Band 5 Theatre Scrub Practitioner (General Theatres)
Join a friendly and supportive learning environment with developmental opportunities in an innovative and dynamic team.
This is a brilliant opportunity to join a motivated and dynamic team, with huge potential to develop and progress.
The hospital comprises of twenty operating theatres covering multiple specialties, serving our local community, including paediatrics. The theatre complex comprises of twenty theatre suites with four recovery units divided into specific specialties across three departments, including a unique ring-fenced Elective Orthopaedic unit.
The General theatre department comprises five theatres, one of which is a designated 24/7 emergency theatre, covering all specialties including General and Emergency Surgery, Bariatric, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Urology, ENT, and Ophthalmology as well as Robotic Surgery.
We deliver excellent patient experience and quality of care, with patient safety at the forefront of our practice, recognizing that theatre practitioners play a vital role in our patient pathway.
Main Duties of the Job
We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated Theatre Practitioners who aspire to learn and develop to join our inspirational team. Whether you have specific specialty experience or not, full support and training will be provided. Although the positions will be based in a specific department, you will have the opportunity to work across different specialties.
Successful candidates will demonstrate high standards of practice with excellent communication, clinical, and decision-making skills. You will need to demonstrate the ability to translate the trust's vision of high-quality care and excellent patient experience into action.
In return, we offer in-depth in-house and external development opportunities and support for career progression.
Applications from either NMC registered nurses or HCPC registered Operating Department Practitioners (ODP) are welcome.
About Us
Reading sits on the River Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford, and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work, and play, providing excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.
The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.
Our CARE values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
Job Responsibilities
To contribute to the effective day-to-day operation of the Trust's theatres by providing skilled assistance to medical staff during the administration, maintenance, and termination of general regional or local anaesthetics, undertaking scrubbing and circulating duties, and providing skilled care in recovery.
Please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
* RGN or ODP
Desirable
* Experience in theatre
* Previous nursing experience
* Diploma/Degree
Experience
Essential
* Surgical skills as specified in post advertised
Employer Details
Employer Name
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Berkshire Hospital
London Road
Reading
RG1 5AN
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