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Job summary

Main area
Maternity
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (working long days, nights, weekend and bank holiday)
Job ref
220-WHT-3580
Employer
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Town
Archway, London
Salary
£35,763 - £43,466 per annum including HCAs
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/01/2026 23:59

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Maternity Staff Nurse - Labour ward Theatre/Recovery

Band 5

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Job overview

Are you interested in Women's health issues and keen to develop your surgical and nursing skills? 

We are currently looking to recruit staff nurses to work in labour ward theatre and recovery. You will be working alongside the midwives in the recovery area and labour ward theatre, assisting with operative deliveries, you will be also learning new skills, such as cell salvage and seeing women/birthing people in the enchanced recovery clinic. If you have experience working on a surgical ward or working in theatres that would be advantageous, however this post would also suit newly qualified nurses as full training would be given.

We offer training to fast track to a band 6 staff nurse once you have complete 2 out of 3 post registration courses, the include perioperative nursing, acute and high dependency nursing and nursing care in the maternity setting.

Whittington Health's maternity unit has award-winning facilities and are well-known as a friendly unit where staff is well supported through strong practice development.

Main duties of the job

You must have nursing experience working in an acute hospital setting, ideally from a medical or surgical background. The work is varied and you will rotate between the maternity high dependency recovery area and labour ward theatre. We work closely with the Middlesex University and there are numerous opportunities to participate in educational programmes. Full training will be given to scrub in theatre if you are successful at interview.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification.

The post holder will be responsible for the assessment of care needs, of women who have undergone operative delivery in the Maternity Observation area /theatre/recovery working in partnership with the midwives.

The post holder is also expected to carry out all relevant forms of care without direct supervision, and will be required to demonstrate procedures to, and supervise qualified and unqualified staff.

The post holder will contribute to the overall good of the organisation by being a positive role model and to treat all staff, visitors and service users with courtesy.

The post holder will undertake internal rotation to cover the service user with courtesy.

The post holder will be able to carry out all the duties listed in the main duty section below. The duties will vary from ward to ward, and they may carry out other similar duties in support of the ward environment that are not listed. No duties are to be undertaken by the post holder unless they have received the appropriate training

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse (Adult) - on part 1,2 or 12 of the Professional Register
  • Diploma or Degree in relevant subject
  • Registered Operating Department Practitioner (RODP)
  • Has recently worked in an acute hospital environment
  • Dual role of Scrub and Recovery practitioner
Desirable criteria
  • Willingness to develop the knowledge and skills to effectively nurse acutely ill patients
  • Ability to communicate well with colleagues and relatives
  • Knowledge of nursing models

Ability

Essential criteria
  • Ability to communicate well with colleagues and relatives
  • Knowledge of nursing models
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of audit & evidence based practice

Skills

Essential criteria
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Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Ability to reflect on practice and learn from experience
  • Knowledge of Band 5 role and self awareness
  • Genuine interest in the position applied for
Desirable criteria
  • keen to learn
  • Promote teamwork and motivate colleagues
  • Understanding of performance review and objective setting

Other

Essential criteria
  • Good attendance record
  • Basic computer skills
Desirable criteria
  • - K Knowledge of National Service frameworks, Clinical Governance & Essence of Care

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident leaderInvestors in PeopleImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodDisability confident employerDisability confident committed

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jurell Francis-Pennant
Job title
Maternity Theatre and Recovery Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0207288 5429
Additional information

Arinola Erinle, Intrapartum Matron

0207 288 3935

[email protected]

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