Healthcare Management Trust – St Hugh’s Hospital
We have an exciting opportunity to join our Theatre team at St Hugh's Hospital as an Operating Department Practitioner. The post holder will work as part of the theatre team providing support to all members of staff and consultant users.
This is a bank role.
What is Bank Work?
Bank vacancies are not contracted to fixed hours; instead, they allow workers to pick shifts that align with their availability. Our Bank workers enable HMT to manage fluctuating demand, such as covering staff absences, busy periods, or unexpected workload increases whilst offering you the flexibility to pick up shifts as available.
Appeal of Bank Work
Bank work is a flexible way to join our team, offering opportunities to work across various roles and departments on an as-needed basis. As a Bank worker, you can choose shifts that suit your availability while supporting HMT in delivering essential care. This arrangement provides valuable experience, competitive pay, and the chance to make a meaningful impact, whether you're looking for temporary work, a supplementary income, or stepping into a healthcare career.
Bank work offers a unique combination of flexibility, variety, and the opportunity to provide valuable contributions to our teams while gaining experience in a dynamic healthcare environment.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will deliver individualised clinically appropriate, efficient and effective evidence-based clinical care for patients on a shift-to-shift basis, in line with the Healthcare Management Trust's and St. Hugh's Hospital's procedures and care pathways.
They will act as a professional resource for clinical support staff and undertake the role of supervisor for these individuals, working in support of the staff in the discharge of their duties and facilitating the use of evidence-based practice, patient assessment, clinical analytical skills, and patient early warning systems.
About us
The Healthcare Management Trust is a charity built on a defining set of principles which are at the heart of everything we do; they make us who we are and ensure that we stand apart from others within our sector.
We acknowledge and value the ethos and mission of the founders of HMT, our Homes and our Hospitals; we will ensure that these principles continue to be at the heart of our work.
HMT believes everyone has the right to dignity, privacy, and respect, and we pride ourselves on providing quality and considered care to each and every individual in a safe, comfortable environment. We are looking to engage with people who can carry this vision through with commitment, enthusiasm, care, and attention.
At St Hugh's Hospital, we focus on delivering patient-centred care that you can trust, while also providing value for money without compromising on standards. We are committed to delivering the highest quality healthcare and understand that our well-trained, passionate team of employees lie at the heart of delivering the service our patients and residents expect.
Benefits include:
* On-going training and development
* Quality work environment
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Team Working
* Staff Referral Scheme
* Cycle to Work Scheme
Job responsibilities
Job Description
Functioning as an operating department practitioner in all clinical areas of the department.
To deliver individualised clinically appropriate, efficient and effective evidence-based clinical care for patients on a shift-to-shift basis, in line with the Healthcare Management Trust's and St. Hugh's Hospital's procedures and care pathways.
To act as a professional resource for clinical support staff and undertake the role of supervisor for these individuals, working in support of the staff in the discharge of their duties and facilitating the use of evidence-based practice, patient assessment, clinical analytical skills, and patient early warning systems.
To maintain accurate, contemporaneous, and legible patient documentation, being fully aware of legal, professional, and confidential requirements and utilising only authorised abbreviations.
The provision of excellence in customer care to patients, their relatives, significant others, and other internal/external customers including consultant users.
The use of corporate and clinical governance systems to monitor and develop clinical services.
To positively promote with staff, users, patients, and other visitors the ethos of the Healthcare Management Trust and St. Hugh's Hospital, based on a demonstrable empathetic and sensitive approach to the care of patients, relatives, users, and colleagues.
The maintenance of the custody and administration of medicines within the unit in accordance with St. Hugh's policies, the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, and the Medicines Act of 1968.
The maintenance of St. Hugh's policies and practices ensuring that the requirements of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and CQC Regulations 2014 are met.
Displaying at all times a professional approach and action, so as to obtain and justify patient and user trust and confidence in St. Hugh's Hospital.
Maintain own individual professional practice. Participate in ongoing professional educational development and registration requirements.
To participate in unit-based quality assurance activity based on written standards and patient care outcomes.
To ensure compliance to all local/corporate policies and procedures, noting the absolute requirement to adhere to infection control policy and procedure and to ensure that all other hospital personnel fulfil their contractual obligation, by escalating failures to do so to a line manager.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills
* Able to act as an anaesthetic assistant or recovery practitioner for a variety of specialities and complexities of surgery.
* Ability to analyze and prioritise.
* Ability to work under pressure to tight and competing deadlines.
* Act as a circulating member of the Theatre team.
* Assisting with other members of the team in the preparation and clearing of Theatres.
* Assisting with the labelling and dispatch of the theatre specimens. Assisting in the compiling of the operations register.
* To use the correct procedure when handing a patient into the care of another healthcare professional, giving the correct information and instruction.
* To undertake on-call sessions as required.
Qualifications
* Educated to Diploma/Degree level or equivalent Registered NMC or HPC Healthcare qualification. Evidence of recent professional development.
* Post graduate qualification in perioperative practice/Anaesthetics/Recovery (Nurses). Advanced Life Support.
Experience
* Experience as a Registered Nurse/Health Care Professional. NHS or Independent sector experience.
* Experience of working closely with clinicians of varying seniority. Experience of working with the peri-operative environment. Audit experience.
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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