Job summary
The post holder will perform and assist in all aspects of surgical procedures to an expert level in line with personal competencies. They will provide clinical leadership and supervision to surgical teams and assist with the strategic planning, development and management of the surgical services. They will be a point of knowledge for junior team members and act as a mentor to health professionals who wish to gain competencies within the field of surgery. The post holder will work with consultants.
Main duties of the job
The SCP is clinically responsible to the consultant surgeon. Working under the direction and supervision of the consultant surgeon as a member of the surgical team.
The SCP is professionally accountable for one's own actions and advanced practice and must comply with the local policies and procedures of the Trust and work within the boundaries of personal competencies and professional codes of performance, conduct and ethics.
To work within the recognised role and framework as published by the Royal College of Surgeons for Surgical Care Practitioners and adhere to their voluntary code of conduct (RCS The surgical team 2014).
To provide competent, skilled assistance to the operating surgeon during the intra-operative period, undertaking advanced practice and highly specialised skills required for a wide spectrum of cases.
To have specialist and expert knowledge of human anatomy/physiology in relation to the surgery being undertaken.
About us
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Represent your areas at Directorate and Professional forums
Network with other Trusts providing similar services
Develop a culture that is flexible and positive to change.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
1. Substantial specialist experience post accreditation.
2. Appropriate experience acquired to demonstrate a high level of clinical skill and excellent manual dexterity
Desirable
3. Two years hands-on robotic surgical first assist experience
Education
Essential
4. RGN level 1/ C&G 752/ ODP LEVEL 3
5. Qualified Surgical Care Practitioner
6. Current registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council or Health Care Profession Council.
Desirable
7. Masters level education or work towards