Department: Day Surgery Unit
Band 6
pro rata if part-time Hours: 37.5 per week, all MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust incorporates a dedicated Day Surgery (DSU) and Same Day Admissions Unit (SDAU) and is seeking highly motivated individuals with surgical nursing experience to join the leadership of our dynamic team in providing, ensuring and improving a high standard of care to all our patients.
The Day Surgery Unit currently consists of 23 trolleys with 7 chairs caring for adult patients undergoing a wide variety of procedures under different specialities (including but not limited to: Orthopaedics, Ophthalmology, Gynaecology, Colorectal, Urology, General Surgery and Pain Management).
The team strive to provide high quality, safe care pre and post operatively, adopting a nurse-led discharge approach to Day Surgery to the vast majority of our patients meeting given criteria and ensuring that they are informed about their post-operative care at home.
Due to the expansion of the Day Surgery Unit, an exciting opportunity has arisen for Band 6 nurses to join the DSU leadership team.
We Are Looking For Someone Who Is Passionate and committed to delivering high quality, clinically effective care to our patients. Keen to further their experience of leadership, have excellent communication skills and influencing skills. Able to motivate a team, and work with the team, to develop the Day Surgery Unit to ensure that patients receive the best standards of care and experience whilst in our care. To be the ward representative when the Senior Sister is unavailable.
DSU is a nurse led unit, and as such, proven competence in nurse led discharge is an essential criteria for the role.
We care We communicate We collaborate We contribute
At MKUH, nurses and midwives stand out as the most dedicated staff cohort, garnering a commendable rating of 7.45/10 for their
engagement . (NHS Staff Survey 2023).
Join #TeamSurgery at Milton Keynes University Hospital
The surgery division at MKUH, which covers specialties including theatres and the Intensive Care Unit, offers a variety of roles and opportunities, both clinical and non-clinical. The division is looking for passionate, enthusiastic and forward-thinking professionals to join the team.
MKUH is one of the leading hospitals in Europe for implementing robotics to assist in surgery, becoming the first in the continent to use the CMR Versius robot for gynaecological surgery. Since its introduction in 2019, the theatres team have completed over 500 surgical cases, the first hospital in the UK to reach this milestone, achieving this in March 2023.
As well as being an innovator in robotics, the Trust is proud to be part of the New Hospital Programme, with plans to expand and increase our surgical capacity to meet the health needs of our communities now and in the future.
With a leading benefits package, and a growing hospital estate to meet one of the fastest growing populations in the country, it is a great time to join MKUH.
Find out more about working in #TeamSurgery at MKUH from the people who work across the division in the video below.
Video Link
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Hannah Dunkley Job title: Senior Sister Email address: hannah.dunkley@mkuh.nhs.uk
The unit is currently open 0700-2000 Monday to Friday but this may change as the unit grows in the future. You will be required to work shifts within these times.
For further information and/or to arrange an informal visit please contact Senior Sister Hannah Dunkley on 01908 995468.
Interview date: Week commencing 10th February 2025. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Band 6
pro rata if part-time Hours: 37.5 per week, all MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust incorporates a dedicated Day Surgery (DSU) and Same Day Admissions Unit (SDAU) and is seeking highly motivated individuals with surgical nursing experience to join the leadership of our dynamic team in providing, ensuring and improving a high standard of care to all our patients.
The Day Surgery Unit currently consists of 23 trolleys with 7 chairs caring for adult patients undergoing a wide variety of procedures under different specialities (including but not limited to: Orthopaedics, Ophthalmology, Gynaecology, Colorectal, Urology, General Surgery and Pain Management).
The team strive to provide high quality, safe care pre and post operatively, adopting a nurse-led discharge approach to Day Surgery to the vast majority of our patients meeting given criteria and ensuring that they are informed about their post-operative care at home.
Due to the expansion of the Day Surgery Unit, an exciting opportunity has arisen for Band 6 nurses to join the DSU leadership team.
We Are Looking For Someone Who Is Passionate and committed to delivering high quality, clinically effective care to our patients. Keen to further their experience of leadership, have excellent communication skills and influencing skills. Able to motivate a team, and work with the team, to develop the Day Surgery Unit to ensure that patients receive the best standards of care and experience whilst in our care. To be the ward representative when the Senior Sister is unavailable.
DSU is a nurse led unit, and as such, proven competence in nurse led discharge is an essential criteria for the role.
We care We communicate We collaborate We contribute
At MKUH, nurses and midwives stand out as the most dedicated staff cohort, garnering a commendable rating of 7.45/10 for their
engagement . (NHS Staff Survey 2023).
Join #TeamSurgery at Milton Keynes University Hospital
The surgery division at MKUH, which covers specialties including theatres and the Intensive Care Unit, offers a variety of roles and opportunities, both clinical and non-clinical. The division is looking for passionate, enthusiastic and forward-thinking professionals to join the team.
MKUH is one of the leading hospitals in Europe for implementing robotics to assist in surgery, becoming the first in the continent to use the CMR Versius robot for gynaecological surgery. Since its introduction in 2019, the theatres team have completed over 500 surgical cases, the first hospital in the UK to reach this milestone, achieving this in March 2023.
As well as being an innovator in robotics, the Trust is proud to be part of the New Hospital Programme, with plans to expand and increase our surgical capacity to meet the health needs of our communities now and in the future.
With a leading benefits package, and a growing hospital estate to meet one of the fastest growing populations in the country, it is a great time to join MKUH.
Find out more about working in #TeamSurgery at MKUH from the people who work across the division in the video below.
Video Link
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Hannah Dunkley Job title: Senior Sister Email address: hannah.dunkley@mkuh.nhs.uk
The unit is currently open 0700-2000 Monday to Friday but this may change as the unit grows in the future. You will be required to work shifts within these times.
For further information and/or to arrange an informal visit please contact Senior Sister Hannah Dunkley on 01908 995468.
Interview date: Week commencing 10th February 2025. #J-18808-Ljbffr
