PACU Practitioner

at  Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking for newly qualified Nurses & ODPs and experienced Nurses & ODPs to join our Post Anaesthetic Care Unit Team!
Our friendly and supportive PACU department have an exciting opportunity for a passionate, patient focused registered nurse to join the team. Working within the PACU department provides opportunities to work with Elective and Emergency specialities such as the Gynaecology, Urology , Plastics, General Surgery, ENT and Orthopaedics cases and work out of the Department -ITU, Endoscopy and MRI.
We have opportunities across Frimley Health and if successful, you may be offered a position at one of our three hospitals, as well as right here at Wexham!
Assessing, planning, delivering and evaluating patient care pathways
Delegation to and supervision of junior grades, unqualified and less experienced staff
Working with members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team following local protocols, trust policies and standards
Awareness of the effective management of resources within the department
To participate in the provision of a safe environment for patient’s undergoing surgery in the department.
Maintenance of one’s own professional and personal standards and knowledge of current evidence based practice/ Continuing Professional Development
To participate as a trained member of the theatre, carrying out a broad range of clinical activities
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
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 behaviors 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 .
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical, and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital’s NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.

SCRUB:

Act as patients advocate during operation.
Anticipate the needs of the surgical team by provision of appropriate surgical instrumentation and equipment.
Please see Job Description and Person Specification for further informatio