Recovery Practitioner Bedford

Recovery Practitioner – Bedford

Key Responsibilities

• Work as a skilled member of the recovery team, carrying out nursing duties within the recovery area, providing the highest standard of patient care.
• Develop and maintain clinical skills and knowledge to provide holistic, evidence-based nursing care.
• Participate in monitoring and maintaining standards in accordance with clinic policies and procedures, and maintain custody and checking of controlled drugs daily.
• Communicate effectively and responsibly with colleagues in the multi-disciplinary setting.
• Maintain accurate and legible written and electronic records of care, ensuring patient safety, privacy, and dignity.
• Utilising the specialist Peri-operative care plan, assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient/client within the sphere of responsibility in the recovery department and in all peripheral service delivery areas within Bedford Hospital.
• Maintain safe and effective airway management of patients arriving in the Recovery department, in conjunction with pain management processes. Ensure effective and efficient communication channels with all disciplines of staff, patients, and relatives. Ability to give and receive complex and sensitive information identifying individual needs and dealing with barriers to understanding.
• Competently carry out a wide range of clinical duties according to professional training and departmental protocols, being proficient to work in recovery, across Bedford Hospital NHS Trust
• In conjunction with the multidisciplinary team, participate in setting, monitoring, and evaluating standards of care.
• Works effectively as a team member.
• In line with departmental policies, collect information and maintain patient records (e.g., patient care plans, OPERA system).

Skills and Expertise

• RGN / ODP qualified practitioner (NMC or HCPC registration)
• Understanding of the post-operative needs of patients
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work under pressure and flexibly as part of a team
• Highly motivated, punctual, adaptable, and maintain a professional image

Job Facilities/Benefits

• Joining a friendly, high-performing Trust committed to staff health and wellbeing.
• Access to a programme of high-quality training and development to grow your career.
• State-of-the-art facilities, placing the Trust at the heart of cutting-edge healthcare.
• Travel between hospital sites may be required.