We are looking for a dynamic and motivated Theatre Healthcare Assistant / Practitioner to work within the Surgeons Assistant team trust wide to provide safe and efficient care to our patients within the specialist area of Orthopaedics.
You will be expected to have in-depth knowledge of theatre standards and protocols and to adhere to them on a daily basis.
If required you will have a comprehensive training package including IRMER training supported by the trusts Advanced Surgical Practitioners and Consultants .
Annex 20
This post falls within the provisions of Agenda for Change Annex 20 - Development of Professional Roles, whereby upon completion of an agreed set of competencies you may move onto the next pay band without the need for an application for a post at a higher level.
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Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received
"Please note, for Secondment roles before an application is submitted, please ensure you have received the appropriate approval and completed documentation required beforehand, as this may delay the process if an offer was to be made."
Working within the surgical assistant team to provide support to the orthopaedic service trust wide.
To provide high quality care alongside theatre teams ensuring safe patient positioning, maintain skin integrity of patients, safe manipulation of surgical instruments and to deliver high standards of surgical assistant support when required.
To ensure safe and high quality preparation and monitoring of the environment and maintenance of equipment including operating tables and specialist aids.
To report incidents and escalate causes for concern through the appropriate processes.
Working with, and supporting other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application
• Prepare the clinical area for the peri-operative patient
• Prepare equipment as required
• Sets up equipment required for the surgical procedure
• Assist in positioning patients for surgical procedures.
• Priorities and organizes own workload
• Surgery specific skills obtained through competency attainment
• Highly developed specific operating assisting skills
• Hand/eye co-ordination required when using equipment
• Undertake a limited number of surgical tasks under direct supervision.
• Keyboard and IT skills
This advert closes on Wednesday 19 Feb 2025
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