Theatre Practitioner - Urology & Gynae Team
Band 5
Main area: Theatre Practitioner Grade Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 419-6640655-TP-S-A
Site: York Teaching Hospital
Town: York
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 01/01/2025 23:59
Please note that contact with applicants will usually be by email, and so please check all of your mail folders regularly (unfortunately some providers filter our messages into junk mail folders).
Our Values
* We are KIND
* We are OPEN
* We pursue EXCELLENCE
We are looking for applications from people who share our values to help make us a valued and trusted partner within our care system, delivering safe effective care to our local population.
We are seeking an experienced Scrub Practitioner to join our operating theatre team in York. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within our theatre team and deliver a high standard of care to our patients. To be successful in your application, you will need to demonstrate 3 years’ experience in theatres.
A little bit about the role: Our elective service currently covers Monday-Friday (Saturday in Ophthalmology) and runs alongside the acute service, covering 365 days of the year, 24 hours a day.
Our area is committed to providing a high standard of patient care from 11 specialist theatres, 6-day unit theatres, 2 ophthalmology theatres, and 2 maternity theatres.
Our surgical specialties include Orthopaedics, Ophthalmology, Maxillofacial, ENT, Gynaecology, Urology, Vascular, Upper GI, Colorectal, Robotic surgery, Breast and plastics, and Acutes including Trauma.
You will be given an 8-week supernumerary period and will work with our clinical educators to gain experience and training in any specialties you are not familiar with and complete a skills book to demonstrate this.
Main duties of the job
* Demonstrate and develop clinical assessment skills and the ability to prioritise the care for patients undergoing a surgical/anaesthetic procedure.
* Demonstrate effective communication skills in all aspects of performance, including between members of the multi-professional team.
* Under the direction of senior practitioners, develop and provide standards of good practice ensuring individualized patient-centered care.
* Ensure effective use of resources and equipment.
* Maintain a high standard of patient-focused care in accordance with York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust policies and procedures.
* Maintain a safe and clean working environment.
* Provide assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care for patients, ensuring accurate written records are kept.
* Communicate with patients and carers to ensure they have access to appropriate information.
* Promote and maintain positive relationships between all staff involved in the care of the patient.
* Act in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Conduct.
* Undertake duties on different wards/departments as and when required by service demands.
* Demonstrate personal responsibility for compliance with infection control policies and procedures.
* Education and Training.
Working for our organisation
* We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
* Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants.
* 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service).
* A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) for hard-to-fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.
* A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave.
* Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family, and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme.
* NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme.
* An extensive range of learning and development opportunities.
* Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema, and finance from a range of providers.
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer, please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Please note that if a high number of applications are received, this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse with current NMC registration (Level 1) or qualified Operating Department Practitioner with HPC registration or Anaesthetic Nurse (ENB 182/183 or equivalent).
* Teaching qualification.
* NVQ assessor.
* Willingness to train as a mentor.
Experience
* Previous theatre experience at Band 5.
Knowledge
* Demonstrate awareness of current issues in health care.
* Demonstrate awareness of NHS standards of Professional Practice.
* Demonstrate awareness of theatre specialty, and/or specific needs of patients undergoing surgical procedures.
* Demonstrates awareness of evidence-based practice within a Theatre environment.
* Demonstrates understanding of Health and Safety / COSHH.
DBS Checks
Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check if it is required for the role. The cost will be deducted from your salary either in 1 payment or over a six-month period once you start employment. By applying you are agreeing to this undertaking. If you are successful you will be asked to confirm if you wish to pay in one amount or in instalments. The charges are currently £27.38 for a standard check and £55.38 for an enhanced check. The level of check will be determined by the post you are applying for.
Please note that Volunteers and Bank only staff will not be charged.
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) offers a confidential checking service for transgender applicants in accordance with the Gender Recognition Act 2004. This is known as the sensitive applications route, and is available for all levels of DBS check - basic, standard, and enhanced.
The sensitive applications route gives transgender applicants the choice not to have any gender or name information disclosed on their DBS certificate that could reveal their previous identity.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Please note, the selection processes at York & Scarborough Teaching Hospitals are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills. You will be required to acknowledge that you are aware of this before submitting your application.
Agile and Flexible Working
We are committed to helping all staff balance their work with other commitments and have recently launched our new Agile and Flexible Working policy to support this, entitling all staff to request flexible working from day one – for all posts. We encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
All our employees have access to a free, confidential counselling and wellbeing support service. Our EAP is available 24/7, 365 days a year.
A bit more about us and the surrounding area
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated in a fantastic part of the country that is home to two national parks, a beautiful coastline, and the city of York - consistently voted one of the best places to live in the UK. We provide a comprehensive range of acute hospital and specialist healthcare services for approximately 800,000 people living in and around York, North Yorkshire, North East Yorkshire and Ryedale - an area covering 3,400 square miles.
Our annual turnover is approaching £0.5bn. We manage eight hospital sites and have a workforce of around 10,000 staff working across our hospitals and in the community.
Sponsorship
If you require sponsorship to work in the UK, check you are eligible under the UKVI points-based system online. Not all jobs we advertise are eligible for sponsorship.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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