Job summary
Job Title: Theatre Scrub Practitioner - Nights
Hours per week: hours per week (Unsocial hrs over 7 days working)
Perm/Fixed Term: Permanent
Salary: £28,407-£34,581
Please note if you commence in post prior to October 2024, you will be paid in line with 2023/2024 agenda for change pay scales.
Closing Date: 20th September 2024
Interview Date: 4th October 2024
This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly.
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.
A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
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Main duties of the job
1. An opportunity has arisen to join out team and work permanent nights covering our ncepod theatres. As per HCPC / NMC guidelines the successful applicant must work 2 weeks of day shifts per year.
2. Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care to patients in the perioperative environment.
3. Takes charge of theatre as delegated by the Senior Team Leader for a specified period of time.
4. Acts as leader, delegating tasks and supervising the standard of care delivered by more junior qualified theatre staff, support theatre staff and students within the perioperative teams.
5. Assists the Senior Team Leader and Professional Development Team (theatre) in the management of preceptorship of newly qualified staff, return to practice staff and the mentorship of nursing /ODP students and health care support workers.
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to ' excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
E ffective Open Communication
e x cellence and safety in everything we do
C hallenge but support
E xpect respect and dignity
L ocal health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Deliver a high standard of perioperative care without direct supervision, based upon a sound evidence base.
To provide skilled clinical assistance to the surgical, anaesthetic and recovery teams.
Undertakes and documents a comprehensive, systematic and accurate perioperative care assessment of the physical social and spiritual needs of the patient where appropriate.
Creates and utilizes opportunities to promote health and wellbeing of patients in their care.
Leads a perioperative team to manage a group of patients throughout a shift.
Applicants are expected to have a wealth of experience covering the emergency footprint.
Permanent position- full time (13 shifts per 4 weeks part-time (minimum of 2 x shifts) Set night requests would be considered, however due to other fixed patterns we require staff who can be flexible across the 4 week roster
Example nights available:
Week 1: Sun/ Tues
Week 2; Sun/Tues/Sat
Week 3: Sun/Tues/Wed/Thus/Sat
Week 4: Sun/Tues/Wed/Thurs
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
6. oMinimum of 12 months post registration within the Perioperative environment
7. oScrub Experience within emergency specialty, including general, gynae, urology and trauma
8. Recovery experience
Qualification and Professional Training
Essential
9. oRegistered General Nurse and/or Registered Operating Department Practitioner
10. Evidence of CPD
Desirable
11. oMentoring & Assessing Qualification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
12. oAbility to have positive working relationships
13. oAbility to work under pressure to meet demand
14. oExperience of using evidence based practice
15. oAble to demonstrate clinical knowledge, skills and expertise
16. oProvide and receive complex and sensitive information, understanding the barriers to effective communication
Personal Qualities
Essential
17. oEnthusiastic
18. oPositive working relationships
19. oAbility to motivate others
20. oLeadership skills
21. oGood organizational skills