PACU Junior Sister/Charge Nurse

Job Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Junior Sister/Charge Nurse within our PACU, so if you are an experienced Recovery Nurse or ODP, and are looking to develop and further your career in Recovery then we would love to hear from you.

The department covers a wide range of specialities including orthopaedics (both trauma and elective), General surgery, Colorectal, Urology, Plastics, Gynae, ENT, Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Emergency surgery. We are looking for a dynamic, innovative and highly motivated Registered Practitioner with a wide range of clinical skills to join our friendly, energetic and forward thinking team

Main duties of the job

Our unit has five recovery areas. Main recovery with 14 bays, which includes 4 Critical Care buffer bays; Short Stay Surgery recovery, Day surgery unit recovery, IRS recovery and Minor Ops.

You will be expected to show a flexible approach to work and take charge of both the team and department as the PACU co-ordinator, so excellent communication and management skills are essential. Furthermore, a commitment towards teaching is essential and all applicants should possess or be working towards a teaching or mentoring qualification.

You will need to have experience in Post Anaesthetic Care which should include the care of high dependency patients. In-house management training will be offered to the successful applicant to develop within this role along with other personal and professional development with the support of our dedicated practice development. We encourage and support our staff to undertake post registration courses and mentoring.

Please note internal rotation is required for this post

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We brought together Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to create Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust on 1 October 2014.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
• Person specification
• Qualification
• Essential criteria

• NMC/HCPC
• RGN or City & Guilds 752
• Diploma (HE) Operating Department Practice (or NVQ equivalent)
• Formal mentorship / assessment qualification e.g. completion of the Trust associate mentorship programme.
• Supervision of Learning in the Clinical Environment (SLICE)
• City & Guilds 730 FAETC ENB 998 or A1 or D32/33 or Cert of Ed.
• Academically accredited post registration qualification in Theatre/Perioperative Practice or relevant experience.

Desirable criteria

• Leadership Course
• Nursing/ Perioperative degree or working towards a degree
• Recognised post registration teaching certificate/ Diploma

Experience

Essential criteria

• Relevant clinical experience in Recovery/Surgical/HDU.
• To act as a credible clinical role model promoting a patient-centered approach to care, demonstrating clinical practice skills and theoretical knowledge in caring for the complex needs of the patient post anesthetic care. Act as a credible clinical role model

Desirable criteria

• Ability to practice within more than one role of peri-operative practice

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Act as role model and patient advocate
• Demonstrate confidentiality and high standards of documentation
• To act as a credible clinical role model promoting a patient-centered approach to care, demonstrating clinical practice skills and theoretical knowledge in caring for the complex needs of the patient post anesthetic care. Act as a credible clinical role model
• Able to work as an effective team member
• Organised and methodical
• Good time management skills
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to manager stressful/difficult situations

Desirable criteria

• To Undertake a specialist contribution to teaching of nurses and other health care professionals
• Evidence of support and providing leadership

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.

We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.

We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.

Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.

Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.

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