Job summary
- Main area
- Recovery.
- Grade
- NHS AfC:Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: Newlyn Office - 01872 253080
- Hours
- Part time - 20 hours per week (Days/nights/weekends)
- Job ref
- 156-7181675
- Employer
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals
- Town
- Truro
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse/ODP
NHS AfC:Band 5
Job overview
The post holder is responsible for the delivery of care and the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of individual programs of care. They are expected to take delegated responsibility in a given shift for a group of patients.
With experience the post holder may be expected to take charge of the department in the absence of their Recovery Manager/Deputy.
This is a part time positon of 20 hours per week
Main duties of the job
Immediate post anaesthetic care of adults and children undergoing major and minor surgery. Care of high dependency patients, and post proceedural interventional radiography patients.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with
visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.
We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.
The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.
Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is a research active organisation.
It’s established South West Clinical School in Cornwall exists to promote clinical academic career opportunities for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals interested in research and evidence-based activities. Read their research paper to find out more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
- Identity Checks
- Professional registration and qualification checks
- Employment history and reference checks
- Occupational Health clearance
- Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check
- Right to work in the UK
For further information please visit:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation
We reserve the right to close this advert early.
We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview.
We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed.
Person specification
Education/qualifications
Essential criteria
- RN/ODP
- Degree or working towards
- Recent acute experience
skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- Basic life support
Desirable criteria
- Specialist skills, ILS/HDU skills/ IV competent
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Awareness of professional issues
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tanya Allan
- Job title
- Recovery services Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01872253080
- Additional information
Tanya Allan- 07979792542
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