Please Note: We cannot offer sponsorship for this post due to the contracted hours
Job Title: Obstetric Theatre Practitioner
Hours per week: Part Time - 12.5 hours per week (preferably Nights)
Perm/Fixed Term: Permanent (unsocial hrs over 7 days)
Closing Date: November 30th 2024
Interview Date: TBC
This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly.
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A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
Main duties of the job
* Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care to patients in the perioperative environment.
* Takes charge of theatre as delegated by the Senior Team Leader for a specified period of time.
* 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.
* 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:
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local 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 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.
* Working within the NMC/HCPC Guidelines and Trust Policies recognising one's own abilities and limitations.
* Maintain a good standard of communication with the multi-disciplinary team and respect the confidentiality of patients, relatives and colleagues.
* To ensure 24-hour cover, working rotational shifts to include earlies, lates, nights, weekends and Bank Holidays.
For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
* Minimum of 12 months post registration within the Perioperative environment
* Newly qualified RGN/RODP
* Evidence of research or clinical audit
Qualification and Professional Training
* Registered General Nurse and/or Registered Operating Department Practitioner, (Diploma in Operating Department Practice/NVQ level3/C&G752) or pending qualification with NMC, Registered General Nurse or HCPC, Registered Operating Department Practitioner
* Post Graduate Qualification
* Assessing/Verification Award, (D32/33 or A/V award)
* Teaching Qualification (C&G 730)
Skills and Abilities
* Experienced Recovery Practitioner
* Experienced Anaesthetic Practitioner
* Experienced Scrub/Circulating Practitioner (General Surgery, Laparoscopic Surgery, Gynaecology, Urology, Trauma & Emergency, Orthopaedics, Day Procedures)
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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