East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
This post attracts a recruitment incentive of £6000 pro rata (conditions apply)
The Essex and Suffolk Elective Orthopaedic Centre at Colchester Hospital is one of the largest centres of its kind in Europe, delivering high volume and low complexity cases locally for the people we serve across our region.
We have fantastic opportunities for Anaesthetic Practitioners to join us. We welcome applications from newly qualified Operating Department Practitioners and will offer you support during your preceptorship period.
To join our friendly theatre team, you will need to be a motivated, confident and flexible individual with experience in an operating theatre environment. You will need to either be: NMC registered (RN1) or HCPC registered.
We are committed to supporting your learning and career potential. We will provide you with a great learning and supportive environment to allow you to develop your orthopaedic skills.
Main duties of the job
* Prepare the anaesthetic room and/or operating theatre for the operating session to include:
o the safe custody and preparation of drugs and infusions
o the preparation of airway management equipment
o the safety checking and preparation of instruments, mechanical and electrical equipment and environmental factors
* Ensure adherence to Trust/local policies, guidelines and other legislation and support National and local initiatives e.g. Saving Lives, WHO Surgical Safety Check List, GIRFT
* Take part in internal rotation through all areas of the department as required to meet the needs of the service on a 24-hour basis including trauma
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Please note, only external candidates will be eligible for the incentive payment. You must also not have worked for ESNEFT on a substantive basis in the preceding six months.
Person Specification
Qualified
* RGN/Dip. HE, NVQ III in Operating Department Practice/C&G 752 or Dip. HE Operating Department Practice
* BSc (Hons) Operating Department Practice
* Current registration of professional body
Experience
* Experience in an operating theatre environment
* Experience in both anaesthetics and scrub role
Knowledge
* Good understanding of competency-based learning
* Able to produce evidence of clinical ability
* Basic IT Skills
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.
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
£29,970 to £36,483 per annum pro rata
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