Main area Theatres Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week (Full Time 37.5 hours per week) Job ref 205-6954350
Employer University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Stoke Town Newcastle Salary £37,338 - £44,962 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 25/02/2025 23:59
Senior Theatre Practitioner
Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for substantive band 6 in Theatres 20/21/22/33 (Trauma surgery, Elective and Emergency Spinal and Cranial Surgery) for those who wish to enhance their career and join our team. The post holder requires a minimum of 2 years’ experience at Band 5 and will need to have demonstrated leadership qualities. Relevant Mentorship / Teaching skills are essential to the role.
The successful candidate will be expected to coordinate theatre lists either from a scrub or anaesthetic skill base, manage Trauma, Neurosurgery and Spinal Theatres during a 24 hour, 7 day period, and support deputies and Band 7s. You will be expected to lead a team in theatre and at times the department. We encourage and support the development of dual and triple role practitioners.
You will gain a wide range of experience and can expand your skills and knowledge in this challenging environment.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for dynamic, enthusiastic candidates with the ability to work well within a busy dynamic unit, and who can deliver high-quality patient care. In turn, we can offer you a structured preceptorship and induction programme for all new members of staff, plus access to ongoing continuing professional education and development, appraisal and clinical supervision.
This post is open to applicants who wish to join our team. We have vacancies for full-time staff. We cover the 24-hour period with a range of shifts: Early, Late, Long days, Nights, and on-calls. Staff need to be able to work flexibly to cover service requirements.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people and we’re highly regarded for our facilities, teaching, and research. The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. Our 11,000 strong workforce provides emergency treatment, planned operations, and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford.
We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales. We have put together a wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work, and research.
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full-time, part-time hours and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working. You can select your preferences upon application.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information on working for the Trust, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
For more details on the post, please contact Beverley Davis.
Person specification
Qualifications
* NMC registration/HPCA registration
Experience
* Minimum 2 years post-registration experience
* Evidence of innovation
Leadership
* Supervision & leadership skills
* Evidence of Teaching
Education
Dual Role
* Experienced Dual Role Practitioner
Important information about your application
* All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
* References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
* We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith, or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
* Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies.
* New recruits are required to pay for their Disclosure and Barring Service check (and admin fee) prior to starting if the role requires a DBS check.
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded the Gold Award for proudly supporting those who serve. We actively encourage applications from the Armed Forces community.
We will communicate with you regarding your job application via email. Please be aware that we cannot guarantee the security of any emails sent/received via non-encrypted format.
Contact Information
Name: Beverley Davis
Job title: Sister
Email address: Beverley.davis@uhnm.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 01782 675609
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