# Perioperative Practitioner - Recovery

**Company**: Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital
**Location**: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Perioperative Practitioner/Nurse (Recovery) to join our established, high-performing Theatre Department at Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital.

This role offers the opportunity to work within a modern, technologically advanced theatre environment, supporting patients throughout their post-anaesthetic recovery journey and contributing to exceptional clinical outcomes.

You will gain exposure to a varied surgical caseload, including:

- Orthopaedics

- General Surgery

- ENT

- Gynaecology

- Urology

- Plastic Surgery

As a Recovery Practitioner/Nurse, you will:

- Deliver safe, high-quality perioperative care throughout the patient's recovery pathway.

- Assess and monitor patients immediately following surgery or procedures within the Post Anaesthetic Care Unit (PACU).

- Effectively manage post-operative pain and evaluate patient outcomes.

- Monitor surgical wounds, dressings, drains, and intravenous access devices.

- Ensure patients meet recovery and discharge criteria prior to transfer to the ward or day surgery unit.

- Communicate patient progress and clinical concerns to anaesthetists, consultants, and ward teams.

- Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualised patient care.

- Support the effective management and organisation of the theatre recovery area.

- Work collaboratively with consultants and multidisciplinary teams to deliver excellent clinical outcomes.

- Maintain accurate and contemporaneous patient records in line with professional standards.

- Adhere to infection prevention and control policies and best practice guidelines.

- Support, supervise, and mentor junior staff, students, and healthcare assistants where appropriate.

- Provide reassurance, education, and support to patients and their relatives throughout the recovery process.

- Uphold the highest standards of patient safety, clinical governance, and professional practice.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

- HCPC-registered Operating Department Practitioner (ODP) or NMC-registered Nurse with no restrictions on practice.

- A minimum of two years' experience within a Recovery/PACU environment.

- Experience in one or more of the following specialities: Orthopaedics, General Surgery, ENT, Gynaecology, Urology, Plastic Surgery.

- Excellent communication and organisational skills.

- A flexible, positive, and patient-centred approach.

- The ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.

We offer a competitive salary alongside a comprehensive benefits package, including:

- 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays.

- Employer and employee contributory pension scheme with flexible retirement options.

- 'Spire for You' reward platform offering discounts and cashback at over 1,000 retailers.

- Free Bupa health and wellbeing screening.

- Private medical insurance.

- Life assurance.

- Ongoing training, professional development, and career progression opportunities.

## Skills

### Required
- Operating Department Practitioner (ODP)
- NMC-registered Nurse
- Post Anaesthetic Care Unit (PACU)
- Orthopaedics
- General Surgery
- ENT
- Gynaecology
- Urology
- Plastic Surgery

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