Join a leading private hospital in North West London as an HDU/Recovery Lead Nurse and advance your career while delivering exceptional patient care across mixed specialties.
HDU/ Recovery Lead Nurse - Up to £44,500 - Fantastic Private Hospital - Full Time - Based in London
Are you an experienced HDU/ Recovery Nurse ready to take the next step in your career? A leading private hospital in North West London is seeking a HDU/ Recovery Lead Nurse to join their expert team. This full-time position offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to work across mixed specialties, delivering outstanding patient care in a dynamic and supportive environment.
Why Join Us?
This is your chance to thrive in a modern healthcare facility, working with a highly skilled multidisciplinary team. You'll have the opportunity to broaden your expertise across a range of specialties while advancing your career in a role that values both professional growth and exceptional patient care.
Key Responsibilities for HDU/ Recovery Lead Nurse
Managerial:
- To manage and lead the unit on a continuous basis, to provide support to the Duty Managers ward managers and Theater Suite
- To provide supervision and support to the team
- To deliver an outreach service to the ward, offering support and guidance in the care of the acutely unwell patient
- To assist in the planning and the delivery of individualized, safe, effective and evidence-based patient care
- To ensure the provision of a welcoming, caring and safe environment for patients and their families
- To manage the department and the resources, including the staffing resources within the agreed annual budget set
- To undertake tasks and responsibilities assigned by the Theater Manager, Chief Nursing Officer and Deputy Nursing Officer, supporting the management and development of the nursing service of the Hospital
- To undertake the Duty Manager role
- To work closely with the consultant users of the ward
- To participate in presenting and delivering teaching sessions for the clinical staff
- To undertake mentoring of staff and performance review appraisals
- To undertake risk assessments in accordance with the Hospital's policies, procedures and standards and national regulations
- To ensure the unit meets ICS, CQC and BARNA standards
- To ensure the standard of documentation is in line with the Hospital's policies, procedures and protocols
- Leadership and management of HDU and Recovery staff
- Responsibility for working with the Critical Care Fellows to ensure the rota is covered and where any difficulties with cover this is escalated
Clinical:
- Exhibiting best practice standards at all times and be a role model for the team
- Assessing, planning, delivering and evaluation of a high level of critical care for patients
- Delivery of a high level of post anesthetic care for patients within the Theater Recovery Room
- Working with the Anesthetic team to deliver high quality, safe patient care
- Promote the safety, wellbeing and interests of patients, visitors and staff to the clinical areas
- Active member of the emergency response team
- Participation in the on-call rota and internal rotation of shift (inc night duty)
- Exhibiting a high level of teamwork with the unit and in the wider hospital environment
- Participate fully as a team member, including working in all areas of the HDU and Theater Suite, to promote a cohesive team and the achievement of team objectives
- Participate in education, training and development of other staff
- Provide initial urgent or emergency care as required
- Ensure a commitment to improve existing skills within the critical care and post-operative environment
Key Experience for the HDU/Recovery Lead Nurse
- Minimum 5 years experience within the role of Recovery Nurse
- Minimum 5 years experience within the Critical Care environment
- Experience within the Independent sector
- Experience in undertaking clinical audits
- Able to work efficiently with a multi-disciplinary team and with internal/external stakeholders
- Ability to adapt and apply flexible in accordance with the needs of the service
- Competence in delivering a high level of critical care
- Competence in delivering a high level of post anesthetic care
- Understanding of clinical governance and implications for practice
- Understanding of HR processes
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Excellent organisational skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Good computer and numeracy skills
Benefits of the Hospital
- Private healthcare scheme worth up to £20,000 per year
- 27 days annual leave
- Blue Light Card discounts
- Interest-free season ticket loans
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free eye check-up vouchers with contribution towards lenses
- Free newspaper and media subscriptions
- Local business discounts
- Discount in our hospital charity shop
- Refer a Friend scheme
- Free Cinema Society Membership offering discounted tickets
- Personal development and training courses
- Annual events and recognition awards
- Career progression and increments
- For employees joining us from the NHS, we can provide continuation of your NHS pension
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Contact Details:
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