatres comprises of 7 operating theatres with array of surgical specialties (Ortho, ENT, Head and Neck, Breast, Plastics, Urology, Endo-Urology, Podiatry) We also have a stage two recovery lounge with ambulatory patients and support day case discharges.  

Closing Date: 2nd June 2024

Interview Date: 12th June 2024

Main duties of the job

Nursing Associate – Theatre role

  • Admit surgical patients
  • Record vital signs, height and weight
  • Undertake urine analysis
  • Venepuncture and Cannulation  
  • Undertake ECG’s
  • Personal care of patients
  • Support cleanliness of environment
  • Scrub and circulate in theatres
  • Assist with postoperative care (recovery)
  • Assist with second stage recovery care in discharge lounges
  • Proficient user of electronic health record

 

Working for our organisation

Working for your organisation

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation. We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Nursing Associate – Theatre role

  • Admit surgical patients
  • Record vital signs, height and weight
  • Undertake urine analysis
  • Venepuncture and Cannulation  
  • Undertake ECG’s
  • Personal care of patients
  • Support cleanliness of environment
  • Scrub and circulate in theatres
  • Assist with postoperative care (recovery)
  • Assist with second stage recovery care in discharge lounges
  • Proficient user of electronic health record

 

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant experience in nursing associate role
  • Venepuncture & Canulation
  • Able to record vital signs
  • Undertake ECG
  • Environmental safety awareness
Desirable criteria
  • Able to work within own scope of practice
  • Clinical skills experience within the peri-operative setting
  • Intravenous Medicines Management
  • Management of controlled drugs
  • Audit and Quality Improvement
  • Theatre Safety Awareness (WHO Checklist)

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Acute healthcare experience
Desirable criteria
  • Theatre experience

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Able to use electronic health records
  • Proficient user of PC
Desirable criteria
  • EPIC trained
  • Strong personal statement

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NMC Nursing Associate Registration

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Don pol
Job title
Charge Nurse
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02071881735
Additional information

 Charge Nurse  Don Pol 

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